anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Anxiety at Its Finest
For everyone who lives everyday with anxiety, know you are not alone. You act not yourself or are fearful of everything around you. I am one that have to live with it everyday. It is not something I want to have in life, but it is something you must learn to manage. Recently I have gone to group counselling, learning about mindfulness and self-compassion. It is a learning curve, to learn to live with anxiety everyday. Be as positive as you can, keep your head up high; move forward and don’t look back. Live in the now and not the past. Your life matters; only you can be the judge to fix you the way you want to. I have recently downloaded an app and have started meditating. It has been helping me in the moment, and that is all you can hope for. Treatment is a long process that is never ending.
By Danielle Leopold8 years ago in Psyche
Mercury Retrograde: The Good, The Bad and The Truth!
Have you ever wondered if the planets could actually have an affect on your life? It's not as far-fetched as one might think it is. Mercury is more than just a mysterious planet in the far away galaxy. Even though Mercury is an average distance of 48 million miles (77 kilometers) from Earth, it's presence is felt by all of the people that are living on planet Earth.
By Silena Le Beau8 years ago in Psyche
Strength in Fear
There are approximately 361,481 children born in the world every single day. We all start out the same—a blank canvas.We come into this world new, clean, untouched, and yet somehow the darkness finds us all. Think about it. Over 300,000 children born each day and at some point, they all fear the same thing—the monster underneath the bed. We've all been there, laying under our duvet, curled up, telling ourselves that if our limbs are brushed by the cool night air, even in the slightest, that the beast lurking beneath the bed frame will steal us away from our families and, ultimately, our childhoods. Now, eventually, these thoughts and fears drift away as we grow older and realize that the only monster that lives with us in our bedrooms is our imagination. Or is it?
By Final Thoughts8 years ago in Psyche
Illness Anxiety & Parenting
“My tummy hurts,” My three-year-old will say. Panic mode sets in. For those of you who don’t have kids, sometimes that phrase turns into the whole house puking and pooping their brains out. It’s not fun. Sometimes they just say it for attention. For me and my lovely friend named anxiety, it always means the first option.
By Samantha Londo8 years ago in Psyche
The Anxiety Elf (Part 2)
"Tell yourself you are excited, not anxious." I can tell myself I am a superwoman but it doesn’t mean I am — the conversation I had with my mum right before I went to my job for the first time. The sort of conversation I have with most people when I tell them about anxiety. “Just ignore it,” they say — like it’s that easy. It does depend on the level of anxiety; some people may be able to blank out those feelings, the feeling that everything around them may blow up if they leave the house. Whereas me, the more I try to convince myself it won’t happen, the more I end up convincing myself it could be worse. But I did make it there alive, and I didn’t throw up — although I was close too many times.
By TheAdventuresOfRoo8 years ago in Psyche
Hey there Delilah
That girl, in the picture, yeah, that’s me. Your average 26-year-old right? Wrong. That girl is filled with anxiety. Some days, that girl is scared to leave her house. Lately, it seems like every day. It feels like I’m trapped inside and I’ll never see the light. I’m scared of people. Of what you people think of me. Why? I don’t know. I wish I did, maybe then my anxiety wouldn’t have such a hold on me. I’m constantly worrying, constantly trying to do my best and it’s never good enough, it’s exhausting. I wish I were normal. Sometimes I fantasize about being normal, about being me in another life, where I actually have my shit together. Instead, I have anxiety every single day and having anxiety is the worst feeling ever. It feels like someone is sitting on your chest and you can’t breathe. You feel different. You can see the looks on people’s faces judging you, telling you to calm down and breathe. You feel as if there’s something wrong with you, and there is. Your eyes begin to swell with the tears that are all too familiar, followed by a paralyzing feeling of inadequacy.
By Delilah Scrudato8 years ago in Psyche
To the World
Dear world, I guess we have different views on what it means to have anxiety. The word anxiety gets thrown around because people believe it's something simple and uncomplicated. It has no actual impact on life, but yet there are thousands of people suffering from anxiety.
By Cheyenne Spring8 years ago in Psyche
A Conundrum of Anxiety and Depression
There is so much that can be said about mental illnesses. I mean, I can go on and on about it, but there are two specific ones that I want to personally elaborate on. They are anxiety and depression. I feel like both affect people in different ways but have the same end result: sadness.
By Elysia Taylor 8 years ago in Psyche
What Anxiety is to Me - 2
Another pivotal moment in my life. I used to play softball in high school, I was a first-baseman and could do everything behind the plate. But as you know, my anxiety was terrible in high school. In my sophomore year, I decided to quit. I was struggling too much with my anxiety — more specifically social anxiety. I decided I wouldn't play in the summer program or the next year. I needed to take a break to figure out my anxiety.
By Madie Alessi8 years ago in Psyche
We're All in the Gutter
"We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde said that. Lately, this infamous poet and playwright has been popping up in a lot of conversations I have been having. This is the quote that plays on repeat in my head while I’m sitting on a park bench or in a café, watching the world go by. Countless faces going about their daily existence; strangers, the lot of them. But you can’t help but feel drawn to them, knowing we are all trying to do the same thing on this planet: live.
By Raven DaSilva8 years ago in Psyche
