Is Your Anxiety a Habit You Need to Break?

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The subject of anxiety never seems to lose its relevance. In this special episode we answer listener voicemails with one of the wor ...

You may think of anxiety as a reaction, a feeling, or a disorder. My guest today says that perhaps the best way to think about anxiety, especially if you want to treat it effectively, is as a habit.

His name is Dr. Judson Brewer, and he's a psychiatrist and neuros ...