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Many of us hear the word stress all the time but often ignore the signs and symptoms in ourselves which can have a debilitating effect on our health, with our relationships, in our occupation, and in general. There are many things in life that can either “cause” or influence the level of stress ... Views: 2335
During any period of crisis or extreme stress, it’s common to experience frightening feelings of disorientation. Anxiety can be so generalized, you can't even put your finger on the exact cause. It feels like your brain is going to fly apart, and you might feel lost and confused most if not all ... Views: 2332
When you really look closely at anxiety, depression, fear, anger or stress, you will almost always find recurring patterns of negative thoughts, traumatic memories and habitual emotional reactions. They are our tormentors, the pesky biting insects that annoy us throughout the day. They ambush ... Views: 2330
When we feel different than the person we are projecting to others, it can cause stress and sometimes shame. Most of us have felt that way at times, and the ability to integrate again is usually fluid. But when we feel fragmented and fake most of the time, it can be extremely painful and ... Views: 2328
When people start talking about anxiety disorder, panic attack and mood disorders, the first thing that comes into mind is terror. These people feel that way since these individuals know that you will face a lot of challenges when you start to undergo such condition. Additionally, experiencing ... Views: 2324
Many people experience some level of shyness or anxiety when faced with new or uncomfortable situations. Walking up to a stranger of the opposite sex in a bar. Making a big presentation at work. Engaging in small talk at a party. All these situations can lead to some degree of nervousness. ... Views: 2323
I’ve just spent a couple of days with a client here in the French Alps – someone who regards his personal development as of paramount importance in his life, someone who has altered his daily routine, going to bed one hour earlier to ensure that he has an extra hour each morning for meditation. ... Views: 2320
Self Respect is the ability to maintain dignity in the face of stress, rejection, criticism, or any activity that can erode one’s value systems.
In a world of imposing immensity and persistent change, the forces that can strike at anyone's value systems can be extreme, unprecedented, and ... Views: 2318
As long as I can remember, I have heard myself and others say the words, " I had no choice". Sure, it may feel like there are not many choices when you are stuck in a cycle of anxiety, depression or panic. With all my heart, I know that everyone has a choice even when they are stricken with ... Views: 2316
Improved patient care depends on holistic measures that resolve health problems and improve patient care. Today, chronic diseases- heart and liver disease, arthritis, stress, fatigue and anxiety are common place ailments. They should not be. With the Health Reform Act, more people will have ... Views: 2314
How To Avoid Anxiety Attacks When Flying: How To Stop Panic Attacks While Flying
Have a fear of flying? You've landed at the right place. Here, you'll discover lots of tips on how to avoid anxiety attacks while flying, and all without the use of drugs.
The fear of flying is very common. ... Views: 2311
Panic attacks can be excruciatingly painful to live with. People suffering panic disorders or panic attacks tend to avoid any situation that involves what they see as a perceived danger. If you choose to try a more holistic approach then you should know that the natural methods will not give you ... Views: 2309
INTRODUCTION
This article will attempt to briefly deconstruct the nature of panic and anxiety disorder, before providing several ways of coping with it, including a ‘personification’ method, and a form of brain entrainment therapy, which can be experienced through binaural beats download ... Views: 2306
It has become essential in this fast paced world to discover ways to create a calm,centered place within. As a psychotherapist specializing in hypnotherapy, the most powerful technique I know to relieve stress is to spend 20-30 minutes daily in hypnosis. Which leads into a brief description ... Views: 2304
One of the phrases that helped define the 1990s is "As if!" Immortalized by actor Alicia Silverstone's character, Cher Horowitz, in the movie "Clueless", the term connotes a derisive assertion that whatever is being talked about is impossible or very unlikely. It is another way of ... Views: 2303
Most of us are so used to living with stress that we aren't even aware that it's there. Here's a quick way to eradicate stress in two minutes or less. You can perform this procedure, called EFT, any time and anywhere.I enjoy doing it while stopped at a red light. It is safe and good for your ... Views: 2299
Passive-aggressive means that you first do something passive and then you do something aggressive.
In other words, first you do something you don’t want to do, then you do something hostile.
Let me give you an easy example first.
Your friend tells you to wash her dishes. If you wash the ... Views: 2299
Transcript from 6/14/12 blog talk radio show A Fine Time for Healing, Transitions in Life
Transitions in Life
Written by Randi G. Fine
Life is a series of beginnings and endings. Seasons change; trees blossom and then go barren, flowers bloom and then go dormant, day turns to night, years ... Views: 2297
Who is Likely to Become a Bully?
Bullying can have a wide-ranging impact on teens - from victims, to those who witness bullying, to the bullies themselves - and affect each one well into adulthood.
Bullying can lead teenagers to feel tense, anxious, and afraid. It can affect their ... Views: 2297
Scientific investigations have suggested that up to 60 percent of depression sufferers also have an anxiety disorder.
Depression and anxiety are two common emotions, causing suffering and feelings of inferiority, despair and worse. Our society today is experiencing an epidemic of stress, ... Views: 2295
How To Cure Agoraphobia Naturally: Treatment For Agoraphobia With Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia is the fear of open or public places, and can turn life into a waking nightmare. You are afraid to leave your house and you live in constant fear of the next panic attack. Your heart beats out of ... Views: 2292
Paranoia is fear of being caught. What exactly are you afraid of being caught for? Is it for being pure and perfect? That is doubtful. If a person is paranoid, that means they have something to fear, something they did wrong or are too weak to defend.
Paranoia is in the mind, it is a ... Views: 2289
A shocked Ethan arrived at my office the day after he’d had a visit to the emergency room of a nearby hospital. The doctors there assured him that no, he hadn’t had a heart attack. He’d had an anxiety attack. All he knew was that whatever it was it felt awful. Now, he was terrified it would ... Views: 2286
Do you struggle with sadness, worry, loneliness, or other emotional distress? Fighting these feelings day in and day out may be harmful to your health and well-being.
