5 Major Anxiety Disorders – A Quick Overview

Anxiety disorders can be confusing to some people. How do you tell one from another? You might be wondering which is which, since there are several different types of anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder is just one form of anxiety. Others include obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia and numerous other phobias. Those are specific to a particular issue. Let’s go over each one briefly.  Obsessive compulsive disorder In this disorder, you tend to repeat certain actions because your mind sends you messages that you haven’t done it right or forgot to do it. Do you go back and check […]

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Living With Anxiety – If you’ve given up, read this

Which category fits you? Are you living with anxiety because you have not yet found a cure for your anxiety or have you given up looking and have settled for just coping? Most people fit into either of these groups.   With all the anxiety cures available, it can be overwhelming. Add that to the chaos of having regular anxiety attacks and it’s not surprising that so many people will settle for something less.   It’s disturbing to read books written by anxiety-sufferers who are submitted to their condition. They have determined that their anxiety will never go away. Living […]

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3 Tips On Dealing With Anxiety

One important step to dealing with anxiety is to understand its connection to panic. Anxiety and panic are often confused because the symptoms are the same. In fact, you will read many articles and books that use the two interchangeably. The difference is that one is more severe than the other although both can be distressing. Anxiety occurs when you are feeling vulnerable. Some typical situations include having to make a presentation to a group, going for a job interview and meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time. You can say that anxiety puts you in a state of […]

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Is Hypnosis One of the Viable Anxiety Relief Remedies?

Determining if certain treatments are viable anxiety relief remedies depends in part on the individual. What works for one might not work for someone else. This goes for hypnosis or any other treatment. It’s best to know yourself and try different remedies until you find the one that’s right for you and your specific needs. Anxiety can be triggered by stress but stress is also one aspect of anxiety. In some cases, if you treat the stress the anxiety will disappear. If the anxiety is coming from other issues, then they will have to be resolved for you to benefit […]

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Beware of Using Natural Herbs for Anxiety Relief

Are you one of those anxiety sufferers who is sick of the drugs and their side effects, or just don’t like the idea of taking them? If you are considering using herbs instead, beware. You might be thinking like so many others that if it’s “natural” it must be safe, after all, herbs are used in cooking for heaven’s sake. What you might not realize is that many herbal remedies just don’t work, at least not for anxiety. You also might not know that herbs can be dangerous, especially when taken in conjunction with other medications that you might be […]

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How To Develop Coping Strategies for Anxiety Relief

In my view, coping is one important factor behind anxiety attacks. It’s the lack of coping skills that seem to give anxiety an open door. It makes sense when you realize how stressful it can be to get caught in a situation that, at least for the short term, is out of your control. Naturally, anxiety is going to jump right in because that’s what anxiety does. It forces us to make a decision and it gives us the adrenalin to do whatever is necessary to survive. For our ancestors, that adrenalin rush gave them the strength to run from a […]

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