In this October 2022 episode of Hidden Brain, Dr. Tracey Dennis-Tiwary explains the purpose of our internal alarms and how we can leverage anxiety to work in our favor.

While it might be perceived as a problem or limitation, anxiety is our natural alarm system, designed to alert us to potential threats.

Our anxiety can be triggered by physical danger, but often, it is less dramatic events that cause stress and trigger our internal threat detector.

Though we have evolved to feel anxiety in order to survive real dangers, our over-active alarm systems can impose unnecessary limitations on daily life.

Dr. Tracey Dennis-Tiwary is an anxiety researcher and professor of psychology and neuroscience.

In this October 2022 episode of Hidden Brain, Dennis-Tiwary explores anxiety's role in our evolution, highlighting its importance in preparing us for the world and how we can use it to our advantage.