Therapy can be a frightening word because it brings up images of dimly lit waiting rooms filled with bad reading materials. But like the “smiling therapy” I recently reviewed there are in fact many fun ways to pursue therapeutics. One of the most fun forms of anxiety therapy I can think of is dance therapy. So despite your possible misgivings about looking goofy and or falling on your face you shouldn’t be afraid to get on a dance floor. This is because there is real evidence to suggest that dancing can help improve your mood and serve as an excellent anxiety therapy.

Recently I posted an article about how to know when you need a therapists and I have decided to expand on this idea. In that article I spoke about how seeing a psychologist could help you if you felt overwhelmed by your anxiety. But are there other forms of therapy aside from talk therapy that can help you along? It turns out that there are quite a few of them and I wanted to share some of them with you as part of my “anxiety therapies series”.

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The Anxiety Guru News Desk

1. I reported a few weeks back about how actress Heather Locklear was admitted to an Arizona facility for anxiety and depression. Well according to star.com Heather has checked out and gone home. Star.com claims that Heather was taken in for treatment in June because of a supposed suicide attempt, her people deny this – but either way let’s hope she is o.k. now.

Anxiety symptoms manifest themselves in a million and one ways. Whether it’s your thoughts, headaches, or palpitations the bottom line is if you can feel or think something than anxiety can intensify it. The same is also true for your muscles and their reaction to your constant state of anxiety.

If you have had an anxiety disorder for more than a few months then chances are that you have looked for a cure for your anxiety disorder. You may have went to Google or some other search engine and actually typed in the search box "cure for anxiety" or something like that. Or maybe you went to a library and did some searching there. And although I don’t know how you searched, it is likely that you didn’t find exactly what you were looking for.

During our daily struggle with post traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, or any other anxiety disorder, we tend to think that just getting by is enough. We figure that as long as things don’t get too out of control that we can just get over it. But how do you know when enough is enough? How do you know when it’s time to see a therapist?

This is an important question to ask yourself. Because even with all the knowledge and good intention in the world the truth is sometimes you still need help. You may have relied on a good friend or family member to confide in and help you during those bad days, but when should you try something else? What are signs that you may need professional help?

I recently created a follow up note to my recent post regarding anti-anxiety drugs. This was prompted as a result of a concerned reader who felt that I was supporting unregulated “natural” remedies. This lead me to wonder how many other people out there were not understanding my message. So I became concerned and wanted to convey to everyone my interpretation of what a natural treatment is.

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The Anxiety Guru News Desk:

1. China tries to help it’s mentally wounded citizens after the devastating earthquake. Click here to read more .

2. Brains scans reveal if someone will develop OCD. Click here to learn more .

3. Ritual circumcision leading to mental illness in South Africa. Click here to learn more .

4. Is compulsive shopping a disorder? Click here to find out .

During the course of your anxiety episodes you may have noticed that a large percentage of anxiety symptoms have made you feel like you were going to die or like you were getting real sick. But anxiety disorders, as negative as they can make us feel, are not always doom and gloom. Sometimes we have symptoms that are just annoying, one such symptom is urgency.

It turns out that the economic downturn is not just causing angst in the United States. According to news.scotsman.com there is a higher number of Scots in Glasgow seeking help for anxiety, stress and depression as a result of recent global economic turbulence.