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“My therapist taught me to interrupt my anxious thinking with thoughts like: “What if things work out” and “What if all my hard work pays off?” So, I’m passing that onto you wherever you are, whatever you’re leaving, or whomever you’re becoming.”

— Sinclair P. Ceasar III

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Post From Tumblr Scientists Have Identified The Physical Source of Anxiety in The Brain - May 17, 20

Scientists Have Identified The Physical Source of Anxiety in The Brain:

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We’re not wired to feel safe all the time, but maybe one day we could be.

A new study investigating the neurological basis of anxiety in the brain has identified ‘anxiety cells’ located in the hippocampus – which not only regulate anxious behaviour but can be controlled by a beam of light.

The findings, so far demonstrated in experiments with lab mice, could offer a ray of hope for the millions of people worldwide who experience anxiety disorders (including almost one in five adults in the US), by leading to new drugs that silence these anxiety-controlling neurons.

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What kind of flashlight do we need to buy? Asking for a friend.

I’m just hoping that, once they’ve figured out the medical application of this on a human scale, we won’t be already facing it as a weapon in the hands of cops in the streets, and soldiers on the battle ground, and ‘fraud monitors’ in the polling places, and…  Fuck it.  Enough dystopia.  Let’s see this one used for GOOD, shall we?

*Spits in hand and makes the strongest ward I know…*

I love Maglites. Um, reasons?

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