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Has someone nearby been sending you emails rather than calling or meeting you face-to-face? When you do get together, does she or he stand back, avoid holding eye contact, or speaking up?
While there are many possible reasons for their behavior, that person may, in fact, be a victim of what ... Views: 3781
Depression far being an emotional state is a mental and physical disorder that results in lack of concentration, loss of drive and motivation, decreased or increased appetite, fatigue, muscle soreness and overall lack of energy. Thus, just like any other mental of physical disorders, depression ... Views: 3776
Is it actually possible to think yourself out of anxiety? Anyone who has ever suffered severe anxiety would probably say no, but it actually is possible. I am not going to sugar coat it and say it is easy to do so. Because it isn't. It is very hard, and it takes a very long time to think ... Views: 3773
‘I don’t know what to do anymore’, ‘I see no way forward’, ‘I feel rubbish’, ‘I hate feeling this way’, ‘I have no control over how I feel’, ‘I didn’t use to be like this-I hate my life’, ‘why’s this happening to me’, ‘negative thoughts keep on running in my mind and I can’t stop them’.
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The first time your anxiety disorder fully reveals itself can be a terrifying and confusing experience. There you are, going through your everyday routine, when all of a sudden, without any rational reason or warning your anxiety levels go off the scale.
You've just had the first of what ... Views: 3757
Have you ever turned on your computer and -- nothing! nada! Zero. Panic, because I make my living on the computer. So I call my computer expert and he appears at 10:00 a.m. Many calls to his supervisors throughout the day, with no solution. He promises to stay until the situation is resolved. I ... Views: 3757
Anxiety, Panic attacks and phobias are now reaching epidemic proportions worldwide and no one seems to be acknowledging or tackling this issue that costs the government tens of billions of pounds every year and effects one in four Brits.
Conventional treatments and resources fall massively ... Views: 3756
"I'm not happy," she said. "I'm not prosperous. And all my friends are." She was in distress, was very upset. She presented no specific problem, just a very black mood. Hmmm. I knew I had talked to her before. I could not remember anything specific from the one short session she had had ... Views: 3709
"There's too much to do. You'll never get it all done." My wounded self was harping on me about not having enough time.
It's true that my life is very busy. But every time my wounded self told me that there is too much to do and that I will never get it all done, my body got tense. And, as I ... Views: 3703
Emetophobia sufferers are particularly disturbed by the stomach virus season. I know, nobody WANTS to get the stomach flu and be sick, but emetophobics, who struggle with the fear of vomiting, REALLY don’t want to contract this type of illness.
Norovirus, or the stomach flu, is most ... Views: 3702
A subset topic of the million-dollar question – is my anxiety/doubt evidence that my truth is that I’m with the wrong partner or does it mean something else? – is the issue of intuition versus anxiety. In other words, embedded inside every question of the mind suffering from relationship ... Views: 3684
People have been using aromatherapy for thousands of years and people have been using candles for just as long. But the two have only met recently in relative terms. This may be because there wasn't a suitable medium for containing the essential oils within wax until 1992 when soy wax was ... Views: 3683
Putting a positive spin on coping with disappointment is easy when you use a few simple tricks.
Here are 10 easy-to-use techniques to keep in mind when dealing with disappointment:
1. CONGRATULATE YOURSELF
Yes, that's right, congratulate yourself for having enough hope in the first ... Views: 3681
Abstract: We all develop survival strategies early on in our lives to stay safe and to secure as much love and attention as possible. This article presents an inquiry into the strategy of being the “good girl” or “good boy” by pleasing others. It shines the light of awareness on the long-term ... Views: 3665
Hypochondriasis some times called health anxiety is an illness in which patient is preoccupied with fear of having a serious disease. This type of thinking persists despite all negative investigations and reassurance. He misinterprets various normal bodily sensations or mild physical symptoms as ... Views: 3665
Your hands shake, and drip with sweat. Your voice cracks. Your legs threaten to collapse. Your mind races. Your heart drowns out all other sounds with its powerful thumping. Any minute now, the audience will break into small groups to discuss what a loser you are!
You've got stagefright. ... Views: 3648
Wild Animals Know the Secret.
