Dr. Cindy Geyer

We've come with different levels of what we call tolerance or comfort with uncertainty. And those of us who are on the edge of it, the really actually being intolerant and feeling really anxious about when we can't, we don't know exactly our plans tomorrow, how things will go, that is a tremendous vulnerability factor for anxiety and depression. We've always known that. We measured that.

We've come with different levels of what we call tolerance or comfort with uncertainty. And those of us who are on the edge of it, the really actually being intolerant and feeling really anxious about when we can't, we don't know exactly our plans tomorrow, how things will go, that is a tremendous vulnerability factor for anxiety and depression. We've always known that. We measured that.

We've come with different levels of what we call tolerance or comfort with uncertainty. And those of us who are on the edge of it, the really actually being intolerant and feeling really anxious about when we can't, we don't know exactly our plans tomorrow, how things will go, that is a tremendous vulnerability factor for anxiety and depression. We've always known that. We measured that.

During COVID, we followed 500 people and the people who were most rigid about uncertainty and tensed up and couldn't feel ease and relaxation with uncertain situations, they had much more trauma from COVID, fear of COVID, climate distress.

During COVID, we followed 500 people and the people who were most rigid about uncertainty and tensed up and couldn't feel ease and relaxation with uncertain situations, they had much more trauma from COVID, fear of COVID, climate distress.

During COVID, we followed 500 people and the people who were most rigid about uncertainty and tensed up and couldn't feel ease and relaxation with uncertain situations, they had much more trauma from COVID, fear of COVID, climate distress.

It's a really good question. We all come with a different level and what creates that level? Part of it is personality and openness to new experience. Part of it is really our life experience shaping us. And so when we've had a lot of early trauma, we tend to actually have more of a threat response to things that happen and to things that haven't happened.

It's a really good question. We all come with a different level and what creates that level? Part of it is personality and openness to new experience. Part of it is really our life experience shaping us. And so when we've had a lot of early trauma, we tend to actually have more of a threat response to things that happen and to things that haven't happened.

It's a really good question. We all come with a different level and what creates that level? Part of it is personality and openness to new experience. Part of it is really our life experience shaping us. And so when we've had a lot of early trauma, we tend to actually have more of a threat response to things that happen and to things that haven't happened.

So that vigilance about ruminating about the past, but also worrying about the future, feeling that more is at stake, feeling more threatened. So there are lots of ways to overcome that. In your diagram of stress, in your new book coming out in February, I love your triangle of understanding all the influences on us and our aging biology.

So that vigilance about ruminating about the past, but also worrying about the future, feeling that more is at stake, feeling more threatened. So there are lots of ways to overcome that. In your diagram of stress, in your new book coming out in February, I love your triangle of understanding all the influences on us and our aging biology.

So that vigilance about ruminating about the past, but also worrying about the future, feeling that more is at stake, feeling more threatened. So there are lots of ways to overcome that. In your diagram of stress, in your new book coming out in February, I love your triangle of understanding all the influences on us and our aging biology.

And you had one layer of stress that people don't usually think of, which is we're born into this world wired differently because of intergenerational trauma. shaping our epigenetics, as well as our experience in the womb for nine months, the level of maternal stress that we've been exposed to.

And you had one layer of stress that people don't usually think of, which is we're born into this world wired differently because of intergenerational trauma. shaping our epigenetics, as well as our experience in the womb for nine months, the level of maternal stress that we've been exposed to.

And you had one layer of stress that people don't usually think of, which is we're born into this world wired differently because of intergenerational trauma. shaping our epigenetics, as well as our experience in the womb for nine months, the level of maternal stress that we've been exposed to.

It's absolutely real. Like, I just want to say, we actually, I mean, Rachel Yehuda's work and others have actually shown our stress response system, you know, even three generations out from being from a Holocaust survivor as a parent, as a grandparent, we are different.

It's absolutely real. Like, I just want to say, we actually, I mean, Rachel Yehuda's work and others have actually shown our stress response system, you know, even three generations out from being from a Holocaust survivor as a parent, as a grandparent, we are different.

It's absolutely real. Like, I just want to say, we actually, I mean, Rachel Yehuda's work and others have actually shown our stress response system, you know, even three generations out from being from a Holocaust survivor as a parent, as a grandparent, we are different.

And we now know the pathways, and yet we still don't take it seriously. And that's why it's called the stress prescription, because we're not going to get rid of stress, but there is a way to live with it better that is absolutely medically relevant. It's a prognostic factor for getting mental and physical illnesses. And all of the data, including a recent APA survey, show

And we now know the pathways, and yet we still don't take it seriously. And that's why it's called the stress prescription, because we're not going to get rid of stress, but there is a way to live with it better that is absolutely medically relevant. It's a prognostic factor for getting mental and physical illnesses. And all of the data, including a recent APA survey, show