When most people think of the holiday season they think about Christmas gifts, food, and lights but when you have an anxiety disorder you might be focused on your nerves instead. We've all heard of people getting the holiday blues, but what about holiday nerves? The holidays unfortunately can present an anxious person a lot of potentially panic causing events. Crowded stores, visiting friends and relatives, travel, the coming of a new year, even shorter days can all be enough to get you down. This past thanksgiving I visited my parent's
Feeling Good About Feeling Good
Whether you've had an anxiety disorder for months or several years something is bound to happen. That is you are bound to feel good at some point. And when this happens you should of course feel good about feeling good. But when you do feel good do you enjoy it? Or are you waiting for the next time you won't feel good? Chances are that you are probably somewhere in the middle when it comes to this question. However I would strongly urge you to reexamine the tendency to not fully enjoy the good times when they come. Take me for example,
Everything Isn’t So Bad
Cheer up you because I know you feel like your on the never ending train wreck from hell (anxiety disorder). But alas everything is not as bad as it seems. Now I have anxiety like you do so I would never scam you and say everything is peaches and cream. At the same time however I would seriously advise you to not despair and to stay positive. One of the easiest traps to fall into when you have an anxiety disorder is the self doubt, self pity, long term projected disasters hole. And, to an extent, I understand why this is. I mean after all
Why You Should Not Practice Avoidance
In an effort to sooth their anxiety many anxiety sufferers turn to avoidance as a coping tool. Anxiety sufferers will avoid going to certain places or avoid certain people just to make sure that they won't feel bad. It's almost like we anxiety sufferers would rather hide from the world than deal with the symptoms, thoughts, and feelings that drive us mad. But avoidance is ultimately not the answer to your troubles. When you have an anxiety disorder asking questions and searching for information about anxiety becomes almost a ritual. So
Presidential Election Anxiety
With the presidential election looming it seems that the nations anxiety level has risen substantially. There seems to be fear mongering on both sides of the aisle and it's creating a great deal of uncertainty and fear. This blog is non-political so you'll get no promotion or detraction for either candidate here. Moreover I'm not sure that people really want that as they've had it up to here (insert neck) with all the negativity. However I do get the sense that people are afraid. They are afraid of the country changing, they are afraid of
Not Thinking Too Hard Is Good
Thinking is something we all do all the time. There is no way to stop the incessant chatter that is the soundtrack to everything we do. Should I eat this? Or should I eat that? I need to go to the bathroom but I'll wait a few minutes until I go. After that I better check my voice mail and then my email oh and I have to... it never stops. Thinking then is not an issue but thinking too hard is or at least can be an issue. Having anxiety is like thinking in that it is always there in one form or another. Anxiety though has the ability to
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
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
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