Healthy anxiety usually goes away on its own. Healthy anxiety is experienced by everyone, and is usually triggered by stressors. The good news is that healthy anxiety usually goes away on its own, when the stressor lifts. Anxiety disorders are different, as they are chronic, affects your functioning, and does not go away on their […]
Progressive Muscle Relaxation For Stress And Anxiety
Progressive muscle relaxation is a relaxation technique to reduce anxiety and stress. It involves tensing and relaxing specific muscle groups, systematically isolating each muscle group, from head to toe. So each muscle group is progressively tensed and relaxed until all of the muscles groups are addressed. This relaxation technique helps you to feel a tense […]
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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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Anxiety, Hot Flashes, and Menopause
Joanne is a 44 year female, who developed severe anxiety symptoms after her husband was caught with marital infidelity. She was previously without anxiety symptoms before this highly stressful event. Joanne, a mother of a 6 year old daughter, visited her doctor due to complaints of problems sleeping, fatigue, poor concentration, and irritability. Her doctor […]
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6 Bad Habits that are Feeding Your Anxiety
Doing things right when overcoming anxiety is sometimes not enough. Sometimes, despite your best efforts to fight anxiety, you may be strengthening your anxiety disorder without even knowing it. There are certain habits and lifestyle choices that set you back on the path to recovery and are feeding your anxiety. Some of them even have […]
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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 […]
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Does Chronic Stress Lead to Anxiety or Depression?
Stress is part of everyday life for everyone…we all have disappointments, make our mistakes, and endure daily mishaps. Perhaps you lost your keys today and it made you late for work…maybe you let a friend down and are now feeling guilty about it…or maybe you are just experiencing a lot of pressure and deadlines at […]
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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 […]
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What are the Symptoms of Burnout or Being Stressed Out?
Burnout, also known as being stressed out, can occur in people who have to deal with ever increasing stressors both at work and in their personal lives. Burnout can especially be a problem in high-achievers and professionals who want to be highly productive and want to excel at their careers. The problem with ambition and […]
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How OCD Evolves- The Negative Cycle of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) is an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent, intrusive thoughts and uncontrollable rituals to decrease the distress. For a behavioral explanation of what reinforces the thought and ritual in obsessive compulsive disorder, let’s look at an example of a negative cycle of OCD: Let’s say you have OCD and are driving around a neighborhood. […]
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