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The Wages of Anxiety

By Dr. Jack Krasuski|2024-04-09T21:15:01+00:00April 9th, 2024|Categories: All, Burnout, Career, Happiness, Health|Tags: acceptance, anxiety, dread, maladaptive coping, stress, worry|

An erroneous expectation I often hear from anxious persons is that to maintain happiness and safety, a large degree of [...]

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How to Understand and Treat Worry

By Dr. Jack Krasuski|2022-03-25T03:18:50+00:00March 23rd, 2022|Categories: Health, Psych Matters|Tags: acceptance and commitment therapy, anxiety, CBT, cognitive biases, mindfulness-based therapies, ruminations, threat assessments, worry|

I’ll start with my take-home message: chronic worriers do not want to stop worrying. Instead, they want to stop feeling [...]

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Forever Anxiety

By Dr. Jack Krasuski|2020-11-30T15:20:43+00:00November 30th, 2020|Categories: All, Patient Stories, Psych Matters|Tags: anxiety, dread, fear, psychiatric misdiagnoses, ruminations, treatment for anxiety, worry|

Today I respond to a request for advice. A reader writes, “Jack, I have many patients with high levels of [...]

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