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42: coping mechanism a are considered to be either adaptive or maladaptive.
45 - 46 (-)(+) coping actions
53- 54: drugs or alcohol for relief = unintentionally exacerbate your anxiety once the “high" has passed
59: stress inoculation
62: building resilience before we need it
94-95: micro flow
102: growth mindset
107: life long fear lack of $
114: activist mindset - reappraise your situation.
— Sep 13, 2026 06:25PM
45 - 46 (-)(+) coping actions
53- 54: drugs or alcohol for relief = unintentionally exacerbate your anxiety once the “high" has passed
59: stress inoculation
62: building resilience before we need it
94-95: micro flow
102: growth mindset
107: life long fear lack of $
114: activist mindset - reappraise your situation.
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Makarem
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Love it so far.
Key highlights found interesting to remember:
Page 17 -18: our brains have not changed enough in response to the vastly different, more complex social landscape in which we live
Pages: 23, 29, 31, 36
— Sep 03, 2026 09:02AM
Key highlights found interesting to remember:
Page 17 -18: our brains have not changed enough in response to the vastly different, more complex social landscape in which we live
Pages: 23, 29, 31, 36
Makarem
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Excellent so far.
Page 5: but I started to see anxiety as a kind of neural arousal or stimulation that had a range of different effects on my life like a form of energy. The arousal of anxiety takes on a positive or negative cast, depending on how an individual response to a particular stressor or outside force.
— Aug 28, 2026 09:35PM
Page 5: but I started to see anxiety as a kind of neural arousal or stimulation that had a range of different effects on my life like a form of energy. The arousal of anxiety takes on a positive or negative cast, depending on how an individual response to a particular stressor or outside force.

