Is social media creating generations of social recluses? What happened to playing kickball, board games, and tag? For those of you who are over 35 years old, you probably have vivid memories of running around outside with friends, laughing and shouting. However, those of you who are part of the “millennials” generation are probably asking […]
Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms and the Role of Anxiety
A warm welcome to Dr. Natalie Fleischacker, as a guest author. What are medically unexplained symptoms? It has been known for quite some time that stress/anxiety is not good for our physical wellbeing. However, with advancements in medical and psychological research we have found that anxiety can wreak more havoc than ever previously imagined. Medically […]
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder- What It Is And How To Treat It
Hello, I’m Dr. Carlo Carandang, and I’m a psychiatrist with AnxietyBoss.com. Today, I will talk about generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder, also known as GAD, is an anxiety disorder where you have excessive worry about events and situations and it disrupts your life. So you as the audience will benefit from this presentation by […]
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The Problem with Endorsing Meditation for Anxiety
Meditation is a method used to clear your mind and to ease your worries and anxiety. But is meditation alone good enough to relieve anxiety? For someone who has anxiety related to the stressors of everyday living, then yes, meditation can be utilized to ease anxiety. Meditation can help clear your mind when your boss […]
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Why Does Worry Make Things Worse?
The standard reply to this question is that the more you are in your head, the more likely things will go wrong. In addition, “conventional” wisdom states that because you are paying too much attention to your own thoughts, that you ignore the world around you. So people who give this advice are likely to recommend that […]
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How Do I Figure Out The Source Of My Anxiety?
I get this question frequently from people who are anxious and have panic attacks. While CBT is effective and attempts to find anxiety-provoking and maladaptive thoughts, people who are anxious can’t always find those triggering thoughts, and just have a panic attack out of the blue, so it seems. The issue with people who have […]
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Why do people struggle with ambiguity, and why does it cause anxiety?
This is a great question. Ambiguity and uncertainty causes worry and anxiety because we have an inherent need to have control over our lives. When we don’t know what the outcome will be, or when we think we have no choices, then we worry. Only when we are certain, and know that we can do […]
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How Stress Affects Cardiovascular Health
Stress is not harmful when experienced in small doses and for short durations. However, when stress becomes chronic, then this can detrimentally affect your cardiovascular health. When you have stress, the fight or flight response, the stress response, is activated. Stress (and fear) activates the amygdala, which in turn simultaneously activates the sympathetic nervous system […]
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Study Shows How OCD, ADHD, Parkinson’s And Psychosis Are Related
Picture the person with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)…he spends hours washing, and can literally be stuck in the shower or sink. Now picture the person with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)…he frequently flips from one activity to the next, just a constant stream of motion, and unable to do the same movement for very long. […]
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Living With Anxiety and a Severe Mental Illness
A warm thank you to my good friend, Jason Weiland, for writing this guest post. Hello, my name is Jason. I am not a doctor, psychiatrist, or therapist. I am just a regular person like you. I am going to attempt to write this article from my own perspective living with an anxiety disorder and a […]
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