Our Anxious Selves: Neuropsychological Processes and their Enduring Influence on Who We Are

Efrat Ginot

Aug 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Senn Annis

About this audiobook

Discussing the outsized role that fear, anxiety, and other distressing emotions play in forming fundamental aspects of who we are. Using recent findings from neuropsychology, this book shows that who we are psychologically starts with the early presence of an easily aroused fear/anxiety system. It goes on to discuss how clinicians can view people's difficulties with self-confidence and identity, and how self-destructive patterns can be traced back to these systems and what clinicians can do to help. It also touches on intergenerational transmission of trauma, as well as people's responses to COVID-19, PTSD, and real and imagined threats.

About the author

Efrat Ginot is a psychologist-psychoanalyst and supervisor in New York City.

Award-winning audiobook narrator Senn Annis is known for her ability to bring vulnerability and nuance to her protagonists. Her passion for storytelling is informed by a BA in English literature and a decade of stage performance with the Cirque de Soleil.