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Anxiety - and the 'worry bully'

Have you heard of the worry bully? It can hijack your brain, overwhelm your thoughts and take over your life. Learn how to tackle it here ⎮29 min listen

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Lynne Malcolm produced & presented this podcast series via, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio
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Anxiety is an essential human emotion - it kicks in to protect us from threats - but sometimes those threats are only perceived. When worries start to become overwhelming, approximately 25 per cent of us experience clinical anxiety. But it is highly treatable. A ten-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man share their anxious thoughts and their strategies to manage them. 

Learn more about anxiety by following this link - Anxiety - and the 'worry bully'.

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Lynne Malcolm produced & presented this podcast series via, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio

All in the Mind is RN’s exploration of all things mental—a program about the mind, brain and behaviour, and the endlessly fascinating interactions between them. From dreaming to depression, memory to imagination, psychotherapy to psychopathy, emotion to obsession, All in the Mind explores the human condition through the mind’s eye. While many aspects of our minds remain seductively mysterious, new light is being shed on the way we think and the way we relate to each other all the time. All in the Mind brings together a diverse range of ideas and human experiences through the voices of great thinkers and powerful personal stories.

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