Anxiety: What Turns It On. What Turns It Off.

You can replacethe siren blast of cortisol with the great feeling of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin. Here's how to build a new safety circuit to divert your electricity in a moment of anxiety. Nothing is wrong with you!Your brain is doing the job it evolved for: promoting your survival. It defines survival in a quirky way, alas, but you have the power to rewire it. Here's how.

Contents

Introduction: Your natural threat detector and your natural sense of safety

Part 1: Why Your Anxiety Turns On

1. The Alarm System We All Share

2. Your Unique Individual Alarm System

Part 2: How to Turn Off Your Anxiety

3. How to Build New Circuits in Your Brain

4. Design the Perfect New Circuits for You

Epilogue: Three Circuits I Rewired