The Myth of Chronic Anxiety: “Disorder” - Or Evidence That Your Brain Works Fine?
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Published on 02/10/2010
By Robert Mantell, Ph.D., C.M.Ht. I believe the brain has a positive intent for everything it does —
everything — including causing a person to experience chronic and
debilitating forms of anxiety such as phobias, panic attacks,
post-traumatic stress, agoraphobia, social phobia, and OCD. Thus, the positive purpose for the presence of the various expressions
of anxiety in a person’s life is to act as a kind of protective
barrier, if you will, from the kinds of situations, circumstances,
people or things the brain greatly fears will lead to pain, based on
past experience.
By Robert Mantell, Ph.D., C.M.Ht. I believe the brain has a positive intent for everything it does —
everything — including causing a person to experience chronic and
debilitating forms of anxiety such as phobias, panic attacks,
post-traumatic stress, agoraphobia, social phobia, and OCD. Thus, the positive purpose for the presence of the various expressions
of anxiety in a person’s life is to act as a kind of protective
barrier, if you will, from the kinds of situations, circumstances,
people or things the brain greatly fears will lead to pain, based on
past experience.