The Anxiety Crisis
It may be a sign of an improving society to see that anxiety itself is rising as a concern and an opportunity. Anxiety affects anyone who pays attention to life around us, and it adversely affects almost all of us at some time or another either acutely (immobilizing us) or chronically (nudging us to self-administered reactions). Many will accept the “just get over it” or the “it’s a normal part of life” thoughts about burdensome anxiety. And any of us will self-medicate our way through anxious times with comfort food, social alcohol, or natural or pharmaceutical “remedies.” Surely it is… Continue Reading
