Anxiety is a habit

[Iugrad91]

I listened to a good podcast today that talked about looking at anxiety like a habit and using the tools that work to break bad habits to treat anxiety. About 20min in Dr Brewer talks about health anxiety and dreaded Dr Google. Some good info in the podcast, link below. Dr Brewer wrote a book, Unwinding Anxiety, which outlines how he treats his patients with anxiety. I’m going to see if our library has it.

‎The mindbodygreen Podcast: The new science of dealing with anxiety | Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D. on Apple Podcasts

‎Show The mindbodygreen Podcast, Ep The new science of dealing with anxiety | Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D. - Mar 24, 2021

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[WilderMind]

Thank you! I keep getting tempted to Google, but know how it makes me spiral. I’ve been fighting it so hard. Going to give this a listen.

 

[bigjetplane6]

I’ve been so tempted to Google and also, scan myself.

 

[Fraser]

Hey, thanks for the post and the podcast. Threads like this are awesome and helpful.