What is anxiety? How does anxiety impact our understanding of reality and our sense of action? Why is anxiety negatively impacting our democracy and our sense of political responsibility?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the personal, physiological, and political effects of anxiety. Learn how to remedy anxiety by adopting self-care techniques such as intentional consumption, pragmatic problem-solving and planning and how having too much disconnect from what scares us can have terrifying consequences.

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/anxiety/the-biology-of-anxiety

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