How To Fix Your Brain’s Addiction To Anxiety & Worry - Dr Russell Kennedy - #951

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Dr. Russell Kennedy is a neuroscientist specializing in anxiety treatment, physician, and an author. Why is anxiety so common now? It once helped us survive, like when we were being chased by lions. But today, we feel it even when there's no real threat. So what's going on? What does science say about this ancient emotion, and how can we manage it in the modern world? Expect to learn why anxiety is so common nowadays, the neuroscience of why we worry, the big differences between anxiety and worry, the biggest triggers of anxiety and how to manage them better, how to undo-chronic anxiety and how anxiety shows up differently for men and women, if it is it a blessing or a curse to feel things deeply, where people pleasing come from neurologically and much more… Timestamps: (00:00) Why Is Anxiety So Common (05:41) Where Fear of Uncertainty Comes From (10:45) How Uncertainty Anxiety Can Manifest Itself (14:43) The Default Mode Network (17:00) How Worry Affects Anxiety (19:19) Why Does Rumination Feel Good? (24:15) Can Anxiety Be Mislabeled? (26:08) A Meditation to Locate & Reduce Anxiety (32:48) The Goggins Cortex (33:43) How to Deal with Unwanted Anxiousness (37:01) We are Addicted to Uncertainty (39:56) Talk Therapy & ACT Therapy (47:33) How Effective is Medication? (50:07) Can We Undo Chronic Anxiety? (53:57) Is it Necessary to Heal Our Past? (55:47) How Does Anxiety Show Up Differently for Men & Women? (58:50) Is Feeling Deeply a Blessing or a Curse? (01:01:47) When the Traditional Approach Doesn't Work (01:04:50) S.H.O.U.L.D. (01:06:13) Dr. Russell's Courses & Information Materials Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 15% off any Saily data plan at https://saily.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get 15% off any Saily data plan at https://saily.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices