Click on the image to read story. In this short article a man describes his life with anxiety and how it finally ended up causing him to go from simply anxious to obsessed. Although slightly humorous I wanted to share the article as an example of why you don't want to have an untreated anxiety disorder. In a recent article I wrote called "The Building Blocks Of Anxiety Disorder" I explained the reasons why anxiety can build up over time. This article is really about what can happen to a person when they allow their anxiety to
Back From Internet Disconnectedness
In case anyone was wondering why I haven't written much in the past 10 days let me fill you in. Some of you may have thought "well it's the holidays" but in fact my internet connection crashed about a week ago. The bad news is that I wasn't able to write anything, the good news is that since I couldn't write I decided to read, a lot. And I wasn't reading the hottest new novel either, I of course was in the psychology stakes looking for more good information and I found tons. In the past week I came across three books in particular
Why Alcohol Causes Anxiety
There are basically 6 reasons why alcohol consumption and hangovers make many people anxious and I'm going tell you what they are. I want to share this with you so that you can be more informed and avoid becoming alcohol's punching bag. Ever since I became sick with nervous illness I've heard a lot of people say that anxiety sufferers should not drink alcohol because it makes you more nervous than you already are. I've always found this to be ironic because there are so many anxiety sufferers that drink alcohol to cope with their anxiety,
Some Insight And A Few Questions
I was recently digging around in my blog's statistical data and found some interesting information. It appears that the # 1 topic sought on this site is related to chest pain. This kind of makes sense since having chest pains for any reason can be unsettling. It's far and away the most read thing here. So, instead of diving into a more serious article about this (like I did here) I'll just add some basic insight. Let's see, ah yes chest pain. Well, if your chest pain is related to anxiety don't worry because you're not going to die. I mean
Why Some People Respond to Anxiety Medication And Others Don’t
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The Guru Needs Your Help!
In an effort to make Anxiety Guru a resource for all people that suffer from anxiety disorder(s) I'm asking that my readers lend a helping hand. This is your opportunity to do something to help someone just like yourself. You can select from the list below or come up with your own creative way to help. We all need and seek information, stories, and resources about our condition. The goal here is to create as large a resource as possible. All contributions are welcomed and appreciated. Write an article about your experience with anxiety
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
The Anxiety Buffet: General Anxiety Disorder
As many of you know there are six different types of anxiety disorders. Social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic disorder, general anxiety disorder and the broad category of phobias. Of all these terrible disorders general anxiety disorder is perhaps one of the worse since it incorporates many of the symptoms and characteristics of the others. Having general anxiety disorder or GAD is like visiting an all you can eat buffet of anxiety disorders but without the overwhelming sense of satisfaction
The Anxiety Guru Show: Podcast Round Up
It's been awhile since I published a podcast so I decided to do a podcast round up which basically consist of recent issues I've talked about on the blog. Here is a short list of some of the things I covered on this podcast. 1. State of the world and why this should not concern you as much as the news would have you believe. 2. Anxiety Cycle - a blurb about how we all have ups and downs with anxiety. 3. Coping and vice. 4. Does anxiety get better? I reviewed this question on the blog this week but I wanted to add a more complete