Here are 4 strategies in different situations to help you overcome your anxiety and optimize your performance: The Presentation It’s smooth sailing when you can just read off the screen, but when it comes to Q&A or winning the engagement of your audience, your anxiety starts to kick in. Key points and explanations are lost […]
How to Support a Friend or Loved One with Anxiety
Anxiety is a very challenging condition. Very often it is not only the person with anxiety that suffers, but also the person’s friend, family or a loved one. As a friend or family, you are always trying your best to help your loved ones; but sometimes, some of the things we do may (inadvertently) be […]
The Social Media and Social Anxiety Link
New technology and social media have altered the way we live, think, and communicate. New technologies have broken the barriers of space and time, enabling us to interact 24/7 with more people than ever before. But like any revolutionary concept, communication on social media has one paradox twist: social media has the potential to make […]
Your First Panic Attack – Recognizing Signs and Preparing for the Future
Harry is 34-year-old male, family man and a successful lawyer in a large company. A month ago, an hour before a big meeting for which he had been preparing for weeks, while he was going through his notes in his office he started to feel strange. In a matter of seconds he suddenly felt dizzy, […]
Immediate Anxiety Relief
Many of you asked how to get immediate anxiety relief. Follow these two videos, and you can get some anxiety relief very fast. Try to set aside some time during the day in a quiet place to practice. You might want to start out splitting the exercises up throughout the day. The first video is […]
Mindful Meditation Can Reduce Pain, Anxiety In Healthy Individuals
Anxiety is the most common mental health problem worldwide, and together with depression, affects roughly 10% of the population. Apart from being common, it is still under-reported, under-diagnosed and under-treated. Diagnosing and treating anxiety requires dedication both from medical staff, and mostly from the individual and with the support from the whole family. The treatment […]
Soldiers Can Fight Off PTSD With Just A Good Night’s Rest
Post-traumatic stress disease (PTSD) is not a rare condition. About 7 or 8 out of every 100 people in the US will have PTSD at some point in their lives, and this ratio is twice as high in people who have served the military forces. When you are in the military, you may see combat, […]
How To Overcome Social Anxiety
We all experience social anxiety to varying degree’s, and that is completely normal. Little bits keep us from making what seems to be an absolute fool of ourselves, but too much and we become too self conscious where it becomes crippling. We might seem and feel awkward to other people, worried they will view us […]
Anxiety Makes You Prone To Bad Decisions
A recent study found that anxious people are not able to make good decisions when life is uncertain and unpredictable (Browning et al., 2015). Anxious people are unable to predict when bad outcomes will occur in changing environments, and this can lead to bad decisions. In the study, participants were asked to choose between two […]
I Did Something Wrong; How Do I Stop Worrying About It?
Worrying after you did something wrong is a common and natural reaction. In fact, if you didn’t worry after you did something wrong, it would be a bad thing. Not worrying after being in the wrong would be quite concerning, as your sense of morals may be non-existent. However, there are some people who worry […]