My New Brain

The best thing I did for myself in 2020 was admit I needed help.

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The first time I talked to a doctor about anxiety, I was in college. When I brought up the issue of my consistently sweaty hands, I actually didn’t realize I was bringing up a symptom of my anxiety. My doctor pointed it out.

“It’s an evolutionary fight or flight response,” she told me. “In prehistoric times, humans would need to climb away from…