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FUTURE TENSE
Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though it Feels Bad)
In this age of overwhelming anxiety, society sends us the message that we must attack it like we do any life-threatening disease - prevent it, avoid it, and stamp it out at all costs. This is the disease story of anxiety that we tell ourselves. But what if we were all wrong about anxiety?
Future Tense argues for the radical idea that anxiety is not the enemy - it is our ally, because when we tap into our anxiety instead of attack it, we immediately multiply our inner resources, not just for surviving, but for thriving. Anxiety is both protective and productive, propelling us into future thinking, where we are smarter, more focused, and more hopeful in the face of challenge. When we learn to embrace - and even love - our anxiety and teach our families to do the same, we harness the superpowers inherent in the future tense.
This book will lead readers to adopt a new mindset about anxiety - a fresh set of beliefs and insights that allow us to explore and leverage anxiety rather than be overwhelmed by it - through real-world examples and stories combined with the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, genetics, biology, and sociology. It is a quest is to spark a powerful, new understanding of anxiety that gives rise to out-of-the-box solutions, as well as boosts the effectiveness of existing approaches. The best solutions in the world won't stick if our view of anxiety unintentionally accelerates it.
Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at The City University of New York, and the Director of the Stress, Anxiety, and Resilience Research Center and the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Health Technology at Hunter College. She has been featured and interviewed in dozens of major media outlets to discuss her work, including the New York Times, ABC Special Report "Screentime" with Diane Sawyer, Wall Street Journal, CBS, CNN, NPR, The Today Show, The Daily Mail, and Bloomberg Television.
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Published 2022-05-03 by HarperWave |