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Take Your Pills: Xanax

We're stuck in this old story, fixing something that's broken instead of building...

We're stuck in this old story, fixing something that's broken instead of building resilience against it
in the first place

Full Transcript

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We're stuck in this old story,
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fixing something that's broken
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instead of building resilience against it in the first place.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:30
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Shriver Media,Motto Pictures

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Movie Summary

A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.
One of the things that's unique about modern life - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:10
One of the things that's unique about modern life
I mean, our lives really are now conducted largely, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
I mean, our lives really are now conducted largely,
We're not running away from tigers. In some ways, that'd be much simpler. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
We're not running away from tigers. In some ways, that&...
And 2,000 years ago, what was the main means of transportation? - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
And 2,000 years ago, what was the main means of transportati...
When we're anxious, what's happening in our body is very similar - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
When we're anxious, what's happening in our body i...
Most every brain of humans and primates and mammals, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:10
Most every brain of humans and primates and mammals,
In humans, there's two of them. They're symmetrical, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
In humans, there's two of them. They're symmetrica...
The amygdala fires if there's anything to be nervous about or fearful about. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
The amygdala fires if there's anything to be nervous ab...
So that's our sympathetic nervous system preparing us for action. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
So that's our sympathetic nervous system preparing us f...
Our blood is pumping, our heart is racing, our muscles are activated. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
Our blood is pumping, our heart is racing, our muscles are a...
Anxiety is actually a form of energy. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:05
Anxiety is actually a form of energy.
And energy, if appropriately channeled, is... can be a really positive thing. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
And energy, if appropriately channeled, is... can be a reall...
It actually energizes us to achieve, to accomplish. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
It actually energizes us to achieve, to accomplish.
We become smarter, more focused, more driven, more ambitious, more hopeful, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:11
We become smarter, more focused, more driven, more ambitious...
When I think about anxiety disorders, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:13
When I think about anxiety disorders,
So either it's cognitively paralyzing, or physically paralyzing, or both. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
So either it's cognitively paralyzing, or physically pa...
When I'm having an anxiety attack, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
When I'm having an anxiety attack,
I feel almost like the air is thick and sort of pushing down on me - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
I feel almost like the air is thick and sort of pushing down...
The breathing was getting faster - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
The breathing was getting faster
It feels like I need to breathe more frequently - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
It feels like I need to breathe more frequently