Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/clear-light-bulb-355948/ Are anxious thoughts and worries taking over your mental health? If you answered “YES”, then you’re not alone! Anxiety is no joke. It can be overwhelming and disrupt your day-to-day lifestyle and overall well-being. Its symptoms can drag you away from things that matter the most in your life. Some of […]
Taking good care of yourself: Tips to take control of your anxiety
It’s normal to feel apprehensive, uneasy, worried, anxious, or nervous about certain circumstances. But if these very emotions get out of control, life can become complicated. An onslaught of what-if questions with a hyper focus on the future can inadvertently fuel your anxiety. Unfortunately, this can adversely affect a person’s ability to go through daily […]
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How Cutting Out Alcohol Can Reduce Anxiety
By Steven Booth, CEO, Elevation Behavioral Health It’s quite ironic how so many people use alcohol as a means of reducing the symptoms of anxiety, only to end up experiencing worse anxiety because of the alcohol. Alcohol has become a cultural panacea for calming the nerves and winding down after a hectic, stressful day. Happy […]
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Simple Anxiety Management Tips for Truck Drivers
Only 2.4 % of all road fatalities nationwide relate to truck driving according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. However, truck driving remains one of the most hazardous jobs you can have. Truck drivers diagnosed with driving anxiety may find it challenging because of the many trauma triggers they face as they drive long […]
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Acceptance Is Not The Way To Relieve Anxiety
I saw an anxiety blog today, where the author was touting the benefits of acceptance in managing anxiety and stress. Unfortunately, this is a rather crude and concrete method, that should only be taught to children. As adults, we need more sophisticated and elegant ways of dealing with stress and anxiety, given that the demands, […]
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Giving Way to Anxiety is About Learning to Deal with Uncertainty
When I previously saw patients who suffered from stress and anxiety, many of them had struggles due to worries and uncertainty about the future. No matter how many medications I prescribed for them, no matter how many relaxation techniques I taught them, they still had debilitating anxiety and stress. As a psychiatrist, I also struggled […]
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How The Neurotransmitter GABA Works For Anxiety In The Brain
Hello, I’m Dr. Carlo Carandang, and I’m a psychiatrist. Today I will talk about how GABA works for anxiety. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS). So we know that when you have anxiety, you have overactive fear circuits which are centered on the amygdala. So here is the amygdala, and […]
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Diagnosing Anxiety Disorders
Hello, I’m Dr. Carlo Carandang, and I’m a psychiatrist. Today, I will talk about diagnosing anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders are diagnosed by doctors, which include family physicians, psychiatrists, and PhD-level psychologists. Here is a flow chart that doctors should be using when they are evaluating you for anxiety disorder: As an example, let’s say you […]
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What factors determine whether the body fights or flees from danger?
When you are faced with a danger or threat, the fight or flight response automatically kicks in, and you don’t have to think about it to set it off. So this is a quick reflex that occurs that bypasses the planning and awareness centers of the brain. Instead, the danger is picked up by the […]
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Please Explain Anxiety And Uncertainty Management Theory
So what you are asking is about how the intolerance of uncertainty can lead to anxiety. To answer this question, let’s look at how generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) develops from the intolerance of uncertainty. So let’s say you have worries that something bad is going to happen, you think you are not able to cope, […]
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