Two things ran through my mind when I used to get anxious panicked: I'm going to die and It's just anxiety. Especially at night. It's a dual consciousness that you've probably experienced too. That head game tends to happen over and over again. Even if you tell yourself, everyday, that you're not going to let anxiety do that to you. That's why I was surprised when I stopped doing it. But I'll be honest with you, I didn't do it consciously. Actually, it happened on accident. How could that be? Well. Every now and then I used to wake
Shocking Truth About Curing Abnormal Anxiety
I don't know what you've been told about curing abnormal anxiety. But whatever it is, it's only half-true. Because of all the countless ways to cure abnormal anxiety, not one will help everyone to the same degree. Long story short. There's no easy answers except to say that you need knowledge to fix bad nerves - very specific knowledge (Please see the archives to get an idea). But that's not all. You need more. It also takes new ways of understanding what you already know. When I used to read something that made sense about
Panic Attacks in School
Today's guest post is brought to you by Marina Salsbury. She planned to be a teacher since high school, but found her way instead into online writing after college. She writes around the web about everything from education to exercise. Most college students can expect to deal with some stress and anxiety during their academic careers. Full-time students face heavy workloads from their classes, hours of studying most nights, and the pressure to earn good grades as they work towards their degrees. None of this is anything new,
How Being Assertive Makes You Less Anxious
Let's be honest, you can't go around being completely honest with people. It's a fact of life. Whether it's your spouse, child, friend or boss, sometimes you have to hold back or risk leaving a flaming wreckage behind you that could take a lot of work to fix. Or even worse, you could destroy an otherwise good relationship. However, there are times when you should, when you must, stick up for yourself. It's not because you need to prove anything to anyone, rather it's because not being assertive can make you more anxious than you
One Life Changing Idea
People in distress want instant relief. This makes sense. After all, who likes to suffer? However, focusing on instant relief, or outcomes, can be a problem. It can be problematic for the anxious person on many different levels. When you're seeking relief from anxiety you almost always think less about how you're going to achieve freedom from anxiety and more about what it would be like to not have anxiety. This mindset can blind you to the most important part of solving the anxiety puzzle, namely, finding a process that works and
How to Find a Doctor that Won’t Diss You
I got an interesting email today and I want to share part of it with you. It was written by a friend of mine describing his difficulty finding a descent doctor to help him with both a physical illness and the related anxiety that has decided to tag along. It went a little something like this: "Doctors won't even bother with things like diet, herbs, exercise or spiritual type stuff. They just want to give you the latest antidepressant and boot you out of the office. It was funny because after two hours [of seeing an alternative doctor] I
How to Move Forward in the Face of Change
Being an anxious person is a shocking experience. No part of becoming or staying anxious is easy. A lot of that has to do with the huge amount of change that you undergo when your life is turned upside down by anxiety. Everything suddenly becomes about what you should or shouldn't do to avoid being anxious, or about how anxiety is going to tear down your health or make you go crazy. Hard change, indeed. Facing change of any kind can be hard on anybody, but for you it's a monumental struggle. Anxiety causes you to live in a constant
5 More Ways to Reduce Stress & Anxiety
I've always thought that the best advice is the kind that makes you think, "that's so simple but true." I'm not sure that I can do that for you here, but I do want to point out that there isn't anything bad about simplicity. In fact, I think simplicity should be a chief aim in your life because it fosters non filtered goodness. Here are five simple ways to help you be a little more anxiety free. Leave earlier How many times have you gotten frustrated or stressed out because you were late to something? Maybe you were stuck in traffic, or
You Already Have Everything You Need to Get Better
I know what you're thinking. When is your horrible anxiety going to end, right? Well, the answer to that will vary from person to person but, what I can tell you is that you already have, right at this very moment, everything you need to get better. I remember thinking that I needed to find some secret formula to get rid of my severe anxiety. I felt like to get the answers I needed, I shoulda been on some mountain talking with a wise old Mr. Miyagi type. But I can tell you with confidence that the solution to your problem is already in