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
Anxiety And The Fear Of Happiness
For a long time I was afraid to be happy. I was afraid to laugh too strongly, I was afraid to get carried away with any overly positive feeling because it would make me nervous. It sounds strange to say but I was holding on to myself tightly (emotionally speaking) so I wouldn't lose control, or at least that was the thought process. Anxiety has a way of doing all kinds of things to you and destroying your sense of joy is a major one. It took me years before I realized that laughing hard wasn't fatal and that smiling and talking to others
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
32 Strategies To Overcome Anxiety And Depression
I recently wrote about my day in the public library and how I was able to find a few books of some interest. One of the books I discovered is called Healing Anxiety and Depression. The book is filled with helpful information but one of the most useful was the list of 32 effective coping strategies found in chapter 20. I wouldn't say that the list is comprehensive but my goal is to share with you every little bit of information that you might find useful, effective, and worth trying to help you ease your anxiety. I didn't particularly agree
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
The Truth About Chemical Imbalance Theory And Antidepressants
A few years ago I visited my primary doctor because of chest pains and after a few tests he confirmed that I had an anxiety disorder and not heart disease. After the test he spoke to me for about 5 minutes, prescribed Prozac , and told me to have a great day. At first I really didn't think much about this, but for reasons unknown to me, I stuck the little bottle of pills in my pocket and vowed to never ingest any of it. In retrospect it may have been my natural suspicion and anxiety about things I knew nothing about, but over time it
Life With Anxiety And Obsession
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
The Building Blocks Of Anxiety Disorder
Although general feelings of anxiety and panic can arise from out of the blue for many anxiety sufferers their condition has built up over time. The reason for this progression in anxiety is related to things like life stress, genetics, brain chemistry (controversial), and your environment. Once a person becomes anxious it is very easy for them to slip into a constant state of worry and anxiety. I've heard the progression of an anxiety disorder explained and described in many different ways but there is one explanation that I encountered
Watch: Sherwin Nuland Talks Depression, Obsession, Recovery
Having an anxiety disorder often means that you will likely also struggle with depression at some point. I mean how could you not? There is only so much a person can take before they feel exhausted and defeated by their constant introspection and seemingly futile search for relief. This video of American surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland is a great example of what depression and anxiety can do to a person but also what they can do to recover. The treatment used by Nuland, electroconvulsive therapy (shock treatment), is somewhat outdated and
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