The Mindful Self-Express  The mind-body experiment.  Why We
Can't Just Get Rid of Anxiety & Distress  Negative emotions are
hard-wired into our brains to be managed, not eliminated  We are
continually bombarded with messages from the media and self-help
gurus that we are in charge of our own happiness. All we need to
do is buy this product ot follow that secret formula and we can
get rid of anxiety and negative emotion for good.  If getting
rid of negative emotions is so easy, why is it that more than 21
million children and adults get diagnosed with depression each
year and that depression is the leading cause of disability for
adults age 15-44? Why is it that 40 million adults in the United
States suffer from an anxiety disorder?.  The truth is that we
can’t just get rid of negative emotions when we feel like it.
They are something we will have to cope with for the rest of our
lives.  When our ancestors lived in the jungle hundreds of
thousands of years ago, those who heard the footsteps of the
stalking tig