How Anxiety Isn't Just All In Our Heads

[BlackbirdSinging]

I came across this article that was posted on Facebook from The Huffington Post. It had some interesting information about anxiety and the brain. It explains certain areas in the brain and how there are signals that the brain struggles in differentiating what is a threat and what isn't. I thought I'd share it here.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/anxiety-perception-study_us_56d48e13e4b03260bf77a48e?

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Thank you for sharing this article, I found it very informative and helpful. I have had anxiety my entire life and it got worse once my husband got sick and I became his caregiver twenty four seven. It is not as bad as it was back then and I am doing better but I still get a lot of anxiety on some days.

 

[new gamma rays]

That was an interesting article. I wish they gave more specifics on the parts of the brain -if they studied that - but I think the study was more behavioral. I know that as someone who has been faced with sudden stress causing bursts of noise, I am very high alert when anything loud even reaches my ear. Probably same with other stimuli. Part of the curse of being hypersensitive.