When You Feel Defective and Deficient for Struggling with Anxiety
You’re struggling with anxiety. Maybe you had your first panic attack when you were in high school while taking a final. Maybe you had a panic attack in college while driving or grocery shopping. Maybe since then you’ve been having panic attacks regularly.
Maybe it’s not panic attacks at all. Instead you’re constantly on edge. If they gave out medals for worrying, you’d no doubt take first place. Everything makes you anxious and uncomfortable. And it’s absolutely exhausting.
Whatever the specific circumstances surrounding your anxiety and how it manifests, you feel like a complete and utter loser. You feel like...
Source: World of Psychology - June 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety and Panic Disorders General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Stress Source Type: blogs
Injured by a Spatula
So what happened to Gage? That is now everyone's first question when we walk into a room. Our little Goldenhar Syndrome boy has grown up to be quite handsome at age 17 now. He works hard, he does well in school, he loves to be outdoors working on his old mud Jeep Cherokee he is fixing up.He works a full-time summer job which he started this week and will work all summer right up until he begins his SENIOR YEAR in high school! He has spent his high school years attending the county's Career Tech Center and plans to go right into his trade of choice (automotive or engine/transmission work) as soon as he graduates. But what h...
Source: Cochlear Kids - June 6, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Val Blakely Source Type: blogs
Everything You Need to Know About Panic Attacks and How to Stop Them
Your heart is racing. The world is spinning. You feel like you might throw up. You’re just sitting in class — it’s a normal day, nothing has happened. Yet you feel terrible. You can’t think straight — or you’re thinking too much. You might feel like you’re going crazy. You consider calling an ambulance.
Sound familiar? You’re not alone; 22.7% of people in the United States have experienced a panic attack. In fact, one million Americans experience this monthly.
Now, what’s really happening?
The gist of it is that your brain goes into fight or flight mode. It perceives danger, even if we don’t ...
Source: World of Psychology - June 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Haleigh Missildine Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens College Self-Help Stress Calm fight or flight Panic Attack Relaxation Source Type: blogs
Anxiety: What it is, what to do
While anxiety symptoms vary widely, odds are good that at some point you’ve experienced occasional physical and emotional distress signals such as panicky breathing, your heart pounding in your chest, trouble sleeping, feelings of dread, or even loops of worry. That’s normal.
By itself, anxiety isn’t a problem. It anchors the protective biological response to danger that boosts heartbeat and breathing, pumping oxygenated blood to your muscles as your body prepares to fight or flee. A dollop of healthy anxiety can persuade you to get to work on time, push you to study hard for an exam, or discourage you from wandering...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Francesca Coltrera Tags: Anxiety and Depression Behavioral Health Mental Health Stress Source Type: blogs
BBC - Future - Pain bias: The health inequality rarely discussed
In 2009, my doctor told me that, like"a lot of women", I was paying too much attention to my body. Saying there wasn't an issue, he suggested I just relax and try to ignore the symptoms.The decision seemed to run counter to what my records showed. A few weeks earlier, I had ended up in the emergency room with chest pains and a heart rate hitting 220 beats per minute. The ER crew told me it was a panic attack, gave me Xanax and told me to try to sleep.I'd had panic attacks before. I knew this episode was not one. So I went to my doctor.He put me on a heart monitor overnight. Bingo: I had another episode, t...
Source: Psychology of Pain - May 31, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Living with Panic Disorder: A Therapist ’s Perspective
Picture this, you are driving on the highway and your hands begin to sweat, your heart begins to race. Your feet become numb and you can’t feel the brakes. You feel like you are losing control and do not feel yourself. You think you are having a heart attack. Although you may be experiencing many of the physical symptoms of a heart attack, in actuality, what you are experiencing is a panic attack.
Panic attacks are intense and plain dreadful; and they can strike when you least expect it. Their exact cause is unknown, but we do know that they are typically hereditary. So, if say your mother, father, aunt, uncle or gr...
Source: World of Psychology - May 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julie Galiñanes, MSW, LCSW Tags: Anxiety and Panic Personal Stress Treatment Panic Attacks Panic Disorder Worry Source Type: blogs
Embracing Imperfection: Our Scars Tell the Story
The Japanese have a form of art known as Kintsugi. This entails a piece of broken pottery being repaired with either gold or silver. The gold or silver is placed in the cracks of the broken pottery and in some cases whole pieces are replaced with one of the two. This technique embraces the imperfection or flaw in an object. Such as how we should embrace our own imperfections, flaws, or scars. Because those scars tell our stories.
As with the gold enhancing the pottery our scars enhance us. Our scars show our perseverance, fortitude, and courage. It allows people to know that we have been broken but put back together and ar...
