10 Reasons to Try Therapy
1. It's not just for "crazy" people.
You don't need to go through something especially traumatic to benefit from therapy. You don't need to be suffering from a mental illness to feel the positive side effects of talking to someone. There are so many misconceptions about therapy. People are ashamed to say they go, they'll claim that they "aren't crazy," that it's only to get them through a certain period of their life. But therapy is good for absolutely everyone. Because none of us are perfect. There is always something we can open up about and share in order to feel more at peace in our lives.
2. It's easier to talk to a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quick Facts About Anxiety Disorders
Most people experience feelings of anxiety before an important event such as a big exam, business presentation, or first date. These are normal feelings of anxiety that nearly everyone experiences from time to time in their lives.
Anxiety disorders, however, are conditions that fill a person’s life with overwhelming anxiety and fear. This fear is chronic, unremitting, and can grow progressively worse. Tormented by panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, or countless frightening physical symptoms, some people with anxiety disorders even become housebound.
How Common Are Anxiety Disorders?
People wi...
Source: Psych Central - May 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jim Haggerty, M.D. Tags: Anxiety Disorders General Panic Disorder Anxiety Disorders facts about anxiety Panic Attack Separation Anxiety Disorder Specific phobia Source Type: news
How technology is allowing doctors to treat psychological conditions
Treatment for mental illnesses could soon be transformed by virtual reality. This cutting-edge technology is allowing doctors to treat psychological conditions, including phobias. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Fictional Media Doesn't Desensitize Us to Real-Life Violence
One of the mantras often expressed by advocates concerned about media violence is that violent media content may desensitize viewers to real-life violence. This notion of desensitization seems to have intuitive appeal for the pearl-clutching set in direct proportion to its nebulousness as a construct. So what do we mean by desensitization? And does this mean that media makes us more violent ourselves or more indifferent to the suffering of others? Desensitization, in general, refers to decreased emotional response to aversive stimuli. So you may remember the first time you got behind the wheel of a car, you might have fel...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why Homophobia Is Not a True Phobia —...
Research has found that homophobia originates not out of fear or anxiety —as true phobias do— but from feelings of disgust. Find out why this matters. (Source: About.com Mental Health)
Source: About.com Mental Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news
What Your Movements May Reveal About How You'll Get Along With Another Person
This study shows that people who move in a certain way, will also react in similar ways when they are performing joint tasks," Tsaneva-Atanasova said in a statement. "Essentially, our movements give an insight into our inherent personality traits." The researchers concluded that analyzing these motor signatures could one day offer a new pathway into diagnosing and treating mental illness, such as conditions involving social phobias. For instance, scientists could develop virtual reality technology in which a patient is asked to mimic the bodily movements of an avatar. "What we demonstrate is that...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 24, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Here's Proof Mental Illness Is Not Someone's Fault
You wouldn't tell someone with cancer to just "get over" their illness, so why aren't people with mental health disorders afforded the same courtesy? A common plague of mental health stigma is the idea that the disorders are a fallacy that's "all in a person's head." In reality, mental illness is far from a person's control, and only 25 percent of people with a mental illness feel like others are understanding or compassionate about their condition, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thankfully, emerging research is starting to shatter the longtime misconception that mental illness is t...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Can you really beat your phobias by the power of thought?
Is it really possible to conquer phobias and anxieties with just the mind? Writers with phobias of spiders, small spaces and buttons test the theory with life coach Mike Weeks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
20 Tips to Recover from Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is a stressful phobic disorder that can take years to overcome. There are varying degrees of the illness. Some agoraphobics are so severe, they can’t leave their beds, while others only have a few days here and there where leaving the house seems too daunting a task.
Agoraphobics can be scared of traveling or being in open spaces. They can be scared of going out alone or of being made fun of. They may fear failure and embarrassment in the outside world, including the workforce. They can have strained relationships with loved ones and struggle to form new relationships. They can have monetary problems, as m...
Source: Psych Central - February 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rachelle Graham Tags: Agoraphobia Anti-anxiety Disorders General Happiness Medications Motivation and Inspiration Personal Stories Phobias Psychology Self-Esteem Self-Help Treatment Avoidance Delusions Fear making friends Panic Attack recove Source Type: news
Spiders' Size Exagerrated in Minds of Those Who Fear Them
College women with the phobia overestimated the critters after viewing spider photos, study found
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Page: Phobias (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Population study of fears in two generations of Ukrainians - Filiptsova OV, Kobets YN, Kobets MN, Timoshyna IA.
AIM: Fear is an ancient natural reaction of a human being to a threat and it is also an adaptive feature. Obsessive fear can transfer into phobias, which lead to a clinical problem. In spite of many studies done on fear, many questions are yet not clarifie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The A-Z of weird and wonderful phobias
Isabella Mendoza, 22, from Exeter, designed and shot 26 images of different phobias for a university project. They include coulrophobia - the fear of clowns and urophobia, being terrified of urinating. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do You Want Acupuncture But Hate Needles?
Most people, when they hear about the benefits of acupuncture, find themselves thinking, "That would be so good for me!" Less stress, more energy, better sleep and digestion... Who doesn't want that? But for many people, there's one thing that holds them back from enjoying the benefits of acupuncture: Fear of needles. There's a spectrum of needle fears, ranging from downright needle phobic to being moderately concerned about the whole voluntarily-being-stuck-with-needles thing. Regardless, fear of needles is the number-one reason people choose to forego acupuncture. 5 things to remember if you're scared of getting acupu...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Talk Therapy to Tackle Fear of The Dentist
Study found this type of treatment helped many overcome phobias about dental visits
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Dental Health, Phobias (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Loving Someone With a Mental Illness
On a recent visit home, we walked into the neighborhood liquor store, I notice he's beaming with pride, eager to blurt out to the clerk, "This is my sister I was telling you about she's a newscaster from LA. She's my better half." My brother knows that simple introduction just bought him more store credit on his alcohol tab, because after all addicts are the Da Vinci of creativity for their supply, especially in a small town. Booze has been more of a crutch for him, a way to self-medicate a more serious problem, one that went undiagnosed far too long. He's bipolar with severe social phobias. Growing up his mood swings th...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
