Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 days agoWhen Anxiety Is Really Fear in Disguise
What people call anxiety is often the brain's fear system activating to protect us, sometimes overreacting when no immediate danger exists.
Recently I was invited to participate in a podcast on risky decisions. The specific incident was the death of a hiker who had deliberately chosen a route that was known to be really dangerous. Why would any rational person choose to expose himself or herself to this degree of risk? That's what my interviewer asked me. But beyond the question was the interviewer's mindset - you have to be crazy to voluntarily put yourself in a position where you are risking your life.