photo credit: NathanF If you're anything like me than you are anxious about something almost everyday. This is a sometimes light but ever present feeling that something is wrong. This is always compounded when something is, or at least perceived, to be wrong. In both cases a good tip is to wait and see what happens before getting panicked. A good analogy is a bridge crossing. The bridge's span in this case is representative of an anxiety symptom. How do you cross it without veering off course? Now trust me when I say that doing
The Top 100 Things You Should Know About Anxiety Disorders
Over the course of a decade you can learn a lot about anything. You can become an expert at car repair, kitchen remodeling, hair styling, or in my case you can learn all about anxiety. Since 1999 I have been battling anxiety non-stop and as a result I've learned a thing or two about this topic (I've recovered since then). Many of my thoughts on this issue are short thoughts or blurbs that I've collected over the years and for no particular reason I wanted to jot them down. I can't possibly recall everything but here is a good chunk of
The Two Faces Of Anxiety Disorder
photo credit: glitter feet As anxiety sufferers we all understand by now what constitutes an anxiety symptom. It could be palpitations, chest pain, dizziness, or more thought based symptoms like racing or disturbing thoughts. In my case I have experienced both, but interestingly rarely have I experienced both at the same time. This only came up because lately I've noticed that if I'm sucked in by speeding or negative thoughts I usually will not encounter physical anxiety symptoms like hot flashes for example. The only thing that I
BBC News: “Fathers’ Depression Harms Young”
photo credit: *madalena-pestana* - half of me Article Highlights: Fathers mental ailments can affect their children. Fathers more involved in child rearing which may play a role. Fathers with anxiety disorder have a "two fold chance" of passing it to their kids. To read the full article click the image above.
Self Pity, Anxiety, And You
Walking around with the perennial dark cloud of anxiety disorder can bring anyone down. I'd say it would be unusual if anxiety sufferers didn't feel bummed about their condition from time to time. However, the slippery slope of self pity is a mental trap that will not only make it more difficult to recover from episodes of anxiety but it also perpetuates the hated thoughts and feelings you endure on a daily basis. To acknowledge that anxiety sucks is one thing, it is another thing altogether to let this realization permeate your bones and
Wearing A Mask Of Tranquility
photo credit: giopuo Most anxiety sufferers don't go around shaking and biting their nails, however that doesn't mean that most of us don't spend a good amount of energy on perfecting and using what I like to call a mask of tranquility. Outwardly I think we would all like to be seen as confident, steady people that project all the attractive personality traits most people admire. But when you find yourself nervous a good deal of the time these traits don't come easily and have to be worked on. Wearing a mask of tranquility is what all
Reminding Yourself Of What You Already Know Can Help Ease Anxiety
Despite the fact that most anxiety sufferers understand that anxiety in and of itself is not dangerous most still get extremely apprehencious when anxiety does strike. Most anxiety sufferers are also generally well informed about their condition, and yet we all tend to crumble at times and in our own ways. The fact of the matter is that no matter how much knowledge you accumulate there really is no way to make yourself invulnerable to anxiety. However, even with this rather bleak realization there are always steps we can take to minimize
Crisis Care Plan
In my previous post we talked about creating a self care plan and some of the benefits (and importance) of having one. I hope you were able to come up with a couple of things and plan on actually doing them! Your self care plan should help bring some joy into your life and give you some tools to deal with panic attacks and anxiety in general. Today, though, I want to tackle a more difficult subject. I want to share some info on how to create a crisis care plan and talk a bit about why it’s important to have one, some things that should be
The Devil You Know
Kids have short memories. I observed this again with my two young nieces at an indoor children's fun zone recently. They came out of the play castle complaining of hurt toes and injured legs. I listened, cared and comforted, and they skipped happily back into the castle to play some more. Before we had arrived to the kid’s fun zone my four year old niece, Julia, had asked me what kind of a day it was as we got out of the car. The sun was bright and warm and the sky was clear blue. I told her it was a great day and hoped she couldn’t
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