What is anxiety?

Advice from Dr Dean Burnett

Dean explains that:

• our brains have a very sophisticated threat detection system
• any possible dangers or threats will trigger this system
• we can be anxious about things which haven’t happened and may never happen
• the logical parts of our brains usually overrule the emotional parts, but sometimes we can become anxious all the time or feel fear at things which make no sense
• chronic anxiety is like an annoying smoke alarm that goes off all the time