The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future Disclosure: I really wanted to hate the new book, The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future by motivational speaker and bestselling author Lucinda Bassett because it sounded a tad too simplistic, Tony Robbins-ish ...
A Brief History of Anxiety: Yours and Mine In the U.S., 40 million adults have an anxiety disorder. Author Patricia Pearson is one of them: She is a regular visitor to Flu Wiki, an online community that fears an impending influenza outbreak. She ...
Overcoming Fears, Phobias and Panic Attacks There are many ways that a therapist might work with someone to help them overcome their fears, a phobia (like being afraid of snakes) or having a panic attack (where a person feels their heart ...
Tips to Cope with a Panic Attack A panic attack is a sudden rush of physical symptoms -- like shortness of breath, muscle spasms, and nausea -- coupled with uncontrollable anxiety and sometimes a sense of impending doom. Visits to the emergency ...
What is Depression if not a Mental Illness? Sometimes you might hear a person talking about mental disorders like depression or bipolar disorder without really understanding what they mean. What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? Why do we refer to ...
Facts About Phobias Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of certain objects or situations. Phobias occur in several forms; the fear associated with a phobia can focus on a particular object (specific phobia) or be a fear of embarrassment ...
Understanding Anxiety Disorders, Part 2 Anxiety disorders come in many varieties. Descriptions of some of the most common disorders follow:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: GAD is characterized by persistent anxiety unrelated to a specific event. People suffering from GAD cannot help worrying ...
Understanding Anxiety Disorders: Part One Anxiety is a normal feeling of uneasiness, concern and apprehension that, when carried to an extreme, can become worry or outright terror.
Some amount of anxiety and worrying is a normal and necessary part of life. ...
Helping Children Who Fear School A kid can be just as phobic about school, or math class, or writing a sentence as another child might be about dogs. What can be done to help children who fear an aspect ...
Treatment of Panic Disorder Treatment can bring significant relief to 70 percent to 90 percent of people with panic disorder, and early treatment can help keep the disease from progressing to the later stages where agoraphobia develops.
Before undergoing any ...
Anxiety, Worry, and Stress, Oh My: The Bugaboos of Modern Life Anxiety, worry, and stress are all afflictions of life in the modern world. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 10 percent of the American population, or 24 million people, suffer from anxiety ...
Other Causes of Panic Symptoms There are several possible reasons why a person could experience the same physical symptoms as a panic attack, such as chest pain and abdominal distress. That is why it is important to have a primary ...
Frequently Asked Questions about Panic Disorder How common is panic disorder?
Between three and six million American adults will have panic disorder at some time in their lives. Panic disorder usually begins in young adulthood, but can also begin earlier or later ...
Explaining Panic Disorder to Your Friends The phone rings early in the morning and you hear the voice of your friend on the other end. "Oh my gosh," you think, "Dinner!" Your friend asks where you were last night. She waited ...
What Can I Do About Panic Disorder? There are two major classes of medications that are equally effective in blocking panic attacks. These are antidepressants and benzodiazepines. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage of the antidepressants is that they will treat ...
How Do I Know If It Is Panic Disorder? There are more than a dozen physical or emotional sensations that a person can experience during a panic attack. Not everyone experiences all of them, and people with panic disorder may report different feelings when ...
What Is Panic Disorder? More than three million Americans will experience panic disorder during their lifetime, and there is no typical victim. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, panic disorder can begin during childhood or ...
Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Stress There are many good techniques and resources for dealing with stress. Perhaps the most important fact is this: Nearly all the stress-related ...