Scientists have made a fascinating discovery about the way animals in the wild discharge anxiety and trauma. They are able to release the experience and move on. If they didn't do this and had to live in the wild in a shut down state, uptight or confused as ... Views: 3647
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” Always works for me. It seems as though it works for psychiatric research, as well. And that’s a good thing because I’ve become frustrated and puzzled by the lack of research and treatment attention panic disorder, all of the anxiety disorders for that ... Views: 3642
There is always a time in our lives where we suffer from headaches. Headaches seem to be a common disease nowadays. According to Wrong Diagnosis, one of the world's leading online medical health information providers, they made a research about headaches around the world and just in United ... Views: 3638
Sleeping Positions for Anxiety: Best Position to Sleep for Anxiety - How to Sleep Better With Anxiety
Many people know me as 'The Anxiety Guy' but I have to admit this new connection between sleeping on your stomach, and heightened symptoms of anxiety such as lightheadedness and fatigue was ... Views: 3632
Do you ever feel uncomfortable, anxious or tense? Are there things that you worry about – things that sometimes even keep you awake at night? Are you ever nervous or apprehensive? Do you get hassled or lose your temper easily? Do you feel that you suffer from stress? If you perceive ... Views: 3630
Most people believe that whatever the way they breathe (faster and/or deeper, or irregular), their body oxygen content will not be affected. Medical research suggests that just one sigh or a few cough are sufficient to cause measurable changes in brain oxygen content. What is wrong with ... Views: 3614
There are many ways that we can improve our lives, all being touted in mainstream news. We can eat right and exercise. We can spend time with friends and laugh at a few good jokes. We can even spend time in nature to boost our moods, but did you know that above all else, the sounds we listen to ... Views: 3590
About Depression and Anxiety
Although depressive disorders and anxiety are commonly seen together, there are distinct differences between a diagnosis of depression and one of anxiety.
Common symptoms of depressive disorders include emotions such as hopelessness, despair and anger. Energy ... Views: 3575
With an increasing number of vehicles traversing the highways of the world a higher degree of driving confidence is required to enable one to step out of their usual comfort zone. To drive on an unfamiliar road can be very daunting to many a driver. Roads and road systems can be very different ... Views: 3541
Life coaching helps people who need someone to lift their life and make it splendid. People who suffer from anxiety or stress or other such kind of disorders which have no medicinal cure are cured with life coaching. They lack confidence and think negative. With the help of life coaching you can ... Views: 3537
Take a look at your hands and pretend that they represent a problem you are having. Now put your hands (your problem) one inch or less away from your nose. What can you see? Not much besides your problem! In fact, if you're like most people you probably can't even see all the edges of the ... Views: 3515
Mindfulness is spilling into areas beyond medicine, healthcare, psychology and neuroscience. It’s moving into programs in education with children and college students, parenting, athletics, the legal profession and business.
Studies of Mindfulness in a business context have shown that ... Views: 3491
Fear
- Fear is never in the NOW. Fear is always based on the past, or the future.
- You think something bad might happen to you.
- You did something bad and you think there might be bad consequences.
- If right NOW someone has a gun to your head the fear is not based on right NOW. ... Views: 3478
You just finished a great workout; your heart is racing, you are tired and short of breathe but these symptoms are expected for the situation. You embrace these feelings knowing that in a short time they will go away and you will feel fantastic for accomplishing such a great workout.
The ... Views: 3475
Maternal separation anxiety is experienced when a mother besieged the feeling of guilt at the thought of a short-term separation with her kid. Who says that separation anxiety is just for kids? It is in fact that a lot of us parents have this feeling of acutely nervous when our child begins ... Views: 3420
Bring on the Visuals!
For an individual who thrives on order and routine, our world is a scary place! Humans interact at record breaking speeds; everything we do is high speed, instant and ever changing. Even our homes and classrooms tend to be quickly moving people from one activity to the ... Views: 3396
In this week's newspaper there was an article stating that mental health disorders account for 90% of the Emergency Room Visits. That number is alarming at the very least. There are many things that contribue to anxiety, and the sensations mimic several other health disorders. In this ... Views: 3381
Bike riding is a great form of exercise and transportation, offering kids a sense of independence. Families can have a lot of fun together biking, too. but children with sensory issues often need extra help in learning to be comfortable bicycling. Part of their struggle with riding a two-wheeler ... Views: 3380
Let me share a cool story as to how I came to know and understand one of life’s greatest truths.
