Neurobiology of Anxiety, Worrying, and Fear

Learn about the Neurobiology of Anxiety, Worrying, and Fear including conditioned fear responses, conditioned fear extinction, and why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (and Exposure Therapy) are critical to recovery... Video presented by Michael Ingram, MS, MD. This video is for education purposes only!

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[doug]

to anyone out there struggling with panic disorder/ anxiety disorder, do not worry you’re not alone. im 2 months in hell with anxiety attacks and staying on top of my treatment, do NOT give up

[musselchee]

The coward was right handed. As a child, in frenzied attacks I was punched, slapped, had my hair yanked violently from side to side and had domestic weapons used many times in the area of my dorsalateral. I have always known the physical affects. This video has elucidated the psychological effects and the means to help me to neutralise my chaotic conditioning. I will admit I have tried to forget but no, the fears, and anxieties still unavoidably dominate my all. But, this video helps. Cheers.

[stalez]

I waited for this video for 20 years. Thank you so much. I will always remember and be grateful forever.

[xcrxwadda]

To reduce social anxiety, be positive, challenge those negative thoughts, they are not real, do meditation, cold showers, workouts

[TCME]

Fight or flight is a misnomer. It’s “self preservation mode” and it’s not just fight flight or freeze. It can be a variety of things depending on the person and their experiences and chemistry

[melissapereira]

OMG i'm not in medical school or anything like that, I'm just curious about how anxiety happens in the brain, and this video is amazing! It's clear, it's simple, I love it! congrats on your work, I hope you have more videos like that, because later today i''ll check your channel.

[jamalsalmaci]

I been dealing with anxiety attacks since 10 years old and I’m 42 and I stil cannot defeat it and it’s destroyed my entire childhood and my life currently as I get older the worse I feel like it’s getting worse childhood trauma it’s tough it holds u down from everything

[HistBasisOfReglion]

I wish neurobiology was made this clear when I was in med school. Well done, content creator!

[thealtomares]

absolutely AMAZING video on how the brain works with anxiety, fear and worrying! thank you for making this, very informative for me dealing with these 3 syptoms

[JenniferVanellasingandrelax]

Absolutely fantastic. Especially the examples to bring it all together.

[copernicus]

Comprehensively covers the sequence of brain activity and neural circuitry underlying the stress/fear response. Very clear and informative presentation- thank you!

[iamzeroonethena]

This is one of my fav educational videos, , thanks ❤️

[ameeratulaesyahzubairkhan]

U scared me when clown appear.. the picture + jumpscare sound... And im watching this alone in highest volume. My heart

[ohelno]

👍👍
Thank you for sharing.
My family was once told by an ocd clinc in LA that I was the worst case of pure O that they had ever seen. (No trophy was awarded)
Ketamine; philosophical insights like the Philosophical Determinism implicit in the above diagrams; and seizure-esque “nonduality” awakenings are the only things that ever temporarily worked for me.
For the ironical reason that they interrupted the neurological illusion of being a separate me in possession of a separate free will.
Alas! The agonizing irony of Enlightenment.

[yemkonhongha]

Excuse me, Could you tell me the drugs that can treat constant fearfulness, hopelessness, excessive worry, and social anxiety ?
These conditions are vicious hell 😢😢😢 May you please help me. Loves from Myanmar ❤

[stellaancimer]

And then they say Just let it go..
Sometimes intervention with medicine is necessary!
All the best

[mayagutmann-mckenzie]

this is so informative and well explained

[happysolo]

this video really helped me understand about anxiety function and how it serve purpose to human body

[harshitagarwal]

I learned the difference between fear & worry

[Kyrani]

This is trying to explain everything from childhood experiences and the brain. So he arrives at conditioned fear response. All throughout my childhood I was beaten by my father when ever he got angry and mostly not with me. At 21 I said something that he didn't like and he lifted his hand. I can assure you there was no fear response from me. I promptly told him in no uncertain terms that if he was to even tough me with his hand I would have him up in court for assault. He never did it again.
The reality is not in childhood events but in events in adulthood with others in a person's life that seek to do harm but in an underhanded way so the victim is unable to ascertain the reason for the fear. At such times ideas are presented by the offender, who must be closely related to present ideas mentally as to be perceived by the victim. The ideas appear as the person's own thinking and that is why they may react to them and become anxious.
The long and the short of it is the body is not simply a machine but purpose-driven. Understanding that the ideas and the fear are not related but merely coincident is the key to overcoming OCD because when we realize that
a. the fear is due to a hidden threat, and
b. the ideas are only malicious suggestions,
we can simply discard the ideas and no react. This is the solution.