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
Do You Make This Mistake When Anxious?
Have you ever tried to explain your fears about being anxious to someone and said something like, "I know I'm OK but...?" On what probably feels like a thousand occasions you've said that you're doing pretty good. Yet inside you might still be holding on to lingering doubts about whether or not you're going to survive your next bout of anxiety. You've at times even convinced yourself that you'll handle the next heart attack scare, panic attack, or uncontrollable eye twitch with a lion's courage, that is, until it happens again and you
Why Alcohol Causes Anxiety: Part 2
All right, all right... I know this post might only appeal to the drinkers among you, but I just had to do a podcast on this topic. Today, I want to do more than just answer the question: Why does alcohol cause anxiety? I want to get into details, motives, and provide you with some information that I hope will help you to avoid the panic and worry associated with alcohol related anxiety. The deal is, I wrote about this topic a long time ago and it has become the most popular article on Anxiety Guru Dot Net, so elaborating on the
What’s the Best Option for Treating Anxiety and Depression?
Today I want to chat a bit about treatment options for anxiety and depression because I'd like to clarify a few things. And in case you're strapped for time here is what I want to say: Curing abnormal anxiety and depression has nothing to do with magic, voodoo, or instant anything. Instead, treating abnormal anxiety and depression involves finding the right mix of remedies that work for you, committing to that treatment, and a little time. This whole issue of anxiety treatments came up because I recently read a question posted on
10 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationships
Today, I get personal. But it's not because I'm looking for undue attention, it's because I thought it was the best way to describe how anxiety can come between you and the people you love. I also wanted to show you how you can overcome this phenomenon. At the height of my anxiety my wife and had problems, to say the least. I often had my head in the clouds and did nothing but complain about my anxiety. Eventually my wife and I ended up in a cold war of sorts. Unable to come together fully, but still had to try and find ways to deal
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
Four Critical Things Every Anxiety Sufferer Should Know
Remember way back when you were a kid and life was simple, or at least simple--er? The good ole days, right? Well, unlike your days as a young'un, today your faced with lots of distractions. Nothing is simple anymore. In fact, I'd say that much of your life's simplicity has been taken away by all the distractions that anxiety throws at you. Distraction has steered you away from seeing the big picture, which has probably also caused your anxiety to grow stronger than it needs to be. So today I want to talk to you about four things that
Instant Peace of Mind
She jumped out of bed in a panic at 4 am. Unable to focus, she staggered out of the front door and started running down the street. She stopped about ten houses down and stood motionless in the dark; chilled by the cold. That happened about 3 years ago, and the terrified woman it happened to is my aunt. That's the story she told me at my mom's house on Thanksgiving day. She'd never talked about her panic before, but on that day she opened up about her 20 year struggle with anxiety. She told me about how she'd always felt like
Panic Attack Survival Guide
Every time that you've had a panic attack you've probably felt like you were going to die. Maybe you've also thought that your panic attacks were going to cause insanity but, it hasn't happened. And, it never will. However, that doesn't stop you from thinking that it will every time panic strikes. The fear that you won't be able to resist your next panic attack seems to linger on, no matter what you do. Given that this is the case, I decided to create a short podcast to help you get through panic attacks, and feelings of intense anxiety.
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