When I was a kid my mom and her sisters would have "coloring sessions". I never understood why adult women would gather around a table to color in coloring books, but it turns out that they were calming themselves. In family circles it was a well known fact that my mom and some of her sisters had anxiety issues, but what they didn't know was that coloring was actually serving them as an anxiety therapy. When we color it brings our brains into a semi-meditative state. So what you think of as child's play is in fact an inexpensive and effect
Automated Tranquility
It would be great if we could easily undo the accidental Jedi mind tricks that got our anxiety levels to this point. But the reality is that we will have to actively work on relaxing as part of our quest to manage our anxiety. To help us along I started a series of post related to alternative anxiety therapies. At first I wanted to talk about just a few over the past week. But I quickly realized that there were in fact many different types of therapies available to help an anxious person chill out and so I'll be introducing a few more this
Dance Your Anxiety Away
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
How Smiling Can Help Your Anxiety
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." Now the therapies I will be proposing are only called such because they are intended to help
The Anxiety Guru Show: You and Your Emotions Ep 8
Show Notes 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. 2. According to earthtimes.org as of today there is a record 300 new mental illness drugs being developed right now. The article states
Muscle Aches and Pains Caused By Anxiety
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. When you feel anxiety and tension for a prolonged period of time this will eventually lead to sore and even painful muscles. This type of tension can make your legs feel like big noodles and give you the feeling that your legs are about to buckle
Are Anxiety Disorders Curable?
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. As with any mental or medical condition, when people become afflicted with something
How To Know When You Need a Therapist
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
What Is Natural Anxiety Treatment?
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. Now first things first, this issue is debatable. You can go for days with someone that doesn't agree with you about what exactly a natural anxiety
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