ترس: چرا اضطراب داریم و چه کاری می توانیم در مورد آن انجام دهیم ۲۰۲۲
Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It 2022

1. How to Read This Book

1. Tail: How I became anxious

2. Shift Happens: The moment I realised I couldn’t go on like this

3. The Exercist: Exercise; the fight, flight or freeze response; and neurotransmitters

4. Eat Shit and Diet: The gut–brain connection, microbiota and inflammation

5. Terrifying Abnormal Dreams: Antidepressants, tranquillisers, side effects and withdrawal symptoms

6. Modern Life Is Rubbish: The anxiety of modern life and the history of stress

7. This Is Fine: Social media and our addiction to doomscrolling

8. The Anxiety Gene: The genetic roots of anxiety

9. And It Feels Like Home: Childhood trauma, brain development and the power of nostalgia

10. Piece of Mind: The neuroscience of anxiety

11. Brain Storm: Stimulating parts of the brain with electricity and magnets, and taming our ‘threat circuit’

12. Paranoid Android: What robots and AI are teaching us about anxiety

13. Safety: How we perpetuate our fear, and the extreme exposure therapies that conquer it

14. Psychedelics: LSD, magic mushrooms, MDMA, and the growth of psychedelic therapy

15. The Water Cure: Cold-water immersion and wild swimming

16. Breathing: Pulmonary biology and the science of panic attacks

17. Hypnosis: Hypnotherapy and placebos

18. Religion: Seeking certainty in gods, scriptures and meditation

19. In These Uncertain Times: Anxiety disorders and global catastrophe

20. The Magic of Uncertainty: The power of stories, and learning to be comfortable when life is out of our control

22. Appendix

23. Acknowledgements

24. Notes