“Some eighty years ago, Freud proposed that anxiety was “a riddle whose solution would be bound to throw a flood of light… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
“A study published by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2011 found that subjects who practiced meditation for an average of just… — Scott Stossel Buddhist monk Copy Share Image
“But none of these treatments have fundamentally reduced the underlying anxiety that seems woven into my soul and hardwired into my body… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Some social phobics find even positive attention to be aversive. Think of the young child who bursts into tears when guests sing… — Scott Stossel Fear Copy Share Image
“for the existentialists, what generated anxiety was not the godlessness of the world, per se, but rather the freedom to choose between… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
“While there is substantial evidence that specific phobias—particularly those based on fears that would have been adaptive in the state of nature,… — Scott Stossel Anxiety Copy Share Image
