Managing Anxiety As We Age with David Prescott, PhD

Ep 080: In our practice with our financial planning clients, we see signs of anxiety and untreated anxiety start to shrink our clients’ worlds. They start getting more anxious about traveling to other parts of the world, they get anxious about social situations, or they stop going to the doctor because they might be anxious about hearing possible bad news. There are things that we can do to address our anxiety and help us manage our fears, whether logical or illogical. Today, we wanted to have a discussion about managing anxiety as we age. Our next guest attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine where he earned a B.A. with a double major in psychology and music. After a year he spent the next decade completing an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Nebraska and a clinical psychology predoctoral internship at Indiana University Medical School. For more than the past 17 years, he’s worked at Northern Light Acadia Hospital, a psychiatric treatment facility in Bangor, as a psychologist, program director, and quality improvement director. Please join us in welcoming David Prescott to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast! Chapters: Welcome, David Prescott, PhD! (2:45) What is an anxiety disorder? (10:29) What are some common anxiety triggers? (20:32) What is helpful anxiety and what is unhelpful anxiety? (26:16) When does a doctor or patient know when it’s time to use medication to assist with managing anxiety? (35:47) What resources are out there for people experiencing anxiety? (44:56) How will David find his personal Retirement Success? (47:52) Ben and Curtis conclude the show. (52:06)