Research has linked feelings of isolation and loneliness to higher risks for high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, ... Views: 2285
I'm sure you know someone, either in your family or among your friends, who is highly anxious. You will recognize the rapid speech, need for reassurance and fear of new situations, sometimes accelerating into full-blown panic.
We have become scared to live.
Anxiety, according to the Report ... Views: 2282
Teens, Alcohol, and Sexual Activity
Impaired Judgment Puts Teens at Risk
Teens who drink are more likely to participate in dangerous sexual behavior for a variety of reasons.
Help them understand the risks.
Alcohol use and sexual behavior are a common but perilous combination for ... Views: 2278
I’ve written about how we can get stressed over what might happen, when we jump to conclusions. Here I’d like to focus on one variant of this situation, the one in which we can almost forecast what is going to happen when someone reacts to what we say or do and, as a result, we stop ourselves ... Views: 2277
Diets don't work. Hating your body doesn't work.
Most people don't realize that prolonged "dieting" can contribute to a higher ratio of fat to muscle in your body. But what is the alternative to dieting? Simply letting the old pattern rule? No! There is a peaceful way to work in harmony ... Views: 2268
Have you ever woken in the midst of a beautiful night’s sleep and just been drifting off again when some inane silly little thought flits across your mind? And another linked thought comes to join in and soon you find yourself off on a train of thought that takes you to all the places that you ... Views: 2267
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been widely debated over for the last couple of decades as more and more children are being diagnosed. Some people think that people with ADHD are lazy, stupid and lack will power, however ADHD has been recognized by the National Institute of Health ... Views: 2265
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: 2262
There are a few reasons out there, that can contribute to the greying of our precious locks, none least of which is genetics.
You can't run away from your family genes, I'm afraid. If your family stared turning white in their teens, as mine did, you probably will follow suit...thank God for ... Views: 2259
Zero Balancing is a subtle, full-body system designed to enhance one's life and well-being by facilitating the integration of the body’s energetic system with its bony structure. Created by Fritz Smith, MD, osteopath and acupuncturist, Zero Balancing is at the leading edge of current ... Views: 2259
Life is hard at times. Everyone experiences emotional pain over the course of their entire life.
Our pain comes from various crisis. A crisis may be “situational” and “maturational" or "developmental." Situational crsis refers to a sudden, accidental, frightening, and often catastrophic ... Views: 2259
The other day a friend asked me how I help people. I told her, very simply, that I teach people how to crack their world open to reveal thrilling new possibilities and opportunities that they couldn't see before. She laughed and said I encourage people to become Crack Addicts.
HA!
In that ... Views: 2257
General anxiety disorder is a common form of anxiety. It's characterized by excessive or unrealistic worry or concern. This worry is normally associated with a persons life and life situation. There are many theories as to the cause of anxiety but no clear reason has emerged as the primary ... Views: 2256
We live in a world which is getting more and more chaotic and full of problems. Nowadays we don’t have any time for our families and our loved ones because we are too busy with our work. Our work schedules are so rigid that we are forever fighting deadlines and trying to finish our projects in ... Views: 2253
“When there are problems, if we would love more, they would disappear. When the love is complete, the problem dissolves immediately!” ~ Lester Levenson
Through our thought processes, we have the ability in any given moment to change our minds and experience a different result. Think about a ... Views: 2253
Men and women with Asperger's Syndrome often have an above average intelligence, but studies have shown that those living with Asperger's are at an extremely high risk of developing anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders – especially for those with Asperger's – can be a considerable problem, ... Views: 2252
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has on many occasions ruined peoples’ lives by destroying relationships as well as putting them out of employment. Consequently, we should be prepared and strive to control it so that the lives of our beloved ones can be spared.
There is no single method ... Views: 2248
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: 2247
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: 2243
Do you or your child toss and turn at night and experience daytime sleepiness? Have you or your child been diagnosed with ADHD, depression, or anxiety. Fifty percent of children in a recent study that had been diagnosed with ADHD had difficulty sleeping. They felt tired on awakening, had ... Views: 2243
It doesn't matter if you became anxious when you started a job or what the occasion was, at some point in your life you have been anxious. Becoming anxious for certain events is something that happens to every one of us, even people who don't have an anxiety disorder.
The difference is ... Views: 2241
“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: 2237
Lacking confidence around strangers
Do you sometimes find yourself feeling very anxious around people?
Do you sometimes manage to talk confidently to some people while in other times anxiety prevents you from properly choosing the right words to say?
If your answers were yes then read this ... Views: 2236
Worry Warts Anonymous
By Patricia Potts
Okay, I admit it. Worrying comes natural for me. In fact I will actually admit that at times I am addicted. When I became a parent then a grandparent my worrying accelerated. When my little ones lay cuddled in the warmth of blankets. I ... Views: 2236
Everybody is going to have to deal with several quite demanding situations at certain times of their lives. There are going to be highs and lows throughout life and during the lows, knowing how to handle stress proficiently is key so you don't enter into traumatic periods of depression or ... Views: 2229
Good anxiety attack chat rooms can be a great place for panic support and also to gain friends who know what you're going through, even though they may be thousands of miles away.
It can feel lonely, frustrating and depressing to go through anxiety attacks which may lead to agoraphobia. No one ... Views: 2224
The tone and stiff upper lip image the phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” portrays tells a lot about its origins. It’s 1939 and Hitler’s forces are bombing England day and night. The government prints motivational posters telling the people “Keep Calm and Carry On.” And they did.
Fast forward ... Views: 2219