Not very long ago I added a small chat room to Anxiety Guru and let's just say that it didn't work out. My goal has always been to inform and educate people about anxiety disorders but I also aim to create an online community - a support network I guess you could say. Lofty goals aside, the chat room thing fell through because I think people visited the site at different times and more than likely missed each other or were turned off by the 'live' nature of chat. With the new forum readers will be able to post questions, answer questions,
Anxiety Disorders By The Numbers
Do you ever feel like you're the only person on the planet with a serious anxiety problem? It may or may not be a comforting thing to know but you're certainly not alone. In fact there are millions of people that suffer from anxiety disorders every year. I wanted to share some sobering statistics to give you some idea of the magnitude of this anxiety problem we have. Although little talked about anxiety disorders are rampant and affect people all over the globe. Click here and find out how big the problem really is in the United States
Did Your Parents Make You An Anxious Person?
This question is not as random as it seems. I posted a link to an article today that talks about the possible causes of anxiety and one of them was childhood upbringing. So, did our parents cause this mess? Did our parent's behavior, demeanor, or other character trait somehow create little anxious monsters? Let me just say up front that I'm rather skeptical about this particular claim. Mainly because the parenting-anxiety link is believed to be related to either "over protective parents or uncaring parents". This seems a little
More About The Causes Of Anxiety Disorders
As of today scientist don't know what causes anxiety disorders but they have some good guesses. Click the image to read about what those guesses are. Do you have a theory about the origin of anxiety disorders?
What Do You Want To Know About Anxiety?
The vast majority of my stint as an anxiety sufferer has been spent in utter confusion about what the hell was wrong with me. It took me years of searching, reading, asking, and probing before I got a clue. Going to my primary doctor wasn't always the best information session because the doctor's reaction was to give me a drug and call it a day. The therapist I've seen never really saw me look or act nervous so they figured I was fine. Therapist: "So you don't want to hurt yourself or others?" Me: No. Therapist: "So you get nervous, have
Here’s An Effective Way To Lower Your Anxiety
Over the life of this blog I have talked a lot about how changing your thinking can lead to less anxiety. But what does 'change your thinking' even mean? Today I want to talk about a specific thing you can do (or think) to achieve the goal of less anxiety. Have you ever heard people say that we should all try and live in the present? Of course you have but who cares right? Well not really, because this simple old school saying (like most sayings) is true and effective. It's just that people hear sayings like this so much that they tend to
Are You Stopping Yourself From Being Anxiety Free?
The idea for this post came to me today while I was surfing the web. I suddenly asked myself if I was keeping myself from being anxiety free. After I posed this question to myself I concluded that I was, partially. I don't think that anyone keeps themselves anxious because quite frankly this would be pure lunacy. However I wondered if my long suffering with anxiety had conditioned my body and mind so much toward anxiety that I not only expect to be anxious most of the time but also find that being anxious is my normal state of being (low
Study: Social Anxiety Sufferers Are More Sensitive To Negative Comments
It's bound to happen at some point in everyone's life. Somebody makes a negative comment and it hurts your feelings in a big way. But according to a new study conducted by researchers affiliated with the National Institute Of Mental Health social anxiety sufferers react more to these types of comments. The study subjects were split into two groups - those with and without social anxiety disorder . The two groups were shown a series of negative comments and those without an anxiety disorder were found to react far less negatively than their
Can Wearing An Amulet Reduce Anxiety?
An amulet is essentially an object meant to "protect a person from trouble". Almost anything can be an amulet but generally speaking they are small and portable - think rabbits foot. Some people think of amulets as lucky charms or in some cases they are meant to keep away 'bad spirits' e.g., bad vibes. But amulets are also useful because they can serve as reminders. They can remind us of a loved one, an event, or even of our own feelings. This got me thinking a few weeks ago and I came up with an idea. What if I could create an amulet for
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