https://monkeymindchronicles.com/2012/07/13/new-appearances/ Stories, advice, and information about living with anxiety from the author of Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety Mon, 06 May 2013 11:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.11 https://monkeymindchronicles.com/2012/07/13/new-appearances/#comment-737 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:36:08 +0000 https://monkeymindchronicles.com/?p=692#comment-737 Obviously not as cleverly funny as your book, but a really nice talk from a professor at University of California San Francisco. She explains that anxiety is different from other mental disorders, because on some level we are supposed to be able to be intensely afraid sometimes. It’s part of our wiring, and anxious people have certain strengths. It made me feel – if not awesome about my anxiety – a little more like it was a superpower… a blessing and a curse: http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Anxiety-Sport-Suspension-on-Lifes-Bumpy-Road-23800

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