Marc Schoen, PhD, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has a private practice in Los Angeles focused on how the mind affects the body. He is author of Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st Century. MarcSchoen.com
he news has been particularly distressing.
Your survival instinct could kill you. It tries to protect you from perceived dangers even when no real physical danger…
