Anxiety | Explained in Malayalam

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What is anxiety? What is the difference between fear and anxiety? Why do we have anxiety? What are the 2 fundamental types or pathways to anxiety?
Why can't we think straight when we are anxious? Why is it impossible to lose logic to calm your anxiety down? What are anxiety symptoms? What is a panic attack? What is your cortex and what is your amygdala? How does anxiety relate to different brain hemispheres? How do we manage anxiety in the short term? How do we treat anxiety in the long term? What are some lifestyle approaches to reduce anxiety? Why do people joke about mental illness? Is mental illness 'real'? How do we ultimately help people who struggle?

References

1) Rewire your anxious brain : Book by Katherine Pittman and Elizabeth Karle - https://amzn.to/43JZYjN

2) How to build a healthy brain : Book by Kimberley Wilson - https://amzn.to/453uJBo

00:00:00 - Disclaimers and Sources for the video
00:02:25 - Introduction
00:04:14 - The difference between fear and anxiety
00:07:42 - When does anxiety become an anxiety disorder?
00:09:10 - There are 2 pathways to anxiety
00:11:37 - Cortex and Amygdala
00:15:37 - Diagrammatic representation of the two pathways to anxiety
00:17:32 - Book recommendation for this video
00:18:45 - Amygdala based anxiety (Triggers, panic attacks etc.)
00:28:49 - Cortex based anxiety
00:38:43 - 2 important things about anxiety that you should always remember
00:41:44 - Short term approaches to reducing anxiety
00:45:02 - Anxiety treatments
00:50:22 - The counter intuitive approach to reducing anxiety
00:51:42 - Anxiety treatments continued
1:06:12 - Recap to anxiety treatments
1:07:30 - OCD treatments and anxiety medications
1:09:13 - Lifestyle approaches to reducing anxiety
1:15:45 - A few personal thoughts