Why the root of your anxiety might not be your mind
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With so many people struggling in so many ways, one author believes it is more than just mental wiring or genetics to blame.
By Rosa Silverman
It has been described as a silent epidemic. The number of people living with anxiety has rocketed in recent years. Well before the pandemic, it seemed we were already a highly anxious nation. In 2013, there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK, with women almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety disorders as men. Now, in any given week in England, one in six people will be diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, according to the mental health charity Mind. It’s not just us either. In the US, up to a third of people are said to be affected by an anxiety disorder in their lifetime.
The numbers are so enormous, they can seem hard to credit. But Dr Ellen Vora, an American psychiatrist and author of a new book, The Anatomy of Anxiety, has an explanation – and it lies not in our mental wiring or genetics, but instead in our b...
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