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Sufferers of social anxiety disorder have varying needs when it comes to daily life, and that includes, of course, work environments. While some need limited social interaction, others feel they need to get out and work with a small group of people in order to keep from feeling isolated. One of ... Views: 2090
Do you or someone you love suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? What is OCD and how can you recognize it? In all possible instances I advise you to seek professional help, but here I will also attempt to provide a basic description of a mental disorder that is often misunderstood. Unlike ... Views: 2087
Are you stuck in a boring job that you don't like because the thought of applying for another job and going to an interview is just too frightening? Does the thought of going to an interview make you feel sick and bring up thoughts of all the things that could go wrong? Do you find it ... Views: 2081
Don’t Panic! - Panic Attacks Explained
What is a panic attack?
It is normal, natural and common to get panicky from time to time. You may be late for work, think you can hear a burglar downstairs, or be ready to sit an exam. These feelings are normal and pass fairly quickly. They are ... Views: 2075
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” CARL JUNG
Attention, seekers: Saturn is moving into Sagittarius on December 23rd, 2014!
This means we are entering a new two-and-a-half to three-year-cycle that is most positive and ... Views: 2074
Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults. These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear.
Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, ... Views: 2069
Here are probably the top 3 reasons why you might be feeling depressed and a little something you can do about it. All healing begins, first, with understanding the reasons. Anything else merely masks the problem, but does not solve it.
As a pastor and counselor for over 15 years, I’ve had ... Views: 2069
A few months ago, I received an email with a quotation from The Invitation, by visionary author, Oriah Mountain Dreamer: “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. . . .I want to know if you can ... Views: 2069
One day about 35 years after my fifteenth birthday while sitting in a psychiatrists office I realized that I had been acting out my entire life. This accomplishment both amused and horrified me.
About this time I had determined that to go on living, I needed to find out who I was. This was a ... Views: 2066
Understanding and Treating Anxiety
Most people suffer from anxiety at some stage of their lives. Anxiety is usually a relatively natural response to a situation which appears threatening or one to which we are not accustomed. So, for example, people are sometimes quite naturally anxious about ... Views: 2062
Stress is a natural and unavoidable part of everyday life. In fact, our body’s stress response is actually a benefit. It equips us to respond effectively to situations that may pose a threat to our mental or emotional health. So why do people complain about stress?
When we have poor coping ... Views: 2059
Insomnia is never a fun. Regardless of whether it is temporary or long-term, it can negatively affect your life in many ways. Anyone can find themselves in a situation where sleep is only something they desire, but cannot get it however much they try. If you are in such a situation, don’t worry ... Views: 2055
Do you ever get the feeling that what your anxious about has little or nothing to do with what is actually happening? Many of us do, and it happens a lot. Anxiety is a concern or worry about past and/or future events, which is detrimental to being in the moment.
The real question is: how ... Views: 2052
Treating depression naturally.... One of the reasons people might prefer to deal with it this way is because they hate to take medication. Others may have tried this medication before and found it did not work or it had bad side effects. It is also a good idea to take natural things because ... Views: 2046
Many people over the years have asked me a question that I feel I should address in one of my posts, and that question is what do I think about therapy. Well, in a nutshell I think that psychotherapy is a complete waste of time and money, due to the length of time it takes to see any kind of ... Views: 2044
Agoraphobics and those with social anxiety and shyness issues are often searching for more self-help tools and strategies to help them better manage their anxiety. Often, they are highly motivated to overcome their anxiety, but are afraid of venturing out of their safe zone. Online counselling ... Views: 2042
Spring is with us and as the sun begins to shine it can show up a lot of dross. It is time for a good spring-clean. A client recently described coaching as de-cluttering his mind and it set me thinking how much easier focus, clarity and freedom of mind can be when the mind is cleared of the ... Views: 2041
The origins of Social Anxiety, shyness and fear have often been the subject of debate. Where does it really come from? A person’s genetic make-up, bad parenting, a chemical imbalance or learning and experiencing.
