Phil Lane, MSW, LCSW,

Primitive fear responses can be overwhelming and can worsen anxiety. Key points Learning to assess perceived threat versus tangible threat can help us to control physical anxiety responses. Psychological threats are not necessarily soothed by animalistic physical anxiety responses. The brain can be retrained to more accurately respond to perceived danger. A woman with eyes closed, calmly enjoying sunlight When I was a social work graduate student, one of my professors had the class perform an...

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