Difference between revisions of "Anxiety"

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The [[brain]] is the organ most responsive to [[behavior]].
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== Key Claims ==
Anxiety is caused by consistently avoiding a [[trigger]].
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* [[The brain is the organ most responsive to behavior]].
[[Avoidance]] trains your [[amygdala]] to label things as threats.  
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* [[Anxiety is caused by consistently avoiding a trigger]].
The amygdala detects [[threat labels]].  
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* [[Avoidance trains your amygdala to label things as threats]].
The amygdala sounds the alarm upon detection.  
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* [[The amygdala detects threat labels]].
The amygdala watches your response.  
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* [[The amygdala sounds the alarm upon detection ]].
[[Approach]], a form of [[challenge]], retrains the amygdala to be less triggerable: [[habituation]].  
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* [[The amygdala watches your response ]].
Further avoidance trains your amygdala to be more triggerable: [[sensitization]].  
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* [[Approach retrains the amygdala to be less triggerable: habituation]].
Anxiety disorders all involve having a [[phobia]] of anxiety or a component of the threat response.  
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* [[Further avoidance trains your amygdala to be more triggerable: sensitization]].
[[Adrenaline]] is the ideal stimulant for the brain.  
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* [[Anxiety disorders all involve having a phobia of anxiety or a component of the threat response]].
Adrenaline increases IQ, fluency of speech, connections to others, executive function.  
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* [[Adrenaline is the ideal stimulant for the brain]].
Adrenaline is essential for [[flow]].  
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* [[Adrenaline increases IQ, fluency of speech, connections to others, executive function]].
Adrenaline can be experienced in high performance states, low performance states, and [[paralysis]] (freeze reaction).  
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* [[Adrenaline is essential for flow]].
The appraisal you make of your adrenaline determines its function, for high performance or [[fight-or-flight response]].
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* [[Adrenaline can be experienced in high performance states, low performance states, and paralysis/freeze reaction]].
Beliefs about adrenaline are [[self-fulfilling prophecies]].
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* [[The appraisal you make of your adrenaline determines its function, for high performance or fight-or-flight response]].
Reframing flips you from low to high performance.  
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* [[Beliefs about adrenaline are self-fulfilling prophecies]].
How long habituation takes in a given exposure is a function of [[reframing]] and [[mindfulness]].
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* [[Reframing flips you from low to high performance]].
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* [[How long habituation takes in a given exposure is a function of reframing and mindfulness]].

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