Kids have short memories.  I observed this again with my two young nieces at an indoor children’s fun zone recently.  They came out of the play castle complaining of hurt toes and injured legs.  I listened, cared and comforted, and they skipped happily back into the castle to play some more.

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Article Highlights

• Gaba is an important neurotransmitter that encourages feelings of calmness.
• Gaba deficiency may cause anxiety, irritability, and palpitations.
• Researchers are still not sure if Gaba really works to relieve anxiety.
• There are other ways to promote Gaba production in the brain.

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If you’ve had anxiety problems for long enough you may have experienced balance problems.  You may have felt like the ground was moving, or like you were going to literally fall down.  This phenomena is in fact a common symptom related to anxiety disorders.  Researchers now believe that if anxiety sufferers improve their balance through phyiscal exercises they may be able to reduce their level of anxiety.

Today I want to introduce a new contributor to Anxietyguru.net.   Den is an Anxiety Guru reader and has lived with anxiety disorder for several years and has decided to offer his personal experiences and knowledge to help others with their daily struggle with anxiety.

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One of the biggest problems that anxiety sufferers face is the fear of going crazy.  This sounds like an over statement but for many people with anxiety losing their mind seems like a real possibility.  Some time ago I wrote a post about why anxiety sufferers are not crazy and I thought of one more reason why this is true.

The other day I had a day dream that I was at a conference about anxiety disorders.  I of course was speaking and began to address the crowd but I could only see myself at first.  After a few minutes the audience came into view and I realized that almost no one had come and I wondered why.

Every year in the United States alone we get billions of colds, flues, and other common ailments.  For most people these well known sicknesses cause a lot of aggravation but not much else.  If you have an anxiety disorder on the other hand, something as basic as the common cold can make you a bit jumpy.

The motivation behind this post is really simple – I’m sick.  I’ve been sick with a chest cold for about five days now and although things are improving slowly I have noticed an effect on my anxiety.

Having tricks of vision is most definitely an anxiety symptom.  The type of tricks vary but generally speaking they involve blurry vision, tunnel vision, and just plain thinking you saw something when there was nothing there.

Most of this can be chalked up to stress.  Stress was not named the silent killer because it just sounds good.  Overtime stress can take a real serious toll on you psychologically and physically.  Now when stress and anxiety join forces is when you may encounter a problem with respect to your vision.

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Usually I like to talk about tips and information that anxiety sufferers can use to cope with anxiety disorder.  Today, however, I feel like ranting so that is what I shall do.

All of you don’t know that I have been writing less because I have gone back to school.  You see, I obtained a rather useless bachelors degree in History and I have decided to obtain my PhD in a scientific discipline to compensate.  As a result, I don’t have time to even watch a few minutes of late night television much less write blog posts.

The human brain as we all know is immensely complex.  It is also something that people don’t really understand and for this reason I won’t pretend like I know something you don’t know about the inner workings of this eight pound wonder.  Instead I want to point out something obvious that many of us neglect and as a result cause ourselves undue anxiety.