Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5PFjaUwlKzQ   We can neutralize our stress and anxiety with song, a stuffed animal, and even another person.  Psychologists at Yale and Cornell present this stress antidote adding that a safety signal triggers an entirely different neural network than that through which behavioral therapy operates.   Subjects, both human and mice, were exposed to both threatening objects and non-threatening ones separately.  Including the non-threatening safety item in a threatening scenario neutralized the stress.   With the holidays upon us soon to be followed by the tax season, I’d pick a safety signal, a portable happy place, to help you through the anxiety maze.  Know you’re not alone: 1 in 3 Americans have disabling anxiety and fear.   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191209161336.htm    #Safetysignal #Fear #anxiety #happyplace