Show Notes 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 . Depersonalization After so much time nervously thinking about yourself and about all your strange symptoms you may develop
The Anxiety Guru Show: The Looking Glass Ep 6
Show Notes With anxiety disorders comes a loss of confidence. It is difficult for you to make decisions sometimes since you think one decision sounds great one minute and the very next second your on to something else totally different. You may think that because you have lost most or all of your confidence that you are a coward or defective. This of course is not the case at all. This may also lead to you challenging yourself to a test of "strength" and will. You go and do things that you may not be ready for - but when you do
New Study Shows That Online Therapy Effective
A new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research argues that web-based self help programs work. The study took 213 participants and put them through a four week online course aimed at helping the participants with depression, anxiety and work related stress. According to the studies findings, a high percentage (about 95%) of participants reported significant improvement in their symptoms after the program ended. During the study participants were sent directions via email and provided with support by psychology students. The
Blue Print for Freedom: How To Reclaim Your Spare Time
Having an anxiety disorder can take up a lot of your time. It can also cause you to lose out on having fun and doing things other than worrying. A great way to curtail this tendency is to make a plan, or blue print, of how you will spend your free time. Anxiety disorder (all forms of anxiety disorder included) can cause you to obsess about your problems all the time. Is it not enough that anxiety symptoms drain you of your energy and enthusiasm? Don't let anxiety dictate to you what you will and will not do. Hopefully you have subscribed
How To Control Your Anxiety
In boxing there is a saying that says all boxers have a plan until they get hit. I love that saying because it illustrates wonderfully my battles with anxiety symptoms. When I start feeling better I always make a plan about what I will do to control my anxiety, but as soon as my anxiety symptoms hit my plan would always fall apart as if Mike Tyson himself punched me square on the nose. That continued until I found a new plan. To control your anxiety you have to have a plan, sort of. What I mean by plan is a way to sort out an actual set of
Anxiety Quick Note: Anxiety and Heat
When it gets hot your temperature may not be the only thing that goes up. It has been noted by many anxiety sufferers that when it gets hot their anxiety symptoms spike. Just the other day I was at an amusement park with my family and the temp outside was 93 degrees (about 34 degrees Celsius) and my anxiety symptoms began to emerge almost immediately after we entered the park. I felt dizzy, my heart rate was up, I was tired, weak and extremely anxious. It was hard to cope because no matter where I moved to I could do nothing to escape the
Design Angst
As of today the design of this blog is still ongoing and I have to admit that it is causing me anxiety and frustration. You see if you want a pretty custom design you have to spend something like three to five thousand dollars. Now clearly I am not going shell out that kind of dough because I simply don't have it. I have however pumped a significant amount of money into the blog design already and I feel like I am only about 50% of where i want to be. I feel like I would of saved myself time and nervous sensations if I wasn't so frugal. Despite
The Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 2
The Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 2 Concerns of the Heart 1. One of the most common symptoms of an anxiety disorder is palpitations, chest wall pain, general and overwhelming concern about heart health. 2. Palpitations: A palpitation is an abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart, whether it is too slow, too fast. a. The heart seems to stop or skip a beat. i. This is a regular heart function – you are tuned into a ‘high frequency’ and are sensitive. ii. Caused by a compensatory pause – an extra beat that happens before the next
The Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 1
photo credit: soundman1024 The Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 1 Show Notes Introduction to the Anxiety Guru Show and Anxietyguru.net. Paul's personal experience with anxiety (the passion). Another channel of information and tips for success. Anxiety Disorders: Serious action needed for relief. Anxiety Defined: Tension, fear, for a prolonged amount of time. Caused by heredity, a traumatic experience, chemical in balance. Fight or flight: Adrenaline. Conditions covered: General Anxiety, Social Anxiety, PTSD,