Strictly by definition, anxiety refers to a combination of negative emotions including apprehension and fear. Anxiety can lead to physical symptoms such as nausea, trembling, chills, pale skin, chest pains and a shortness of breath. While everyone becomes anxious at some point in their life (or even their daily routine) many people also suffer from [...]
The war can commence at any time; the onslaught of anxiety can catch many innocent civilians off guard. Anxiety has a tendency to take over people, who have a lot of stress in their life, this stress can be the cause of relationship problems, financial worry, work related stress, losing a loved one or being [...]
Adults are not the only ones who cope with anxiety. In fact, teenagers are arguably more susceptible to anxiety and panic attacks, given the atmosphere of high school, concerns about popularity and academic achievement as well as the fact that their mind is constantly learning and changing. Once you reach adulthood, life does get more [...]
There are a number of different exercises that can be performed to aid relaxation and avoid/remedy anxiety.
Focusing
Choose an object that is personal to you, one that you particularly like. This could be anything from a piece of jewellery to a favourite flower. As you inhale and exhale deeply and slowly, focus all your [...]
Systematic desensitization refers to a form of psychotherapy used to treat anxiety disorders and phobias in patients. It was pioneered by a South African psychiatrist named Joseph Wolpe. This type of therapy sees a doctor cautiously exposing a patient to various stimuli that the patient initially fears. The theory is that the more desensitized a [...]
Social anxiety disorder is a kind of anxiety people feel when they have excessive self-consciousness in the arena of everyday life. Those who have social anxiety disorder have serious problems carrying out simple tasks in a social setting because they have an over whelming and intense feeling that people are watching their every move, scrutinizing [...]
Panic attacks are hard to get through. They can feel like bad heart or lung problems at times and it can be very frustrating when it comes to figuring out where they are coming from, and why. Approximately 19 million people in the United States are panic attack sufferers and they experience a variety of [...]
How do you know if you have an anxiety disorder? Doesn’t everyone suffer from anxiety? Yes, they do. However, people who have developed an anxiety disorder chronically suffer from extreme levels of anxiety. If you are living with a stressful situation then you might be having an anxiety attack, or even a panic attack. But [...]
One third of all the adults in the United States will experience some type of panic attack this year, whether it is a single event or part of an ongoing condition. Panic attacks are terrifying; ask one of those people, they will surely agree with that. Panic attacks are periods of extreme, disabling fear or [...]