This blog is a collection of articles meant to give you a sense of who I am and what I do. The posts are either stand-alone or part of a current series: Anxiety and the Brain. Below is the outline of what to expect:
Anxiety and the Brain Series
- Introduction
- What is Anxiety?
- The Three-Part Brain
- The Worry Loop
- The Fear Circuit
- The High Road and the Low Road
- Fear in Overdrive
- Fear in Shutdown
- Calming the Fear Circuit
- The DSM and the Brain
- How Anxiety Medications Work
- Resources and References
Stand-Alone Posts
- Write to Right – about stream-of-consciousness writing as a way to handle the ups and downs of life
- Perspective – inspired by a microscope
- Gifts of the Pandemic – about gratitude, both when it feels good and when it takes effort
- On Tilt – about navigating through the emotions of dealing with the pandemic
- Resistance – naming the thing that is keeping me from writing