Afraid
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Afraid

Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety

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eBook - ePub

Afraid

Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety

About this book

Fear is one of the oldest survival tools in the human brain---in today's world, it's everywhere and shapes how we live, think, and connect.
Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Arash Javanbakht explores the world of fear from its primal origins to its modern manifestations in anxiety, trauma, politics, and media. Drawing from two decades of cutting-edge research and clinical work with refugees, first responders, and survivors of human cruelty, Afraid unpacks how fear rewires our brains and hijacks our thoughts and then explains how we unlearn fear, master anxiety, and even turn fear into a powerful ally. Afraid provides a roadmap to living with more clarity, less reactivity, and greater courage---in a world that profits from keeping us scared.

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Year
2023
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781538170397
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Abnormal Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: The Origin of Fear: Evolved to be Scared
  7. Chapter 2: Wired to be Wired: Fear in the Brain
  8. Chapter 3: Why Is My Heart Pounding? Fear in the Body
  9. Chapter 4: How We Learn Fear, and How We Unlearn It
  10. Chapter 5: Haunt My Nerves: Why We Love to be Scared
  11. Chapter 6: Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear
  12. Chapter 7: I’m Afraid, So I’m Angry: Fear and Aggression
  13. Chapter 8: Diseases of Fear and Anxiety
  14. Chapter 9: Haunting Memories: Trauma and PTSD
  15. Chapter 10: Taming the Beast: How Clinicians Treat Fear and Anxiety
  16. Chapter 11: Riding the Beast: How to Use Fear to Our Advantage
  17. Chapter 12: Fear and Meaning: Defining It before It Defines Us
  18. Chapter 13: Fear and Creativity: Monsters that We Forge, and Monsters that Forge Us
  19. Chapter 14: Fear that Rules Us: Politics of Fear
  20. Chapter 15: The Business of Fear
  21. Bibliography
  22. About the Author

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