Unfuck your anxiety: Using science to rewire your anxious brain by Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACNA lifesaver for stress, panic attacks, and chronic anxiety Anxiety is a survival skill gone haywire. It happens when our brain is working so hard to protect us that it forgets to notice that the danger has passed. It feels like choking, stifling, smothering, tingling, panickingour brains cut out and we start to make bad decisionsall normal anxiety reactions. Dr. Faith G. Harper, author of the bestselling Unfuck Your Brain and This is Your Brain on