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Powered by Max Banner Ads Ever since I was like seven or eight I have had really bad panic attacks when I would try to go to sleep and would start worrying as I tried to fall asleep.
I am now 17 and still have a panic a least once every week or two, and those are the good weeks. I get really stressed about every little thing to the point that I start breathing fast, feeling like I’m gonna throw up, my chest hurts, and I start crying. Some aren’t too bad, but some can get pretty... Read Full Story
Panic is acute, short-lived, extreme anxiety with accompanying physical symptoms. Panic attacks cause such symptoms as chest pain, choking, sweating dizziness, nausea and shortness of breathing, fear of going crazy or of losing control, trembling or shaking, detachment from environment. However, panic attacks differ from panic disorders. Panic disorder is diagnosed when people experience at least two unprovoked and unexpected panic attacks. The frequency of attacks can vary greatly. Some... Read Full Story
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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... 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... Read Full Story
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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... Read Full Story
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Driving phobia can occur when an individual undergo a traumatic event such as road accidents, near misses or even something mild (like feeling uncomfortable with high-speed freeways). Because humans have the tendency to associate familiar feelings to a particular situation, these traumatic... Read Full Story
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There are people who suffer from anxiety while driving. You could be driving normally but suddenly, your palm start sweating, your heart start racing and you start breathing heavily. Driving anxiety can also be defined by situational fear such as the fear of driving on highways, bridges... Read Full Story
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The fear of driving is a form of phobia and it can cause a certain amount of problems for sufferers. For example, some people have problems driving on highways as they have difficulty merging into these high-speed lanes. Others have problems driving in heavy traffic and bridges because they... Read Full Story
Posted at November 23, 2009
Manic depression or Bipolar depression is actually considered as one of the worst type of depression that people usually suffer from.
Characterized by sudden and extreme changes in their mood, Manic depression is said to be called as such because manic = mania refers to the ‘ups’ while depression refers to the ‘downs’.
A lot of people actually experience erratic changes in their moods, some times, these so-called mood swings may not just be... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
