Mental Health and Illness. Depression, Anxiety and Treatment.

Serenity, courage and wisdom are intergral parts of a life well lived. They are addressed in the serenity prayer that so many people know and make part of their life. The bipolar serenity prayer is one of the posts we have gotten the most reponse to. It is reprinted below along with another post: “A bipolar serenity prayer revisited.” A friend one time told me that the serenity prayer was the best description he knew of successful recovery from bipolar disorder. He described it a little differently than you normally hear: God- Life is about more than me. There is a meaning and design ... Read Full Story

HOME :: Health-and-Fitness / Anxiety   X   By Andrew Lin   Article Word Count: 302   [ View Summary ] Comments (0) Anxiety attacks while driving can be a truly horrifying experience. In addition to dealing with the uncomfortable symptoms of anxiety attacks, you must also deal with the fear that you might lose control of the vehicle and cause an accident. The physical symptoms of anxiety attack are: racing heart, hyperventilation, numbness, light-headedness, etc. You will also experience scary, irrational thoughts that completely overwhelm you. Anxiety attacks can occur for a wide variety of reasons. Some people get really anxious during traffic ... Read Full Story

                           If you have ever suffered from Anxiety or Panic Attacks, then you know all too well the symptoms that occur when an attack comes on.  For me, it was an overwhelming feeling of nervousness, my heart would start racing and I would feel "Hot Flushes" on my body followed by waves of anxiety. It usually happend when I was in a public place or a circumstance where there were other people around me, that I didn't know. After the attack came on, I would feel disconnected from everything going on around me, kind of a Tunnel Vision effect. It would always happen when ... Read Full Story

HOME :: Health-and-Fitness / Anxiety   X   By Andrew Lin   Article Word Count: 302   [ View Summary ] Comments (0) Anxiety attacks while driving can be a truly horrifying experience. In addition to dealing with the uncomfortable symptoms of anxiety attacks, you must also deal with the fear that you might lose control of the vehicle and cause an accident. The physical symptoms of anxiety attack are: racing heart, hyperventilation, numbness, light-headedness, etc. You will also experience scary, irrational thoughts that completely overwhelm you. Anxiety attacks can occur for a wide variety of reasons. Some people get really anxious during traffic ... Read Full Story

by Owen Jones Manic Depression or Bipolar Disorder is considered one of the most severe types of depression that people usually suffer from. Characterized by sudden and extreme mood swings. Manic depression is named that because manic refers to ‘mania’, which refers to the ‘ups’ while depression refers to the ‘downs’. Bi-polar also refers to both ends of the spectrum of emotions A lot of people experience erratic changes in their moods and, sometimes, these so-called mood swings are not just caused by PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) or stress. Doctors have diagnosed mood swings as a frequent symptom of depression, when these mood swings become ... Read Full Story