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
The Heart Disease – Anxiety Disorder Connection
As an anxiety sufferer you may spend a lot of time concerned about your immediate health. You may spend a great deal of time wondering what exactly is going to kill you since your convinced your about to die. But although you worry generally you still have that small rational thought pattern that somehow reassures you that you are in fact healthy. So there you are going back and forth about the connection between your nerves and your health. Well it turns out all that worry was not baseless brain babble. Researchers believe that there is
The Anxiety Before The Anxiety Disorder
For many of us our anxiety disorders feel like they sprang up out of the blue as it were. But were there any signs that one was developing a long lasting and sometimes torturous sense of apprehension and negative physical feeling? Or was it always there and we now simply see things different? Although children can have anxiety disorders it seems that adults are the ones that exhibit physical and mental exacerbation with the condition. Do kids have a better handle on this or is it a case of ignorance being bliss? Looking back on my own
Reluctant Explorer: Anxiety And The Fear Of Travel
Traveling is high up on most people's to do list. It's almost a cliche to hear someone say something like "I'd like to X, Y, Z and travel someday". And it's obvious why - who wouldn't want to go see the world? Well you can count me as one of the few that doesn't. Now let me make clear that I would love to see the Pyramids at Giza, the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Great Wall of China, so on and so forth. I would love to see these places in living color and not just in a book or film. However, like many people with anxiety, I have a fear of
Anxiety Guru’s 100th Post
So this marks the 100th time that I've tried to tell someone something about anxiety. It's been nearly six months since I started writing this blog and since that time it has been growing steadily. I wanted to take a moment to thank all my readers. Thank you for taking the time to read this blog and making what I do worth while. I work hard to bring everyone information I think is worth knowing and try to present it in a somewhat amusing way. I also wanted to take a moment to reintroduce myself as well. My about me page is bland but
Anxiety High Wire Act
At one point or another we have all seen the high wire act during a circus performance or on a t.v. show. The performer steps out onto the tightly stretched rope and slowly puts one foot in front of the other doing all they can to avoid a nasty spill. We all look at the performer and think "yea you're gonna fall" but of course they usually don't. The high wire reminds me a lot of what its like to have an anxiety disorder. Feeling off balance, woozy, lightheaded, faint are all sensations I'm sure a performer might feel while hoisted 50 feet
Are You Lazy Or Is Anxiety Slowing You Down?
One of the most unfortunate symptoms of an anxiety disorder is insomnia and to those that deal with it bless you all. Not being able to sleep is horrible but what if you have the opposite problem? Leave it to anxiety to be confused about how to make your life harder. It is true however that anxiety can put you in a near slumber and never ending state of sluggishness. Although feeling tired and slow are not startling (for the most part) they can put a damper on your daily routine. Want to go out? Not really. Want to exercise? Nope. Can you
How To Stave Off Pessimism
There are a lot of bad things associated with having an anxiety disorder but luckily for us one of them is not feeling panicked 24 hours a day. Don't get me wrong, there are times when you can feel continuous anxiety for a day, weeks or even months but by and large you do get something of a break from time to time. But what happens when the opposite is true and you've been feeling good for several weeks only to find that your anxiety is still there? These are the times when you have to learn how to stave off pessimism and the return of the
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