Your anxiety is actually an alarm: Joanna Cheek
About this episode
Psychiatrist Joanna Cheek discusses how anxiety and stress are often responses to systemic issues rather than just personal problems.
Stress, anxiety and burnout are often treated as personal problems to fix. But psychiatrist Joanna Cheek says many mental health symptoms may be reasonable responses to the world around us. As rates of anxiety, depression and emotional exhaustion rise, Joanna says we need to look beyond the individual and examine the systems shaping our lives. We discuss why so many people feel overwhelmed, how mental health changes when we put it in context and why understanding our "alarms" might help us better understand our emotions.
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