Being labeled anything with a negative connotation doesn't feel good. However, for better or for worse labels help us to identify things more readily. When it comes to anxiety disorders we are usually labeled as sufferers of panic disorder, OCD, general anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, PTSD, agoraphobia, and other types of phobics. But ironically I think the psychologist of the past got it right in one word - Neurosis. What exactly is neurosis? Well I can try to give you some quasi accurate interpretation but let's lean on
The Devil You Know
Kids have short memories. I observed this again with my two young nieces at an indoor children's fun zone recently. They came out of the play castle complaining of hurt toes and injured legs. I listened, cared and comforted, and they skipped happily back into the castle to play some more. Before we had arrived to the kid’s fun zone my four year old niece, Julia, had asked me what kind of a day it was as we got out of the car. The sun was bright and warm and the sky was clear blue. I told her it was a great day and hoped she couldn’t
Moments Of Clarity
photo credit: trekkyandy One of the biggest problems that anxiety sufferers face is the fear of going crazy. This sounds like an over statement but for many people with anxiety losing their mind seems like a real possibility. Some time ago I wrote a post about why anxiety sufferers are not crazy and I thought of one more reason why this is true. Previously I had basically pointed out two things about anxious people that real crazy people can't do. The first is crazy people don't know that they are crazy and they don't know what it
About My Anxiety Daydream
The other day I had a day dream that I was at a conference about anxiety disorders. I of course was speaking and began to address the crowd but I could only see myself at first. After a few minutes the audience came into view and I realized that almost no one had come and I wondered why. When the dream ended I began to think about why it was so empty out there. I mulled it over a bit and came to the conclusion that anxiety sufferers would generally not attend such an event. This is mainly because people that have anxiety disorders do not
Can Being Sick Make You Vulnerable To Anxiety?
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
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
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 Time I Became Too Relaxed
Relax, relax, that's what people are probably always telling you to do. And more to the point I'm sure that's what you wish you could do on demand, but anxiety has a way of cramping this aspiration. But do you really want instant relaxation? A boneless body on tap? There was this one time that I became way too relaxed and I want to talk to you about it. Like you and many others I sometimes would lose sleep because of my anxiety and as a result would lie awake on my couch late at night. Well about 5 years ago I had one of these late night
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