If you have done any research on the subject you will find that among experts ... Views: 2039
There are many symptoms that sufferers experience when they are dealing with stress, too many to go into detail here. One symptom common among many sufferers is the continual replaying of events from the past. Today, let's look at a new stress relief technique I have created that will really ... Views: 2037
Years ago I was locked in a worry habit. Each morning I would wake up and my mind would begin to scan the landscape of my life, the way a hawk scans land for food. I was not looking for food; I was looking for something to worry about. The enormity of this habit became apparent one day when I ... Views: 2034
Fast paced life constantly under pressure?
"I can't do it all to please everyone!"
"There's not enough hours in the day."
"I'm racing against the clock."
These are but a few of the comments we utter in our stressed-out fast-paced life. Its true, even though we now have all kinds of ... Views: 2034
As I lie restless in a cold room, I can smell a strong sweet and sour nauseous scent. There are noisy electrical machines attached to my body, a long tube jammed down my throat, and fluids are being transfused into the veins of both of my arms. I wonder,
“Where am I and what are they trying ... Views: 2034
Those of you who have the most stage fright have the potential to be the most impactful speakers, because you have the feelings! Your feelings are up to the surface where they can be used to create a genuine emotional connection with the audience. You can not think away your feelings, deny them ... Views: 2033
Assuming that you don't want to take some kind of dangerous medication for your anxiety, you also have the option to take something more natural to your body, like a herbal anxiety remedy. The human body was not built to take chemicals and potions that are created in a lab, so these natural ... Views: 2031
Back a few years ago I was sitting in my office, quite relaxed, I had a very quaint little book store where I worked only 7 hours a day and had about 4 months holiday throughout the whole year… it was a dream job alright! So I was sitting at my computer and suddenly felt a flutter in my ... Views: 2030
Start Doing This Immediately to Train Your Brain for Success!
What I’m about to share with you in this article cannot be ignored. It has literally made the difference in my clients’ ability to gain control over their lives in remarkable ways.
You may have heard of visualization or maybe ... Views: 2030
Meditation and Thinking
Over the years I have learned one thing for sure about meditation, and that is that everyone’s experience is their experience. In other words, never compare your experience with someone else’s. Your experience is as valid as anyone else’s.
Meditation is a form of self ... Views: 2029
The piano is just like a mirror under your fingers rather than on the wall. It shows you, honestly, what you can and can not do yet.
There were many times that I thought I understood something well enough and felt 'ready for business'; only to find out, by fumbling on the keyboard, that I was ... Views: 2028
Most of you don’t live with a freak of nature. My family does. That would be me!
For the past several years the word oxytocin has been mentioned in my home at least once a day. At the very least it’s mentioned once every other day. The other day, Marley, our seven year old was telling her ... Views: 2028
You probably never thought of workplace stress as being the paramount key to your career success. Most people and so-called experts want to emphasize people skills or technical skills or even how you interact with your boss. But without stress and chaos, you really have no opportunity to stand ... Views: 2028
It is not uncommon for someone to be told that they should just forgive and forget and simply move on from someone who has wronged them. This can seem to be the most logical thing that one can do; to put it behind them and carry on with their life.
One could be told that they are bigger than ... Views: 2027
Dear Dr. Romance:
What is wrong with me? Angry, sad, blah? It's 5 am and I'm still awake. I'm 29, single (I don't mind), I go to school, an ok job, pets. I'm not starving, as long at there's a roof over my head i'm good to go. So many things I really want to do. I get into it then I don't ... Views: 2024
Panic attacks are very intense and debilitating experiences. The symptoms are very severe in nature and completely shake up a person. When a person is struck by a panic attack, it comes all of a sudden without any pre-warning and the body goes into overdrive.
The person will see his heart ... Views: 2023
Visualization and imagery has been used for thousands of years with anything from athletic performance to healing, but does it really work?
Yes, it certainly does!
