anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Tips for Dealing With Anxiety…
It strikes me as sad that so many people suffer from anxiety and yet there doesn’t seem to be any real cure. Those that don’t suffer often think it is an exaggeration. We are told to "get over it" or "calm down" or "cheer up," the most patronising and senseless responses to someone in the depths of an anxiety or panic attack.
By Samantha Bentley8 years ago in Psyche
Depression and Anxiety
Depression and anxiety are garden-variety mental illnesses that almost everybody has had at one point or another. Anxiety is a perfectly treatable disorder of modern times. Anxiety comes from feeling like something bad is going to happen, a strong and stirring feeling of eternal doom that might approach you. Anxiety gets stirred up. Do not stir the pot and you don’t have to deal with so much anxiety. News fasting is an excellent way of ratcheting down anxiety about global events. Coping with anxiety involves confronting the fear head-on and then doing what you are afraid of doing anyway.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
Stress Management
I get anxious and stressed over little things. My whole life is about keeping the anxiety at bay, since it is stuffed into a dark cloud picking at my consciousness, bubbling below the surface. It lurks. My medication helps a lot but I need money to pay for therapy, which can cure me of the feelings. As in, I need really intensive OCD-generalized anxiety therapy. My anxiety pretty much runs my life. Yes, this is bad for me. When my blood sugar is high, I have anxiety. When my blood sugar is low, I have anxiety.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
Two Words You Should Never Say to Someone with Anxiety
The two most useless words in the English language to someone with anxiety. "Calm down" Someone says. We can't see them through the floods of tears, and we're ashamed to be crying at work/ in the street/ in front of them.
By Laura Alexa8 years ago in Psyche
Nervousness
The decision to see a therapist was not an easy one to make. It was a constant nudge in the back of my brain for months until a rough night of insomnia forced me to finally make the call, and wait anxiously. Once the day came for me to sit in front of this welcoming stranger, chosen for me by an in-take specialist, a tremendous amount of guilt pounded in my body. I began to shiver, like I was cold, though the Arizona temperature was a comfortable sixty degrees for January. This feeling I knew well. If you were ever sitting right next to me when this reaction appeared, you'd never know. It was a very internal environment. And it was ruining my life.
By Jacqueline Tomlinson8 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety Struggles - Day 1
Hello all, I used to write all the time and sort of fell out of it for no real reason why and lately, I have felt like I should get back into it and I figure it will also help me to make sense of all my anxiety struggles that have been happening for the last 4 weeks or so.
By Shannon Long8 years ago in Psyche
Helping My Mind This Year
So I have started to have a new mindset this year and I hope that it will continue… Since I can remember I have suffered from anxiety and even before it was diagnosed, I knew that something wasn’t quite right inside this little mind of mine.
By Annalise Jones8 years ago in Psyche
Facing an Invisible Foe
When you struggle with anxiety, the things most people take for granted become overwhelming obstacles. It affects so much about your entire life; your schedule, how you interact with your family, how many—if any—friends you have, how you interact with your spouse and your children, even affecting your job and career path.
By Michael Bauch8 years ago in Psyche