Years ago, as my ex-wife and I were putting the final touches (as if we were painting a portrait) on our divorce arrangements, I was being asked to sacrifice yet more time with, and access to, my ... Views: 3373
Panic Attacks At Night Before Bed: How To Stop Anxiety When You're Falling Asleep
When you have a severe anxiety disorder, it reveals itself in many different ways. One of the most unpleasant ways it rears its head is in the form of "night panic attacks." Essentially, these are any panic ... Views: 3370
Some relaxation music to read by: Dolphins Delight by Ambient Space)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThOseyShA8&feature=youtu.be
You probably don’t like feeling stressed or that unidentifiable underlying unease that defines anxiety. Many of us lump all of our symptoms into one broad ... Views: 3359
Do you find yourself scared and uneasy when going out of your house? I'm not just talking simply about being robbed or being chased by a dog outside; I'm also referring about hyperventilating and getting nervous when you are in an open place. It may appear unbelievable however that is what you ... Views: 3353
One of the cable TV programs I’ve really enjoyed watching in recent years is “Monk”. The series follows the unusual and often humorous actions of a former police detective whose obsessive compulsive disorder has rendered him almost helpless and unemployable. While I laugh along with family ... Views: 3352
A fear of lifts may take many forms. Sometimes this fear can be felt as a vague unease, whilst at other times these tingles of anxiety can morph into a full blown panic attack. Anxiety over anything does indeed tend to escalate over time; what begins as a vague feeling of discomfort turns into ... Views: 3348
Are you in your 'right' mind, in a spacious place, tasting life anew in the Now? Or are you in your left mind, stuck out in left field, munching on rehashed leftovers? That's what our left brain does -- it recycles mind chatter and generates a wall of words that separates us from the peace and ... Views: 3340
In my roughly 25 years of private psychotherapy practice, I’ve never seen people as anxious and worried about finances as they are today. Certainly it is not without reason. Most people have seen their retirement savings dwindle. Unemployment is at a several - decade high, and of course the ... Views: 3334
THE SECRET TO COMBATING MONEY ANXIETY
Helaine Z. Harris, MA, MFT
Are you, or anyone you know, struggling with feelings of anxiety because of money? It’s a safe bet the answer is “Yes!” Normally I say finances and abundance issues are connected to self-esteem but right now there is such a ... Views: 3331
A business executive named Bob had a hidden problem at work. He became nervous when he interacted with colleagues and performed various tasks. While he didn’t have an anxiety disorder, he frequently worried about his work performance.
Because Bob was grateful for his position, he was afraid of ... Views: 3322
I write a Tuesday column for the Huffington Post. In my most recent column about “Why rational thinking is not all it’s cracked up to be?” a reader commented that my example of a paranoid client was not a good one as paranoia is not rational. I did not say that it was, but used it in the ... Views: 3314
Insomnia is quite common in our society. While there many different reasons for sleep problems - such as poor diet, too much sugar and refined carbohydrates, too much caffeine, or lack of exercise - I want to share two major causes and the solutions to these.
Ironically, one of the major causes ... Views: 3313
In yoga, we learn to tune into our breathing and let our bodies expand and contract around the breath. And the only way to stay healthy is to allow our breathing to be steady, consistent and natural. If we hold the breath in, or out, we cut ourselves off from life source energy. So the ... Views: 3310
Art relaxes the mind and is so called to be “food for the Soul”. Art has been a big part of human history since the beginning of our society. Dating back to the times we lived in caves, the earliest works of art can found on the cave walls. It is a skill deeply engrave us that we ... Views: 3309
Sometimes (not often, I must admit), I’m speechless. I really don’t mind losing my voice to the indescribable beauty of a sunset. Or when, surprised by a visit from one of my children, my grin speaks louder than words. I DO mind, however, when I am in a situation that requires me to speak, ... Views: 3308
Fear Factors: 4 Simple Steps to Feel the Fear...And Do It Anyway!
1. Feel It.
This can be the most difficult step. It's natural to want to get past our fear and not feel any anxiety. In our attempts to "overcome" fear, we tend to sometimes ignore it or suppress it... That doesn't always ... Views: 3300