To be honest with you I feel like I'm going to die suddenly sometimes. I'm not ashamed of this fact, it's just the way it is. Interestingly, I have developed a rather deep sense of acceptance when it comes to feeling fear and anxiety symptoms. I accept the feelings and thoughts without much commotion, but I still think that instant death is likely at least every other Thursday or so. That's the amazing thing about anxiety that I still have trouble understanding. It's particularly hard to understand because I have a rather clear notion
How To Desensitize Yourself
Let's face it, no matter how many pills we pop or tricks we try we will still be anxious from time to time. However practicing the art of desensitization can ensure that we can relax our attitude toward fear and handle anxiety symptoms just a little bit better than we do now. First lets define what it means to be sensitized. When a person becomes sensitized they have essentially conditioned their body and mind to react to certain physical and psychological stimuli with extreme hypersensitivity. For example, say you have built up an
Is Medication Right For You?
In this post Anxietyconnection.com featured writer Eileen Bailey explores the much mulled over question of whether or not anxiety medications are a good treatment option. Always looking for a fresh perspective Eileen was invited to AnxietyGuru.net to shed more light on this very important topic. If your anxiety symptoms are interfering with your daily activities, it is probably time to reach out and seek treatment. But does that mean you must take medication? For some, medication is part of treatment. There are different medications
Brain SPECT Imaging: A New Way Of Looking At Mental Illness
When most of us picture someone being diagnosed with a mental disorder, the examination we imagine is question based-a soft interrogation of sorts. With other types of health issues people are normally poked and probed, drained of fluids, tested and retested. But mental heath care has almost none of the facets of traditional medical diagnostics. This could all change in less than twenty years. For decades now the only way to know if someone was mentally ill was to either ask the person how they felt or simply observe behavior that is
DWA: Driving While Anxious (Podcast)
On today's podcast I discussed the finer points of driving while anxious. I recruited my younger brother to share with you his phobia - driving. I recently received a request from an Anxiety Guru reader who wanted this topic reviewed so we beat this issue to near death on our quest for driving nirvana. Driving as we all know can be a huge obstacle for many anxiety sufferers. This becomes extremely problematic because of the amount of driving we all have to do. This podcast is meant to detail some of the most common problems faced by anxious
New Forum
Not very long ago I added a small chat room to Anxiety Guru and let's just say that it didn't work out. My goal has always been to inform and educate people about anxiety disorders but I also aim to create an online community - a support network I guess you could say. Lofty goals aside, the chat room thing fell through because I think people visited the site at different times and more than likely missed each other or were turned off by the 'live' nature of chat. With the new forum readers will be able to post questions, answer questions,
Anxiety Disorders By The Numbers
Do you ever feel like you're the only person on the planet with a serious anxiety problem? It may or may not be a comforting thing to know but you're certainly not alone. In fact there are millions of people that suffer from anxiety disorders every year. I wanted to share some sobering statistics to give you some idea of the magnitude of this anxiety problem we have. Although little talked about anxiety disorders are rampant and affect people all over the globe. Click here and find out how big the problem really is in the United States
Did Your Parents Make You An Anxious Person?
This question is not as random as it seems. I posted a link to an article today that talks about the possible causes of anxiety and one of them was childhood upbringing. So, did our parents cause this mess? Did our parent's behavior, demeanor, or other character trait somehow create little anxious monsters? Let me just say up front that I'm rather skeptical about this particular claim. Mainly because the parenting-anxiety link is believed to be related to either "over protective parents or uncaring parents". This seems a little
More About The Causes Of Anxiety Disorders
As of today scientist don't know what causes anxiety disorders but they have some good guesses. Click the image to read about what those guesses are. Do you have a theory about the origin of anxiety disorders?
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