{"id":102736,"date":"2019-04-08T11:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=102736"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:43:08","slug":"treating-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

According to recent statistics, the number of Americans dealing with anxiety disorders is over 40 million and that number is increasing. My guest today is one of those Americans who’s suffered from bouts of anxiety all of his life. He\u2019s also a successful journalist. So he decided to use his journalistic chops to explore the history of anxiety and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about the mental disorder that has plagued him since his youth. <\/p>\n

His name is Scott Stossel<\/a>. He\u2019s an editor at The Atlantic<\/em> and the author of My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> We begin our conversation discussing Scott\u2019s experience with anxiety that began as a child, what anxiety feels like, and how he\u2019s treated it throughout his life. We then dig into the history of anxiety, looking at how it’s been viewed differently through time, and at what point psychologists classified it as a mental disorder. Scott then walks us through the different theories about what causes anxiety and what the research says about the best ways to treat it. We end our conversation discussing the state of Scott\u2019s anxiety today and whether he thinks he\u2019ll ever be cured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to recent statistics, the number of Americans dealing with anxiety disorders is over 40 million and that number is increasing. My guest today is one of those Americans who’s suffered from bouts of anxiety all of his life. He\u2019s also a successful journalist. So he decided to use his journalistic chops to explore the history of anxiety and how we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42265,156,42380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-podcast","category-strength"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"\nHow to Treat Anxiety | The Art of Manliness Podcast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My guest today has explored the history of\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about his own struggles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety | The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My guest today has explored the history of\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about his own struggles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-08T16:50:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-28T17:43:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brett\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832\"},\"headline\":\"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-08T16:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-28T17:43:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/497.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\",\"Podcast\",\"Strength\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Treat Anxiety | The Art of Manliness Podcast\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/497.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-08T16:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-28T17:43:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832\"},\"description\":\"My guest today has explored the history of\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about his own struggles.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/497.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/497.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/strength\\\/health\\\/treating-anxiety\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Art of Manliness\",\"description\":\"Men's Interest and Lifestyle\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832\",\"name\":\"Brett\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/artofmanliness.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/author\\\/brett\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Treat Anxiety | The Art of Manliness Podcast","description":"My guest today has explored the history of\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about his own struggles.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety | The Art of Manliness","og_description":"My guest today has explored the history of\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about his own struggles.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/","og_site_name":"The Art of Manliness","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/artofmanliness","article_published_time":"2019-04-08T16:50:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-28T17:43:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Brett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@artofmanliness","twitter_site":"@artofmanliness","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brett","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/"},"author":{"name":"Brett","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832"},"headline":"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety","datePublished":"2019-04-08T16:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-28T17:43:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/"},"wordCount":246,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497.png","articleSection":["Health","Podcast","Strength"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/","name":"How to Treat Anxiety | The Art of Manliness Podcast","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497.png","datePublished":"2019-04-08T16:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-28T17:43:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832"},"description":"My guest today has explored the history of\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and how we treat it in the hopes he could gain more insight about his own struggles.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/497.png","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/treating-anxiety\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Podcast #497: The Meaning, Manifestations, and Treatments for Anxiety"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/","name":"The Art of Manliness","description":"Men's Interest and Lifestyle","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832","name":"Brett","sameAs":["http:\/\/artofmanliness.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/author\/brett\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}