Our brain doesn't know the difference between what is actually happening and what we are vividly picturing in our mind which ... Views: 2019
Fear & Reality
Dialogue on Fear and Reality
Submitted by George on Monday, 02/06/2012
This is a powerful mental construct that prevents us from being creative, happy and successful.
The world as it appears to us now, is largely, a reflection of the "egoic mind " with fear being the ... Views: 2015
The Flame of Love
By
Payam Ghassemlou Ph.D.
On a daily basis, many of us spend a lot of time thinking about our life challenges. We think about all sorts of difficult situations, like financial problems, and make ourselves believe we can’t handle them. Catastrophic thinking ... Views: 2014
Is shyness confused with arogance? Sometimes. But how to prevent this?
Some people advise the shy person to confess that she is shy. To keep people from seeing her as cold and aloof, a case of shyness confused with arogance, she is advised to admit her shyness. Perhaps she might say something ... Views: 2007
Drink a glass of water and quench your anxiety!
It's really a very simple way of eliminating anxiety but the majority of individuals are walking around in a mild state of dehydration during all seasons, not just summertime...and experiencing anxiety, depression, depersonalization and fatigue ... Views: 2005
• Think about all the things you have to do. Do this as you are going about your day. Go over your to-do list mentally many times a day, especially in the midst of doing something. Then talk about how much you have to do and how busy you are with everyone.
• Keep checking the time, and think ... Views: 2003
Anxiety, according to dictionary.com, is “distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.” Fear is defined at the same site as “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined.” So anxiety can be defined as ... Views: 2003
The act of Public Speaking is feared by the majority of the population even more so that death itself, so major studies have revealed! It is however a fear worth defeating and a skill worth mastering if you can, as to do so will boost your confidence tremendously and enhance greatly your career ... Views: 2002
Your pregnancy should be a great time of happiness as you await your new bundle of joy. But, sometimes a pregnancy can be riddled with unexplained fear, depression and even panic and anxiety.
Anxiety is not rare. However, most panic episodes are not pregnancy panic attacks. Though there is ... Views: 2001
Many people experience social phobia but do not understand what it is and without the knowledge of what it is, finding the right social phobia treatment program can be complicated. The general definition of social phobia is the consuming sense of fear in any type of social ... Views: 2000
I'd like to tell you about the amazing power of worry. Everybody worries from time to time. The good news is, inherent in worry are two very special powers -- the power of VIVID IMAGINATION, and the power of PERSISTENT FOCUS. People who are really good at worrying, like I am, are actually able ... Views: 2000
Panic disorder affects between 3 and 6 million Americans, and is twice as common in women. We all experience panic at some time in our lives, but those suffering from panic disorder experience panic attacks on a daily basis, and this form of anxiety can severely reduce the quality of life, ... Views: 1997
Nature’s Insomnia Cures
Insomnia is a miserable condition, and one that is not taken seriously enough. Its effects of your overall well-being and levels of stress can be extremely severe, and evidence suggests that chronic sufferers are more prone to mental health problems than sound ... Views: 1996
In order to start to eliminate your panic, it's critical for you to be aware of what causes panic attacks. When you know what causes a panic attack, you can be prepared and alert to the signs and symptoms. Awareness is the first step to devising any kind of change, for if you are not aware, then ... Views: 1995
It is rather simple to mistakenly take an anxiety attack for a real heart attack. In fact, most casual observers would not even know the difference between the two if they see it happening right before their eyes. The clear signs of an anxiety attack reflect the commonly known signs of a heart ... Views: 1993
As the old saying goes: “If a horse throws you, get back on the horse right away!” In a nutshell, these words of wisdom highlight the essential step in overcoming fears–you have to get back on the horse! The technical term for confronting fears as opposed to avoiding them is called “Exposure.” ... Views: 1992
How To Break Anxiety Cycle: Anxiety Cycle Of Negative Thinking - Breaking The Cycle Of Anxiety
A panic attack is a sudden experience of extreme anxiety and fear. It occurs without warning and for no particular reasons. The symptoms of these attacks include heart palpitations, headaches, ... Views: 1991