“Anxiety is focused on things that are important to you in life. That is the key.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► / @bigthink Up next, The memory-enhancing effects of movement, backed by science ► • The memory-enhancing effects of movement, … What if one of our most uncomfortable emotions could actually be seen as a gift, bringing us a wealth of insight, productivity, and empathy? Neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki argues that by reframing anxiety as a misunderstood superpower, we can take advantage of it as fuel to enter flow state. Suzuki shares her science-backed trick for those saddled with the emotion, transforming it from a daily burden to a powerful tool. 00:00 The protective nature of anxiety 00:37 How to turn anxiety into a superpower 03:40 Anxiety in the brain 05:47 Using brain plasticity 10:33 Top 3 superpowers of anxiety 12:33 Using anxiety for flow Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-t…
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.