anxiety

A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?

The Common Risk Factors Associated with Depression
Many people think that living with depression is unmanageable. This can be the truth, but only if you allow it to be. If you want to be successful in dealing with depression and its symptoms, you have to become educated and updated on critical health news on daily basis, which is what the goal of the following article is.
By Marry James5 years ago in Psyche
How to Use the AWARE Method to Cope With Crippling Anxiety Effectively
I have always been an anxious person. However, after I entered college, the anxiety turned dysfunctional and distressing. I started having random crying spells and panic attacks that began to adversely affect my daily life.
By Jjyoti5 years ago in Psyche
I Tried This No-Nonsense Problem Solving Technique to Calm My Anxiety
I’m a human mess. In fact, I check all the boxes of having poor mental health. As an introverted human my safe place lies within the four walls of my house. As soon as I step out of my comfort zone, I am accompanied by my toxic best friend — hello anxiety!
By Ziva Lane5 years ago in Psyche
Living With Anxiety
Chapter 1 Life Before I didn’t always have anxiety. I used to love getting out away from the house, taking car trips for the weekend, working, and playing with my kids. I really can’t say when it actually started only that one day a few years ago, it got way worse. But that is for later in the story.
By Renee Franklin5 years ago in Psyche
The Calm Before The Storm
I knew that staying or leaving wouldn’t make a difference I was set on making this work although every part of me was already broken my ability to trust was gone and the pain was permanently inked while I dripped black and screamed for a resolution. My face was blank emotionless I became cold and yet at the drop of his trigger I shattered in a crowded room tears falling, it started so small I could hide my pain confined to my room. my sensitivity was my own breaking down to movies brushing it off as being overly soft to the norm but what happened to me why did I get so weak so fragile letting everyone see what was behind the facade, my tears staining my cheeks with the longing for an apology that could only come but from the lips of a manipulator.
By Rebecca Henry5 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety Memoirs: When it's a true disorder.
In my self-help journey, I soon discovered that when most people talk about self-help around anxiety, they really mean the temporary kind that just about everyone experiences. Which is helpful! It’s guidance for a unified experience and that’s great. But what about those of us who have a true anxiety disorder? Some of the advice I read seemed great in theory, but is potentially dangerous for someone with a disorder, for example leaning into your anxiety and letting it take control in order to get to the root of it. It really can be helpful for some people and you can read more about it on the blog at katemitchellmoore.com. But for those who have had their daily life negatively impacted by anxiety, suffering physical symptoms nearly daily, putting yourself through that could do more harm than good at this point in your journey. So if that seems like it could put you into a full blown episode, I’m here to share with you a realization that really helps me.
By xx, jane5 years ago in Psyche
The Bucket & The Crumbs
In the words of my best friend Kasia - ‘Love is the drug’ I’m addicted to his crumbs. Every tiny crumb of connection he sends my way, be it a text, a voice message, a photo. Every single gesture that he is thinking about me becomes my hit, my supply of endorphins.
By Amy Louise Fox5 years ago in Psyche
The Easiest Buddhist Practice To Hammer Down Stress and Anxiety
Buddhism offers a toolbox of practices for living well. You have probably heard about breath meditation (ānāpānasmṛti), for example. But have you heard of “changing the peg?”
By Sebastian Purcell5 years ago in Psyche
How 2:1 Breathing Technique for Anxiety Can Help You
When we feel stress, the first thing that changes in our body is our breathing. Our mind sends a message saying we are (because we think we are…) in danger. Our body receives that message and responds in several ways, one is accelerating our breath, which causes even more stress.
By Zen Michael5 years ago in Psyche
Eyes for Her
My attention is drawn back to the blue hookah that has been the centerpiece of the picnic table for the last hour. I get lost in the familiar color for moments at a time, and the surrounding noises melt away. Just shy of a year now since I had last seen that hue. My mind is yanked back to Breakwater Way. I can feel the Oceanside sun beaming down on my back. I feel his warm skin grab ahold of my hand; I let myself sink into the memory. I feel the heat pressed up against the back of my thighs from the concrete ledge we had taken our places on. Salt is in the air as the hundreds of locals and vacationers are on the beach, enjoying their summer day. I feel the smile being forced upon my face, my sad attempt at looking hopeful. I feel the dread pitted in my stomach. I feel the Oceanside sun beaming down my back again.
By Kat 5 years ago in Psyche
Life
Life is just a horrible game we all play until we reach the end, some of us loose and some of us win. Some of us cheer as we win and speed round the board, some of us pray for it just to be over as we struggle to make it to our next turn. Its not the winners fault they have better luck, get given more opportunities or were born into a winner’s family. Just because you were born a winner doesn’t mean you will always be a winner and vice versa.
By collette_235 years ago in Psyche
A blog about anxiety
Hi My name is rachel and im 34 yrs old, dealing with anxiety on a daily basis with taking care of other people, few losses of a love one or loved ones. The worse one was passing of my mom unexpectedly we never knew she was going to pass away at the age of 52.
By Rachel shongo 5 years ago in Psyche