Greetings from Bangalore. I hope this post finds you in good health and staying safe. I am an anxious person. Anxiety always leads to bad decisions. Bad decisions always lead to bad futures. I have been there where you are right now. I have struggled anxiety, with a decrease in concentration, which is a result…
Finding a job that you enjoy and that you feel comfortable doing can be challenging if you live with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Often your choice of job will be dictated by how far along you are in terms of diagnosis and treatment. People who have successfully managed to overcome and learn to cope with…
Here is a copy of the handout I gave my students before I retired: Understanding and Managing Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia Anxiety has often been called the “common cold” of emotional disorders. Most people experience anxiety in one stressful situation or another, while many of us have experienced or will experience anxiety at some…
Before you can let go of something, you have to be holding it. You are worried and anxious. About what? If you can say, this is fear. If you can’t, it’s anxiety. Is anxiety a problem? If so, you are worried and anxious about being worried and anxious. Otherwise, you might call “anxiety” something else.…
As someone who has anxiety, I’m sure you wouldn’t like a simple “yes/no” answer. Instead, I’ll let you know what I think about anxiety: After high school, my dad forced me to go to Central America with him. He would tell you that he took me because he wanted to celebrate my high school graduation,…
Your heart races. Your body temperature rises. Your hands may shake. Your stomach may churn. Your thoughts start spiraling to the worst could that happen, and suddenly you feel so unequipped—like everything’s going to fall apart, and you won’t be able to handle it. It can feel so powerless when anxiety takes over, almost like…
How do you get coffee stains out of the carpet?Coffee. One of many people’s favorite parts of morning, mid-morning… and, on some days (okay, let’s be real: on most days) afternoon. Can’t live without it – and can’t live with(Continue reading)Anxiety is definitely the «great imitator» of illnesses. It can seriously transform itself into every…
No, you can’t lose your mind. Not from anxiety. Not from anything. That’s not how the brain works. What can happen is you stop behaving in a socially acceptable way. That’s what mental illness actually means: that most people don’t like the way you behave. In fact, almost all behavior that gets labeled as a…
Babysitter sends mom this photo, she looks closer and calls cops.When Claudia looked down at the picture on her phone she immediately had a horrible feeling in her gut.Trauma. There have been tests and studies done that confirm when a person is traumatized, whether by an ied exploding next to them in Iraq, or being…
The iconic brand in floor care you trust.Evolve keeps you rolling between those clean-ups you planned and the ones you just didn’t see coming.What it’s like for me to have generalized anxiety disorder. I’ll start off by saying even answering this question causes fear that maybe I won’t answer it correctly the way I want…
