9 Facts That Exercise Helps Reduce Depression and Anxiety
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It's a disheartening fact that an estimated twenty per cent of Australians will suffer from depression and anxiety at some stage of their lives. With a population of approximately twenty-five million that's around five million people. Although there's often a belief that the two conditions are the same there are distinct differences between them but exercise can be a remedy for both.
1. Sense of Purpos...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Patrick-WPat Tags: confidence depression featured happiness health and fitness motivation productivity tips psychology self improvement success anxiety and depression benefits from exercise best self improvement Source Type: blogs
How Do I Detox From Benzodiazepines?
Detox from Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are highly addictive medications. They are used to help treat anxiety, sleep issues, and even seizures. They work to calm the body and can be a great, helpful tool for many people when used as prescribed. There are many different types of Benzodiazepines, as they differ in strength and onset time. Some Benzodiazepines, such as Librium, is used to help treat symptoms associated with alcohol withdrawal. Detox from Benzodiazepines can be difficult, but it is possible.
The names that people know most commonly know Benzodiazepines as include:
Xanax
Valium
Ativan
Klonopin
They are onl...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - April 26, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction to Pharmaceuticals Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Substance Abuse benzo benzodiazepines medical detox Source Type: blogs
How Writers Write About Heartbreaking Things and Care for Themselves in the Process
For more than 20 years, Mary Cregan wanted to write her recently published memoir The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery, but she felt that she couldn’t. It’s primarily because she wasn’t ready to face the exposure required to be so honest about such a devastating, difficult part of her life.
Because that’s the thing about writing: We let readers into our innermost thoughts and feelings, into our souls, and that can be scary.
We tackle topics we’d never bring up with a close friend, let alone a stranger, and yet that’s exactly what we do. We share our stories with thousands of strangers.
Wri...
Source: World of Psychology - April 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books Creativity Disorders General Habits Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Stigma Heartbreak Vulnerability writing Source Type: blogs
5 Life-Changing Pieces of Advice to Help you get Through Anxiety
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What does anxiety look like?
Imagine.
You’re hiking through a rough patch of mountainous woods, as dark and deep as the blackest sky. You’ve been here before many a time. This forest area falls in your way. You have to cross it in order to get to the other side, where your home is.
Even though the path is well-worn and quite familiar to you now, yet, the walk itself is nothing short of a s...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sijdah Hussain Tags: depression featured psychology self improvement anxiety benefits of travel mental health positive psychology Source Type: blogs
A Panic Attack, the Wrestle Within
Samantha felt overwhelmed by her school assignments, her relationships, and her job. She often felt like she was walking a tightrope while holding a pole that contained all of her “should” and “must” type of thoughts. “It’s not a matter of if, but when I’ll fall and crash!” she’d repeat.
She would imagine placing her thoughts and feelings in a bottle and shutting the lid tightly. “I place them there so I can cope,” she would declare.
She recognized her panic attack cycle: stress, anxiety, tension build up, and suppress until it shatters. Then starting all over again. She hated her panic attacks, bu...
Source: World of Psychology - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Annabella Hagen, LCSW, RPT-S Tags: Anxiety and Panic Self-Help Source Type: blogs
In Later Life, We Become Less Aware Of Other People ’s Anger And Fear, But Remain Sensitive To Their Happiness
By Emma Young
Most people find it easy to infer the emotional state underlying a scowl or beaming smile. But not all facial emotional signals are so obvious. Sensitivity to these less obvious emotional signals varies from one person to another and is a useful skill, improving relations with other people and benefiting psychological wellbeing. As well as varying between individuals, are there also shifts in this ability during a typical person’s life? And, if so, might these age-related changes be relevant to known high-risk periods for psychological problems and the onset of mental illness? A new study, published in the ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Developmental Emotion Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Improve Your Mental Health with Super Powers
Life is tough. Life with mental illness is tougher. Life with mental illness on top of other conditions and life experiences can seem too tough. Today’s guest shares how she dealt with Tourette Syndrome, OCD, anxiety, depression, and many other things, by tapping into her own super powers. Perhaps you can, too.
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Everyone has challenges but some people have more than others. Brett Francis knows this from personal experience. Only now she turns those challenges—her own and other people’s—into assets. Her mantra is “no one is bro...
Source: World of Psychology - March 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General OCD Self-Help The Psych Central Show anxiety Gabe Howard Tics Tourette Syndrome Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
When Your Teen is Struggling with Anxiety
Since she was 10 years old, Sophie Riegel felt like something was off. “My friends all seemed so carefree. And I had the weight of the world holding me down.”
