
Anxiety, Neuroscience, and Recovery
The most insidious lie anxiety tells it's victims, is that it is stronger and more powerful than they can ever hope to be. I make no secret about it - I've been there myself. At times it felt like I was tiny, being tossed around inside a wave. Overwhelmed by the sheer power of the forces around me - totally without control, no matter how hard I fought to swim against the current. There is, however, another side to this story. This wave is created by the brain, and the 'anxiet