Dr. David Rosmarin

I did this for years myself. I would show up to work, have clammy hands, have a little bit of an upset stomach. My breathing would be a little bit labored because it's a stressful day. And I would say, David, what's wrong with you? Until it was really during the COVID pandemic that it hit me. I'm like, that's not true. We're going through a hard time. We're going to feel somewhat anxious.

In fact, if I didn't feel anxious, then something would be wrong. And then I realized...

In fact, if I didn't feel anxious, then something would be wrong. And then I realized...

In fact, if I didn't feel anxious, then something would be wrong. And then I realized...

we need to bifurcate between normal anxiety which is actually potentially a very great resource to thrive in your life and then clinical anxiety which does need professional treatment whether it's medication or psychotherapy or something more sophisticated and targeted but we're getting it wrong and it's having disastrous consequences especially for kids how does being nervous or feeling on edge how is that an example of thriving

we need to bifurcate between normal anxiety which is actually potentially a very great resource to thrive in your life and then clinical anxiety which does need professional treatment whether it's medication or psychotherapy or something more sophisticated and targeted but we're getting it wrong and it's having disastrous consequences especially for kids how does being nervous or feeling on edge how is that an example of thriving

we need to bifurcate between normal anxiety which is actually potentially a very great resource to thrive in your life and then clinical anxiety which does need professional treatment whether it's medication or psychotherapy or something more sophisticated and targeted but we're getting it wrong and it's having disastrous consequences especially for kids how does being nervous or feeling on edge how is that an example of thriving

Well, it does depend what you do with it. Okay. If we take those nerves, those regular healthy anxiety feelings, sensations, thoughts that are going through, and we actually get to the bottom of it, we probe, we think about what's making us anxious, we can become more self-aware, right?

Well, it does depend what you do with it. Okay. If we take those nerves, those regular healthy anxiety feelings, sensations, thoughts that are going through, and we actually get to the bottom of it, we probe, we think about what's making us anxious, we can become more self-aware, right?

Well, it does depend what you do with it. Okay. If we take those nerves, those regular healthy anxiety feelings, sensations, thoughts that are going through, and we actually get to the bottom of it, we probe, we think about what's making us anxious, we can become more self-aware, right?

If we share it with someone else... We can broaden and deepen our connections with other people and become more intimately related to them. And if we embrace it, well, we can actually build our emotional fortitude to be able to face adversity. And we can also even use it to let go.

If we share it with someone else... We can broaden and deepen our connections with other people and become more intimately related to them. And if we embrace it, well, we can actually build our emotional fortitude to be able to face adversity. And we can also even use it to let go.

If we share it with someone else... We can broaden and deepen our connections with other people and become more intimately related to them. And if we embrace it, well, we can actually build our emotional fortitude to be able to face adversity. And we can also even use it to let go.

And I think that's the process that we have to start using with normal, healthy aspects of anxiety as opposed to get rid of it. And our immediate knee-jerk reaction is get rid of these feelings. Something is wrong with me. I shouldn't be feeling this way. And immediately your adrenaline is going to spike because you're interpreting the lower levels of anxiety as a problem.

And I think that's the process that we have to start using with normal, healthy aspects of anxiety as opposed to get rid of it. And our immediate knee-jerk reaction is get rid of these feelings. Something is wrong with me. I shouldn't be feeling this way. And immediately your adrenaline is going to spike because you're interpreting the lower levels of anxiety as a problem.

And I think that's the process that we have to start using with normal, healthy aspects of anxiety as opposed to get rid of it. And our immediate knee-jerk reaction is get rid of these feelings. Something is wrong with me. I shouldn't be feeling this way. And immediately your adrenaline is going to spike because you're interpreting the lower levels of anxiety as a problem.

So that's literally going to create a physiological cascade and it dumps more adrenaline into your system.

So that's literally going to create a physiological cascade and it dumps more adrenaline into your system.

So that's literally going to create a physiological cascade and it dumps more adrenaline into your system.

Sure. Looking back in the last 20 years, I would probably, if I had to be honest, it's going to be my own anxiety. And this has very much been a personal journey for me. I was taught in graduate school, I was taught in my training to diagnose, treat, help people to get rid of their clinical anxiety.