The Biology of Anxiety: Types, Causes, and What Is Actually Happening in Your Body
Anxiety is just energy. The problem is when your body keeps liberating that energy for threats that aren't there, or at levels the situation doesn't actually call for. This episode gets into the biology behind that: the types of anxiety disorders and what actually distinguishes them, the role of catecholamines and cortisol, how genetics and early environment both shape the system, and why things like your thyroid, your caffeine habit, or coming off a substance can produce anxiety symptoms that have nothing to do with your mental health at all.
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