According to LeDoux, anxiety is a “conscious feeling.” It can arise from either (1) “activity in the [brain’s] defense circuits” or (2) “higher [order brain] processes that conceptualize worry.”
— Joseph LeDoux, Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety (New York: Penguin Books, 2016), 257–258.
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Ryan serves as a pastor at Grace Bible Church. His ministry ranges from preaching, teaching, and writing, to listening, being present, and walking with others through some of life’s most difficult experiences.
He lives with his wife and children in Escondido, California.
