People with anxiety often ask for reassurance about their safety from their loved ones. If given, the reassurance usually provides only temporary relief, especially for patients whose anxiety is part ...

In my last post, I had promised to "examine how our fundamental conceptions of ourselves—our granting to ourselves the possession of an enduring self—contribute to our anxiety." The time has come to ...

This article was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Like getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist or forgetting your umbrella on the one day it downpours, occasional anxiety is a typical part of ...

There are plenty of expert-approved tools for managing anxiety—deep breathing, mindless distractions, fact-checking your more catastrophic thoughts. And many of them do genuinely help. Still, “there’s ...