ILMS 43 – Defining Anxiety: A Recontextualization

*This podcast is not a replacement for local mental health resources. Please seek counseling or other local resources you have available to address any mental health concern.

 

4 Part Anxiety Series:

Episode 42 – Distinguishing Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Today - Defining Anxiety: A Recontextualization

Episode 44 - Developing a Theology of Anxiety

Episode 45 – Practical Tools for Anxiety

 

 

Incorporating Biblical/theological and psychosocial perspectives

 

My proposed definition: An internal biological response, as well as an uncomfortable conscious and unconscious, or subconscious response to present events related to past experiences

 

4 parts to the definition:

Neurobiological

Hormonal, neurotransmitters, neuroatonomical components

Useful Articles:

■Martin, Elizabeth I. , Ressler, Kerry J., Binder, Elisabeth, and Nemeroff, Charles B. The Neurobiology of Anxiety Disorders: Brain Imaging, Genetics, and Psychoneuroendocrinology , Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(3): 549–575, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3684250/

 

■Charney, Dennis S. and Drevets, Wayne C. (2002). NEUROBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF ANXIETY DISORDERS, Neuropsychopharmacology: The Fifth Generation of Progress. 913ff. https://www.acnp.org/asset.axd?id=b87a4164-c7df-4554-9b44-f38860e4d191

 

Medications have their place and purposes

• Important for the church not to shame people for using medication
• See a specialist, a psychiatrist in particular
• No magic pill, consider the other parts in the definition

 

Past and present

EMDR - http://emdria.org

https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Movement-Desensitization-Reprocessing-EMDR/dp/1572306726

https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Past-Your-Self-Help-Techniques/dp/1609619951

Inside Out

Powerpoint of my presentation on anxiety - http://ilovemyshepherd.com/mental-health/

• therapy- an important component for wellness

 

Discomfort and response

Escape it or embrace it?

Connection is key to healing

            - Christ with us in the murky waters of a messy life

            -  the work of the church and the gift of relationships around us

 

Anxiety is experienced on a spectrum, just like any mental or physical health struggle.

 

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