Healing the anxious mind

92 Pages·2015·4.65 MB·English

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Jed Applerouth
Nationally Certified Counselor
PhD Educational Psychology
What
 is
 anxiety?

Anxiety
 is
 an
 abnormal
 sense
 of
 fear,
 nervousness,

and
 apprehension
 about
 something
 bad
 which

might
 happen
 in
 the
 future.
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Excess
 anxiety
 can
 manifest
 as
 an

anxiety
 disorder

Most
 of
 us
 experience
 some
 degree
 of
 anxiety
 in

our
 lives,
 and
 many
 of
 us
 will
 have
 anxiety
 that

spills
 over
 into
 the
 category
 of
 an
 anxiety

disorder.
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Most
 prevalent
 anxiety
 disorders

•  Generalized
 anxiety
 disorder

•  Panic
 disorder

•  Agoraphobia

•  Specific
 phobia

•  Social
 anxiety
 disorder

•  Post-­‐trauma?c
 stress
 disorder

•  Obsessive-­‐compulsive
 disorder
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A
 quick
 primer
 on
 anxiety

•  The
 almond-­‐shaped
 amygdala,
 the
 brain’s
 center

for
 fear
 processing,
 is
 responsible
 for
 iden?fying

threats
 and
 preparing
 us
 for
 ac?on.

•  The
 amygdala
 rallies
 the
 conscious
 aden?on
 to

threats.

•  The
 amygdala
 ini?ates
 the
 body’s
 stress
 response

through
 the
 ac?va?on
 of
 the
 Autonomic
 Nervous

System
 and
 the
 release
 of
 stress
 hormones
 such

as
 epinephrine,
 norepinephrine,
 and
 cor?sol.