How I got a new perspective on my anxiety:
Shut Up, Brain is a column by Jill Gutowitz in which she looks at everything from pop culture phenomena to the quirks of interpersonal relationships through the lens of someone who lives with anxiety.
The anxiety episode is informative yet completely accessible, and had me shouting,"OMG, ME" at literal infographics. It's like Schoolhouse Rock but about mental health, and instead of being for kids, it's for adults who can barely look at one screen long enough to not look at another screen . The Mind, Explained presented a series of facts about anxiety that made me feel severely less alone.
Back to the"where does anxiety come from" question: Sometimes it can be inherited. According to The Mind, Explained, having a parent with anxiety means you're more likely to be anxious yourself. This part knocked my socks off: Women are up to two times more likely to have an anxiety disorder than men.
The Mind, Explained shows one time, during a 1920 experiment called"Little Albert," when it became clear that anxiety can take on a life of its own. In the experiment, researchers exposed a small child to a white rat. Every time the rat appeared, the researchers would clang a hammer on a piece of metal, which actually created this child's phobia of small white animals. But the child also became scared of other things besides white rats, like a rabbit and a Santa Claus mask.
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