Every year in the United States alone we get billions of colds, flues, and other common ailments. For most people these well known sicknesses cause a lot of aggravation but not much else. If you have an anxiety disorder on the other hand, something as basic as the common cold can make you a bit jumpy. The motivation behind this post is really simple - I'm sick. I've been sick with a chest cold for about five days now and although things are improving slowly I have noticed an effect on my anxiety. And because I've been laying in bed for
Can Anxiety Cause Vision Problems?
Having tricks of vision is most definitely an anxiety symptom. The type of tricks vary but generally speaking they involve blurry vision, tunnel vision, and just plain thinking you saw something when there was nothing there. Most of this can be chalked up to stress. Stress was not named the silent killer because it just sounds good. Overtime stress can take a real serious toll on you psychologically and physically. Now when stress and anxiety join forces is when you may encounter a problem with respect to your vision. I want to keep
Why I Hate Having Anxiety Disorder
photo credit: JelleS Usually I like to talk about tips and information that anxiety sufferers can use to cope with anxiety disorder. Today, however, I feel like ranting so that is what I shall do. All of you don't know that I have been writing less because I have gone back to school. You see, I obtained a rather useless bachelors degree in History and I have decided to obtain my PhD in a scientific discipline to compensate. As a result, I don't have time to even watch a few minutes of late night television much less write blog
How To Beat the Memory-Anxiety Trap
The human brain as we all know is immensely complex. It is also something that people don't really understand and for this reason I won't pretend like I know something you don't know about the inner workings of this eight pound wonder. Instead I want to point out something obvious that many of us neglect and as a result cause ourselves undue anxiety. Of all the things I've learned about anxiety over the life of this blog, there is one idea that sticks out the most. The idea is that there is a significant link between anxiety and our
Why Anxiety And Bad News Don’t Mix
We all spend a good amount of time looking for information. In fact you may have come across this very site during your internet search for something anxiety related. But having access to so much information is, among other things, a double edged sword. In this brief screen cast (below) I pointed out some of the problems associated with information overload. I specifically talk about the news media and their attempt to bring you obscure stories of tragedy and sadness for the sake of entertainment. For the last year I have seriously
The Cult Of Stress
We have all seen television images of cult members over the years. They are usually seen wearing matching clothes and hiding from t.v. news cameras as they dash for cover. Cult members seem weird, brainwashed, even dumb, but aren't we all cult members in a way? What I'm suggesting is that we all, to some extent, follow the pattern of life set forth by society. And in any industrialized nation this pattern is beset with stress of all kind. Work stress, school stress, financial stress, marital stress, so goes the pattern. Clearly we as a
The Anxiety Guru Show: Experiences With Anxiety Medications (Podcast)
On today's podcast I spoke with an Anxietyguru.net reader named Peter. Peter is from Sudbury, Massachusetts and has lived with bipolar disorder and anxiety for the better part of his life. I think this episode is particularly interesting given that Peter has taken medication for his condition for the past thirty plus years. There is something to be said about experience, and Peter has a great deal of insights to provide as a result. The interview was mainly based on Peter's own experience but we also delved into a general discussion about
The Chemical Imbalance Test: Does It Exist?
Today I want to explore a basic question: Is there such a thing as a test for a brain-based chemical imbalance? Sounds simple enough but as you'll soon see there is nothing simple about the question. And this is mainly because there is currently a debate raging about the matter, and there seems to be no clear cut answer. Given the monstrous size of this issue it is mind bending that after sending people to the moon (and back), creating weapons of apocalyptic destruction, and the flowbee, that absolutely no one has a firm handle on what
Pfizer throws in the towel on developmental pain and anxiety disorder drugs
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