Have you ever put on your favorite dress, jumper or t-shirt and immediately stood a littletaller? Or put on sweatpants after work and felt yourself relaxing into your evening? If so,you’ve experienced what psychologists call ‘enclothed cognition’ – the idea that what wewear can affect our behavior, mood, confidence and the way we connect with […]
7 Ways to Prevent Anxiety From Overcoming Your Life
Not too long ago, the managing company of a popular girl group in South Korea announced that one of the members of the group would be withdrawing from activities. The member was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. According to the medical experts who examined the young performer, the illness is unpredictable. The anxiety she feels […]
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Keeping Anxiety Levels Low When Moving Home
If you thought that moving home was a source of joy for most people, think again. The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, an authoritative list of major life stressors that can affect health, lists changing residence, having a major mortgage, and having to face the foreclosure of a mortgage as some of life’s biggest challenges. […]
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Does social isolation affect the brain? Here are the 5 tips to overcome social isolation
A warm welcome to our guest blogger, James Crook, who is a frequent visitor of Anxiety Boss and wanted to contribute his article to our platform. Foremost, let’s begin by clarifying the difference between social isolation and solitude. Being in a state of solitude is different in a sense that it is by choice. The […]
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Anxiety at Work: What Do I Do When I Can’t Handle It?
Today, work is challenging enough. You show up to a boss looking over your shoulder. You wonder about your co-workers and whether they are as sincere as they seem. You brave a stressful commute, both to and from work, only to find you forgot today they would be doing performance reviews. One thing most people have […]
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Changing How I Defined Abnormal Helped My Anxiety
Like many of you, just a few short years ago, my life was defined by anxiety. Anxiety had become for me a constant companion. It was there when I woke, followed me through my day, and kept me from going to sleep at night. I had been on high doses of a benzodiazepine for many […]
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How To Deal With Anxiety When You Want To Buy or Lease A New Car
I know that many of you feel that buying a new car is a waste of money, but this is primarily how to get a new car. You can also use a lot of the advice I give here to purchase a used car. Not everything is always set in stone. Stress and Anxiety of […]
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Emotional anxiety after your husband’s affair
Infidelity in marriage is like a tornado. Once it passes over, it leaves a trail of devastation in its wake. Anxiety is normal after you have experienced a betrayal or a marital conflict. This stress trigger is the body’s natural response to danger. When you feel threatened, your body turns to a fight or flight […]
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Have Important Decisions To Make? Not When You’re Stressed
We all have important decisions to make, but if you have anxiety and you are stressed, then making those decisions can be difficult, oftentimes paralyzing you to take no action. And the more you worry about making the wrong decision and not coping with it, then the more anxiety you will have. When you are […]
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The Relationship of Stress to Performance
Ever notice that when someone is doing something awesome- be it winning a game, acing a test, making great music, fulfilling a lifetime dream- they are aroused and full of energy? On the other hand, when something is not done to expectation- losing a game, failing a test, missing notes on playing music, not doing […]
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