Source: World of Psychology - April 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Bouciquot, MS Tags: Grief and Loss Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Perfectionism Stigma Success & Achievement Trauma acceptance empowered flaws grieving Imperfection Personal Growth Personality Self Love self-compassion Trauma Survivors Source Type: blogs
You ’ re Smarter Than Your Anxiety and You Can Take Back Your Life
Take back control.
Anxiety…we all feel it. Anxiety symptoms vary from general distress to sweating palms to nausea-inducing stomach cramps.
For some. it’s an uncommon visitor, a fleeting shadow beneath the door. For others, it’s the friend you let crash on your couch one night, who now refuses to leave.
Regardless of its frequency or severity in your life, anxiety has a penchant for showing up uninvited and requiring your attention. That’s why you should learn how to deal with your anxiety and its effect on your life, for when it inevitably comes knocking on your door.
Here are some tips from Coach Monique...
Source: World of Psychology - April 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Anxiety and Panic Disorders Publishers Self-Help YourTango Anxiety Symptoms Breathe deal with anxiety Exercise meditation apps Relax Stress Source Type: blogs
Stop Stigmatizing Psychiatric Treatment!
Stigma is a sticky, two-sided issue, one that we talk about often in our field of psychiatry. Many things are stigmatized. While mental illness is an obvious one --and I'll come back to this-- many other things are stigmatized as well. To name just a few: drug use, smoking, being a criminal, going to jail, behaving in a disruptive way, smelling badly and being physically unkempt in certain settings, begging for money in public, being on public assistance (in certain circles), beating your children (again, in certain circles), incest (in all cultures), being morbidly obese (especially when it happens in someone ...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
10 Reasons Why I Like Rainy Days
Unlike most people I know, I like rainy days. I’m not referring to days-on-end torrents that flood the yard, back up the swimming pool and overflow drainage ditches, but typical showers that occur either seasonally or at unexpected times. Yes, I find ways to be productive and feel good about myself and my life even during inclement weather. Here are 10 reasons why I like rainy days, even when it literally rains all day (and night long).
Everybody must deal with it.
Seriously, there’s a natural tendency to wish the rain would cease so life can get back to normal, yet there’s logic in the realization that everybody is ...
Source: World of Psychology - March 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Motivation and Inspiration Personal hope Meditative Exercise Source Type: blogs
Eating well to help manage anxiety: Your questions answered
Does diet affect anxiety? If so, what should I eat, and which foods should I try to avoid?
People who suffer with anxiety should remember a few simple rules:
Low blood sugar, poor hydration, use of alcohol, caffeine, and smoking can also precipitate or mimic symptoms of anxiety.
Eating regular meals and preventing hypoglycemic states are therefore important.
Adequately hydrating with plain water is best, at least 6 to 8 glasses a day.
While nicotine does not cause anxiety, withdrawal from nicotine can mimic anxiety, and people with anxiety may smoke to soothe themselves. It may become a problematic behavior, as nicotine c...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Uma Naidoo, MD Tags: Anxiety and Depression Health Healthy Eating Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Three Ways to Manage Your Next Anxiety Attack
What is an anxiety attack, anyway?
Anxiety attacks are unpleasant, unsettling, and an event most of us will likely experience to some degree at one point or another. While we all have different tolerances for anxiety, stress, and what triggers these feelings, our human “Fight or Flight” programming is universal. An anxiety attack (also sometimes called a panic attack) is essentially the body’s neurological system preparing to respond to a stressor, real or perceived.
When a person walking down the sidewalk suddenly startles at a bent stick on the ground that at first glance looks like a large snake, it is because th...
Source: World of Psychology - March 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julie K. Jones, Ph.D., LPC Tags: Anxiety and Panic Self-Esteem Stress Anxious Thoughts Body Language Calm Coping Skills fight or flight Nonverbal communication Panic Attack Resilience stress reduction Sympathetic Nervous System Worry Source Type: blogs
How to Tell When Technology Makes Anxiety Worse
These are the signs to look for.
Anxiety (and its big brother, fear) is always about something that hasn’t happened yet. Even when the worst does happen, anxiety goes away. It’s not the loss of a limb that is frightening; it’s the anticipation of losing a limb that makes you afraid.
Stop Anxiety from Sucking the Life Out of You
When we perceive a real danger or find ourselves facing something unknown, anxiety is one of the best tools in our self-preservation box. It sharpens our senses and washes our cells with cortisol and adrenaline, which increase energy and strength in the moment. It prepares us to fight or to r...
Source: World of Psychology - March 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Anxiety and Panic Disorders Publishers Technology YourTango Fear Source Type: blogs
