The Crippling World Of Modern Anxiety - Tim Clare - #475

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
What's happening, people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Tim Clare. He's an author, poet and a creative writing coach. Anxiety rates have skyrocketed over the last decade. After spending hours every weekend racked by crippling panic attacks, Tim decided to contact every anxiety expert he could to hear their suggestions for potential strategies to reduce it, and then he did all of them. Expect to learn why people are turning up to A&E believing they're having a heart attack, how the gut brain connection plays a role in mediating our mood, why exercise is as effective as an anti-anxiety drug, how early childhood can influence our anxiety levels, the most effective tactics Tim has implemented to improve his mental health, and much more. I really appreciate how open and vulnerable and honest Tim is with this. There's something extra specially shameful deep down about being a man and a father and a husband and dealing with this. It's typically not what society expects of men. 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