Anxiety

Have you struggled too long with social anxiety? Have you ever considered a therapist for social anxiety? Undoubtedly, feeling overwhelmed simply by being with other people makes normal life difficult. Working isn’t easy, and dating may be downright frightening! It can feel as though your situation is hopeless. But it doesn’t have to be. The key to solving this problem? Seeing a therapist for social anxiety. Perhaps just the thought of therapy brings up additional anxiety and worry. Your concern is not uncommon. However, seeing a therapist for social anxiety will help bring you peace in the long run. Here’s how [...]

Fear is a common human emotion. In fact, you could say that fear is very important for safety and appropriate sanctuary. Fear lets you know when there is danger. It can enable you to make better decisions to stay safe and escape harm. However, what happens when your fear response goes into overdrive? Particularly, when you are experiencing fear as a result of phobia symptoms? In such situations, fear can be crippling. You are afraid that your health and physical safety are threatened. So, you do what you feel you need to do to cope. Still, over the long term, that reaction can [...]

    Depending on the situation, anxiety can possibly save your life or ruin it. It is a hardwired survival response, but it can misfire. Keeping anxiety under control may feel like an uphill battle.    Being nervous or distressed at times is normal and potentially helpful. However, if anxiety feels ever-present, it can prevent you from being productive or living your life to the fullest. When worries loom loom over you like a dark cloud, it may be a sign of an anxiety disorder. This is neither rare nor cause for alarm. Studies have shown that anxiety disorders impact about [...]

When you struggle with anxiety and worry, it can be hard to feel grounded. As worried thoughts capture your attention, you can get caught up in thinking patterns that only serve to disconnect you from your world. This effects you, ramping up your nervouse system and making you feel even more anxious. Fortunately, there is a way to break this cycle before it even gets started. The key is utilizing different grounding techniques. These interventions, are meant to help you stay present in the here-and-now. Moreover, these beneficial techniques are simple and practical. You can do them anywhere, at any time [...]

Yes, most definitely men experience anxiety symptoms and anxiety attacks. In fact, according the National Institute of Health's anxiety research, 22 % of men will meet criteria for a diagnosable anxiety disorder during the course of their lives. But you wouldn’t know it. That’s because many men struggle with talking about, let alone admitting that they struggle with anxiety. Also, anxiety symptoms and men, including anxiety attacks, can present differently from women. Both experience anxiety. Yet how they express that anxiety can vary, and, in some cases, be misinterpreted. That’s why it’s helpful to understand how men are affected by anxiety. [...]

Anxiety and insomnia are a powerful combination and can have a disruptive and negative impact on your life. Perhaps you "woke up" this morning, but the truth is that you really never fell asleep last night. Instead, you laid awake in bed with your mind racing. Maybe it’s been hard for you to concentrate and focus at work lately as a result. Now you're irritable and get into arguments quickly with your partner. The stress and anxiety are too much. It’s important then to understand the connection between anxiety and insomnia...and what to do about it. What is Insomnia?    Insomnia [...]

If you’ve done any research into anxiety treatment, you’ve most likely seen information about using medication. But what if you don’t want to rely on prescriptions and are curious about other anxiety treatment options? Or perhaps you’re concerned about the side-effects of drugs or becoming too reliant on them? Good news, there are many ways to access anxiety treatment without medication. These effective therapy approaches include both techniques to manage and control anxiety at the moment, as well as long-term therapy treatment methods. Consider how these 7 most effective approaches can help you treat anxiety: 1. Anxiety Treatment Without Medication Starts [...]

Having a toolbox of anxiety relief coping skills to use when you need them is critical. Getting through each day calls for having more than one skill handy since you'll likely face different situations that may occur unexpectedly. And not all of them can be handled using the same method. Aside from "emergency" relief, though, these skills can also help you to thrive, even while living with anxiety. That's an important consideration. After all, you don't just want to respond to sudden onsets of anxious moments or trigger, you want to remedy your overall state of anxiety. Consider how these following [...]

Perhaps you’ve always known that you are a worrier. Ever since you were little you may have had worries or fears that kept you up at night. And during the day, they may have lingered in the back of your mind, even when you went to school. Maybe you thought that those worries would eventually go away. Yet, as you got older, you might have found yourself carrying all those fears around as an adult. And so, you may have simply accepted this as a normal part of your life. But now, it seems as if those feelings have only gotten worse. [...]

Maybe you find it hard to understand the difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack. After all, aren't they the same thing? Actually, not as much as you would think. While people can struggle with either—or both—the reality is that these are two separate problems with distinct differences. Understanding these differences and how and why panic and anxiety attacks happen can be useful when you're looking for ways to manage these problems day-by-day. Let's take a closer look. When You Feel Panic The key thing to keep in mind when it comes to panic attacks is that there is an [...]