Paulineh

I am a big believer in cognitive therapy for anxiety as changing how you think will give long term benefits that masking the problem like taking medications cant do. I have tried both of course for anxiety help and slowly but surely the cognitive therapy has given me the results I wanted. The following is my personal comparison with taking medications and cognitive therapy for helping me with panic attacks and reducing anxiety. Medication I was first referred to a Psychiatrist for my... Read Full Story

TMJ and stress , so first of all lets discuss what is TMJ.   Temporomandibular Joint  Dysfunction (TMJ) is a condition that causes the jaw joints to lock and causes pain  during eating and chewing especially.    You use this joint often during the day also whenever you talk. A big factor in developing TMJ is stress which can cause you to clench or grind your teeth.  You may not even be aware of it.   Stress and jaw pain often go together as you may not even be aware that you are even... Read Full Story

We take breathing for granted as something that we just do but breathing and anxiety do have a  link.  Breathing is not something we have to think about, it just happens.  We adults breathe about 15 times per minute on average.  I am a shallow breather so I would take more breaths per minute than the average person would. What does that me to me personally?  Well when someone is anxious they tend to over breathe and hyperventilate but I am already half way there already. My goal over the... Read Full Story

I think most people who have never experienced stress or panic attack don’t really realize that there are anxiety physical symptoms that result from having this condition.  I think they may think that ‘it’s all in your head’ and that some people react emotionally.  It’s sometimes difficult to detect someone who is having a panic attack unless they verbalize what is happening to them or they show some other sign like fainting, throwing up or shaking etc as it is sometimes something that is... Read Full Story

This is an extract from a post from my Friend Corny from Squidoo: Surround yourself with: 1.  Bright colors 2. Bright light 3. Pleasant sounds 4. Nice smells  Corny is a man of few words but he has the right ideas about color .  I love the summer and am happier then, when the sun is bright .  I love Spring because of the smell of the flowers and the sound of the sea makes me start feeling relaxed instantly.  As you can see by my site here,  I love color and try and try and... Read Full Story

I suffer from social anxiety .  Social anxiety Disorder is a recognized psychiatric condition and is common in both sexes and which causes distress and impaired ability to function in social situations in a person’s daily life. This is my personal story but I must say that I manage my anxiety well now, and keep my stress levels down as much as possible.  I won’t say that I am ‘cured’ but I am learning again to enjoy the things I once feared. Social anxiety affects millions of people yearly... Read Full Story

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is commonly known as GAD and it affects many millions of people in the United States and around the world.  More women than men have this anxiety disorder and the age group it affects is broad, ranging from childhood to middle age, so it really can affect anyone at any age. GAD usually occurs with another problem which can include an addiction for example and so that has to be addressed first before treating the Generalized Anxiety Disorder and it is also often... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia Driving to work or anywhere for that matter during peak periods can be a very stressful experience .  We seem to get all the red lights or they aren’t working, banked up traffic and construction zones.  There is also the noise and pollution associated with driving in the city.  The kids can get bored and restless and you arrive at your destination stressed. I don’t know about you, but for me I really feel anxious especially when others are cutting in to my lane... Read Full Story

Listen to the video below as it explains how I felt when having a panic attack but I didn’t know what to do then.   Eating in restaurants always made me anxious and this is where my panic attacks started. When I looked at this video I identified immediately with how I felt when I first suffered from panic attacks. What it didn’t talk about though was what I call ‘the wave’ which comes with panic attacks. I used to dread ‘the wave’  but now when I feel some tingling in my fingers or scalp I... Read Full Story

Easter can be an anxious time for many people so if you are reading this post and have social phobia, congratulations , you survived it. Times when family and friends get together can be seen as difficult for those of us, like me, who are shy or suffer from social phobia .  Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving,  major birthdays (like 21st and 40th) can be difficult to face, not only if you are anxious because of a phobia, but also because many families fight during these times.   I prefer to... Read Full Story