anxiety

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

Living with Anxiety Long-Term Is Like Living in an Apocalypse. Top Story - July 2019.
My all-time favourite film is The Terminator. I watched it again on the weekend and it set my mind thinking. Why are all my favourite films/video games on the theme of survival or apocalyptic destruction? Why do I find it so hard to find a comedy programme that I don’t find banal and that can really entertain me? Why do the comedies I like always seem to be tinged with at least a hint of disaster?
By Alicia Brunskill7 years ago in Psyche
It Takes One Important Decision
It has been months since I wanted to start this journey by putting my words to use by hopefully inspiring or helping others with anxiety, and furthermore, giving myself a platform to express my feelings. I want to assist in my own recovery from this on-going whirlwind of thoughts and feelings that runs ever so rapidly through my head without any control from myself. It has been a while because I have fallen in love.
By BIGG_JOE Vitality_Adjustment7 years ago in Psyche
The Ugly Feeling of Anxiety
Oh that horrible feeling of anxiety. I know it all too well. We have all experienced anxiety at some time as it is a normal response to stresses in life. My last bout of anxiety landed me in the ER with heart palpitations and very high blood pressure.
By Marlisa Sucher7 years ago in Psyche
Home Improvements to Help You Cope with Anxiety
Maybe you have been diagnosed with anxiety or you just worry a little too much about certain things, such as your home. Either way, it is understandable that you are going to think a lot about how your home is run and what can be done so that you can stop thinking about it all of the time and enjoy it.
By Mia Morales7 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety Is a Psychological Smoke Detector
Have you checked your smoke detectors lately? You need to put in new batteries at least once a year. Smoke detectors serve a very important function. They provide an early warning system for potentially lethal house fires. No one wants to sleep soundly while a small fire turns into an inferno.
By Richard L7 years ago in Psyche
Dark Moments
Am I the only one who went they get sick, no matter what the illness is, their mind turns against them? Because you are stuck doing nothing but healing, your brain wonders due to not having anything to distract it other than crappy TV or films. And if you have an anxious brain like mine, your brain can go to some dark places.
By Rosie Anne Wright7 years ago in Psyche
Living With Anxiety
There was something bittersweet about figuring out that I had an anxiety disorder. My entire life I always felt a little different. Even as a child, I would wonder what was wrong with me. How come I always felt like an outcast? Better yet.... how come I always felt nervous about absolutely everything I did?
By Lucy Lights7 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety, Addiction, and What You Need to Know
Racing thoughts, pounding heart, sweaty palms, blood pressure is rising, and you could cut the tension with a knife—this is anxiety.
By Tricia Moceo7 years ago in Psyche
Today My Anxiety Is Mean
I woke up this morning angry. There isn't any one thing that has made me this way. It is a compilation of losing a pregnancy, coming to work when a doctor told me to take off, the new girl being ridiculous and a gossip, the cleaning people ruining the flowers sitting on my desk, and my old apartment complex not sending me the refund they owe me. Oh, and not having taken my meds for two weeks. That'll do it too.
By Zoe Mize7 years ago in Psyche
Remission
I think that most people who suffer from a mental illness, "depression," "anxiety," "bipolar," "borderline personality" etc. often are, or become on some level, a hypochondriac. In my life I have watched my mother call in sick, go to emergency rooms, see doctors for things she didn't even have wrong. I have gone to emergency rooms more times then I can count for things I knew damn well were not wrong with me. Any weird feeling, new bruise, or mark. My mind always goes to the worst, or most the times I go because I get so overwhelmed and anxious with my life I feel I have to go.
By BryeAna Freeman7 years ago in Psyche
Taking Back My Life
First and foremost, you absolutely suck, anxiety. I don't know how you manage to do it, to creep your way into every single empty crevice you can find. But I resent you for it, for learning my every flaw, my every weakness, my every fear, for taking all of those things and exploiting them every single time you lurk and pick around in my brain. I resent you because nothing is mine anymore; not my thoughts, not my actions. Everyday is a never ending cycle, start to finish. It's always a fight with you; from the way I walk, to the way I talk, to keep my head low and eyes on the ground. I even fight you most of the time to simply get out of bed in the morning. Your little whispers in the back of my head always seem to turn to yells, yells that you can never silence, yells that constantly fill me with doubt, frustration, and anger, and most of the time; a full blown panic attack.
By Shaylea7 years ago in Psyche
A Honest Review on Anxiety
In today's world, there are so many things to worry about. Work, life, money, school, family, there are so many to list but, when things get really bad and anxiety rears its ugly head, things can become even more magnified to the point where it stops you from living a normal life.
By Claire Hampson7 years ago in Psyche