When it comes to anxiety and its affect on your health there is more assumption and myth than you could imagine. Some of these myths are based in fact, but of course they're not entirely accurate. And, although there is a connection between anxiety and blood pressure, that connection has been overblown somewhat. See, anxiety can increase your blood pressure but it doesn't do so over long periods of time. In other words, when you feel stressed and anxious your blood pressure does go up as your bloodstream is injected with stress
Archives for October 2008
Will Your Anxiety Ever Get Better?
Will your anxiety ever get better? This is the million dollar question for many folks that struggle with anxiety. The answer to this question is yes but there is a caveat. The reason I say yes is because in my own experience I have been through terrible periods of intense anxiety and fear only to come out "normal" for a time. The caveat lies in our inability or more likely unwillingness to face our fears and challenge them squarely. How soon and to what degree you improve will depend on many factors. Primarily your attitude toward anxiety
Anxiety And Vice
"throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pain" - Democritus The word vice is rather strong when you think about it. It is defined as "a moral depravity or corruption". In my view and for our purposes a vice is something less and is generally something we should avoid or at least not over do. Anxiety sufferers have to deal with so much it's no wonder that many of us turn to vice for relief and why vice becomes a coping tool. We end up doing things that we ought not do or definitely over do because we are
Anxiety And Weight Gain
Does Anxiety make you fat? Or a better question might be does the stress related with having chronic anxiety make one gain weight? Well like most things there are at least two schools of thought on the issue and I agree with both. When researching anything I always suggest looking for various viewpoints. If you go in looking for an answer chances are you'll find something to reinforce what you thought was the right answer. Well after looking for two viewpoints on this issue I found them; so let's review them a little. On the one hand you
A Bit Of Motivation
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do" - Epictetus Sometimes anxiety becomes more then just kind of a problem. It can in fact turn into an all consuming negative force that erodes your ability to hope. But when things get hard what we have to do is take a moment to realize how much we can affect ourselves. Despite the hardships that anxiety can create you can feel better. No matter what stage of fear, pain or worry you're in you will get back to normal. It is helpul to visualize what you would like to