anxiety

A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?

A Part of My Story
It happens from time to time. This tightness in my chest. The feeling that I can't catch my breath. The racing thoughts that do not stop no matter what I do. The feeling that I am not really here but I know that I am here. The fear that if I go to sleep, I won't wake up in the morning. The desire to go out in public, but if I do, there is that fear that something is going to happen. The fear that everyone around you is talking badly about you & the feeling that no one likes you. It's all in my head. I've heard that phrase for so many years from so many different people. I've been through therapy more times than I can count. The moment I get reprimanded or someone points out that I am doing something wrong, I dwell on it. I lose sleep over it. I don't stop crying about it. I try to change myself and the way I approach something so it doesn't happen again. I obsess over the fact that I need to change and I do everything possible to change. I shut myself off from everyone around me. I stop talking. I put up a wall and stop letting people in because I do not want to be an annoyance in someone's life.
By Hills A8 years ago in Psyche
You're Not Breathing Right
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
By Michaela Holbrook8 years ago in Psyche
Tips for Coping with Anxiety in the Moment
There is not much worse than feeling an anxiety attack creeping up your shoulder. It's easy to feel completely overwhelmed and defenseless. People with anxiety disorders can have battles with their mental health daily.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety's Best Friend: Change
It's exciting thinking about all the progress you're making when you don't let that bellowing voice in your head dictate your life, especially for a deranged teenager with trust issues and paranoia. You think of all the ways anxiety has taken over your life; you don't trust anyone, you overthink every decision, and you cut corners wherever and whenever you can. High school becomes easy to cope with when you've been around the same people for 14 years. Graduating and moving overseas, however, had anxiety written all over it.
By Ana S.8 years ago in Psyche
Breathing to Help You Deal With Anxiety
At the root core of meditation is the control of your breathing, hence your mind is relaxed and your spirit renewed. But it doesn't always come that easily, because you are unfortunately preforming your breathing in an irregular fashion. In fact, the very way you breathe stipulates much about your mental and physical states, seen most acutely in exercising. Weight trainers always stress the importance of controlled breathing, because not only does it help stimulate your muscles, it also keeps your mind on the prize.
By George Herman8 years ago in Psyche
Moded AF
It's 2017 and things are pretty much going downhill... quickly. Against my better judgment, I am at my grandmother's place because living alone is becoming a type of hell that is unbearable. (Despite a “friend” of mine telling me that moving back would be the worse thing in the world). I am also up to my nose in a depression that I can't explain to anyone. I think to myself that I can't still be grieving, when in fact, I am still grieving everything about my old life — my family, my friends, and the life I was "supposed" to have, whatever that means — anxiously thinking, I can still have that old life back, if I try really hard. I have to be MORE positive, MORE liked, be nicer, do everything right and to just stay above water by working a nice job. It's like the older I get, something in me get's more aggressive. However, on the outside, I become more timid. Go figure?
By Dee Good8 years ago in Psyche
PTSD vs Scientology
In order to know, really know, my story, I would have to take you back nine years, to the beginning of my military career. However, I won’t bore you with the intricacies of my history. Instead, I will give you the information that I believe is relevant to what led to my first visit at a Church of Scientology.
By smokedu Princess8 years ago in Psyche
How to Use Tapping for Anxiety
Have you ever heard of tapping for anxiety? Well, if you haven't it's a simple way to curb your anxiety while costing you nothing out of pocket. It's also known as the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), where you tap gently on different parts of the body with your fingertips while you repeat a phrase out loud and pay attention to your emotions.
By Bill Shaffir8 years ago in Psyche
Open Letter to My Anxiety
Dear Anxiety, You have been with me through thick and thin. Always by my side since day one. You hover close by on my good days and wrap me in your presence on bad days. I understand that you think you are trying to help me cope with the craziness of this world but I’m starting to feel smothered. I don’t need this constant attention and interference in my life. So from this day on, you are no longer going to control my decisions.
By Alina Gallupe8 years ago in Psyche
Coping with Anxiety
Anxiety comes in many shapes and forms. People experience it differently, so what works for me may not work for everyone. But I felt compelled to share some of the things that have worked for me over the past two years since I've received my diagnosis of social anxiety.
By Chasity Nicole8 years ago in Psyche
"I Am Brave Enough to Accept Any Challenge Possible"
Nothing is more heartbreaking than retraining yourself from new experiences because of your own insecurities. I believe we all have experienced these kind of situations where saying "yes" is impossible. "I have nothing to wear," "I have a fever," or not replying to texts because "I was sleeping." While some people think you are lying shamelessly, it's a definitely different story for you.
By Gabija Savickaite8 years ago in Psyche
Things You Should Never Say to Someone with an Anxiety Disorder
Having an anxiety disorder isn't something most people would understand unless they experience it themselves. They won't understand that constant feeling of being on edge, nor would they understand how hard it is not to feel agitated throughout the day.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Psyche