Summer is upon us once more and that means one thing: vacations (or holidays if you’re English!). For most people holidays are something to look forward to. A time to relax and lose any stress they’ve accumulated over the year. However, if you’re anything like me, then jetting off somewhere hot and sunny is just about the most testing experience you can imagine. Why? Well, where to start? How about the plane. In truth the prospect of jumping on an aircraft of any kind is only marginally preferable to leaping into a fish tank full of
Cannabis
Weed, marijuana, pot, hash, dope – it has a million names but I guess the most universal is cannabis so that’s the one I’ll stick with here. After alcohol, nicotine and caffeine it is the most commonly used drug. Indeed over one hundred million Americans have tried it and twenty five million in the past year. And why not? It’s not physically addictive, it can relax you and can cause euphoria. It can turn you into the world’s greatest philosopher! Therefore why, you might ask, am I bothering to write this article? Well, I guess it’s by way of
Mental Chatter
It’s often said that the anxiety sufferer is his own worst enemy and in a sense that’s true. If you’ve ever just listened to what the voice in your head is saying to you, without you even realizing, you’d be pretty amazed. This really hit home to me a couple of weeks ago after yet another trip to my therapist. She asked me to go through an exercise to help me tune into what my brain was telling itself every time I get an anxiety symptom. For me my anxiety centers on my heart. I’m always paranoid I have a heart condition or that I’m about to
Hypnosis
photo credit: Pdro (GF) This post comes from a new Anxietyguru.net contributor named Andy. I hope you enjoy his perspectives on hypnosis and his experience with this type of therapy. And don't forget that if you have something to say that you feel may help others who are suffering from anxiety and depression contact me about becoming a contributor today. For those of us who have suffered with anxiety for a prolonged amount of time (six years and counting for me!) then you get to a point where you’ll try anything once. I first tried