Riegel writes these words in her beautiful, invaluable new book, Don’t Tell Me to Relax: One Teens’ Journey to Survive Anxiety (And How You Can Too).
Shortly after, in middle school, Riegel was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trichotillomania, generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder.
As a parent, you also think that something is off with your teen. They haven’t said anything, but you can feel the difference in their demeanor o...
Source: World of Psychology - March 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens Disorders Family Mental Health and Wellness OCD Parenting Self-Help Adolescence Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder Trichotillomania Source Type: blogs
Neuroplasticity- Botox for the Brain?
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The term Neuroplasticity is the hope of the future of every human on the planet and yet, few people have even heard of it, and fewer actually know what it means. Why is it important? Simply, the theories of neuroplasticity have the capacity to change everything we know about living a happier and healthier life. It’s the holy grail of the human experience.
Breakthroughs in neuroscience over the last decade have prod...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: cara hewett Tags: featured psychology self confidence self improvement motivation neuroplasticity pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Does Anxiety Cause PTSD or Does PTSD Cause Anxiety?
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” ― Susan Pease Banitt
This question came up in conversation when I was speaking with someone who has experienced severe panic attacks to the point of calling them “debilitating”, requiring inpatient care. As they were sharing about the ordeal, they told me that when they contemplate the time spent seeking treatment and the aftermath, it ramped up both the anxiety and PTSD symptoms. Even as a career therapist with decades of experience treating people with stand-alone anxiety, with no overt PTSD s...
Source: World of Psychology - February 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Anxiety and Panic Personal Psychotherapy PTSD Trauma Aromatherapy Breathing Exercise PTSD trigger Relaxation Self Care Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Host Has a Panic Attack Live While Recording
Panic attacks have a way of popping up at the most inconvenient times – like when you are recording a podcast. In this episode, Gabe has a panic attack in front of the microphone and decides that the silver lining is showing listeners that even someone in recovery has symptoms.
Listen in to this episode to learn about panic attacks and see if Gabe makes it out okay. (Spoiler alert: He’s fine.)
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“We call ourselves recovered, but these symptoms don’t entirely go away.”
– Michelle Hammer
Highlights From ‘Panic Attack Live’ Episode
[2:30] Gabe is having a panic att...
Source: World of Psychology - February 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Anxiety and Panic Source Type: blogs
Anxiety — When You Worry About Worrying
Anticipation is a funny thing. If you are anticipating something fun it can seem like you can’t focus, you might think about it constantly, you might talk about it to anyone who will listen, all with a big smile on your face. Anticipating something stressful, however, can do all of the same things — just without the smile. In this case rather than being excited you are filled with dread over what you think is about to come.
But what if you feel that sense of dread all of the time, whether there is something good or bad ahead of you? Unfortunately, there are a number of people who live day-to-day in a near state of ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kurt Smith, Psy.D., LMFT, LPCC, AFC Tags: Anxiety and Panic Rumination Worry Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Service Animals vs. Emotional Support Animals
Service animals have been around for a long time, and we’re all familiar with them. These are animals (usually dogs) trained to assist persons with disabilities of one sort or another. We’re also seeing today a lot of “emotional support” animals. A lot of them. This week’s guest explains the difference between them, how they are used, and some surprising laws (or lack thereof) pertaining to them.
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Stephanie L. Taylor has her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the
University of Texas at San Antonio. She specialize...
Source: World of Psychology - February 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Military The Psych Central Show emotional support animals Gabe Howard Service Animals Stephanie L. Taylor Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Tell Friends and Love Interests About Mental Illness
A mental illness diagnosis doesn’t mean you can’t date or make new friends. It does mean – at some point — that you need to tell all the new people in your life that you’re living with depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, or whatever your mental health concerns are.
In this episode, our hosts discuss telling the new people in our lives about our health issues – including the people they’ve dated.
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“I had this plan that the third date was the right time to tell people about my mental illness.”
– Gabe Howard
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Source: World of Psychology - February 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Friends Relationships Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Participants In This Study Successfully Down-regulated Their Amygdala Activity With The Help Of Neurofeedback
This study supports existing research showing promise for the application of rt-fMRI neurofeedback in the treatment of problems like PTSD, addiction and depression that are associated with heightened amygdala activation. The clinical potential of this technique, bridging the worlds of neurobiology and psychotherapy, is clear. That said, fMRI scanning is an expensive business, so it may be a while before a new world of personalised mental health interventions reveals itself.
—Training emotion regulation through real-time fMRI neurofeedback of amygdala activity
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Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - February 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Brain guest blogger Mental health Source Type: blogs
