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Good Anxiety vs. Bad Anxiety: How to Tell the Difference

by Guest Writer on April 10, 2012

Anxiety is something that everyone faces from time to time. It might be worry over an upcoming meeting with the boss or a car that always breaks down. Either way, this type of worry is normal. Which leads us to wonder, when is anxiety a bad thing? Believe it or not, there are good and [...]

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): How is it Diagnosed?

by Guest Writer on April 7, 2012

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is triggered by a stressful or traumatic life event. This traumatic event generally involves the threat of injury or death (such as assault, rape, or terrorism, for example), and may cause lasting repercussions that present themselves gradually over time. Although it is known that post [...]

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Anger: Accepting It And Dealing With It

April 6, 2012

Causes and Manifestations of Anger Anger is an emotion that everyone is subject to experience from time to time. Some people find that they are angry regularly, while others only experience anger on occasion. Anger is an emotion that stems from a negative reaction to a perceived offense; it manifests when you are offended or [...]

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Five Tips to Overcome Your Fear of Heights

April 5, 2012

1. Stop Feeding the Fear Just by pure denial you take away it’s power. If you always tell people, “I’m afraid of heights”. Your fear becomes a fact. If you whitewash it and say, “Heights make me a little uncomfortable”. You are halfway in control. If you deny it and say, “Heights don’t bother me. I never did mind about [...]

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Avoiding a Panic Attack

April 4, 2012

Avoiding a panic attack is never going to be an easy task, because they can occur at the most inconvenient times. No one method will work every single time, because the trigger might be different. Perhaps you have gone a long time without one, and the sudden occurrence catches you off guard. First of all [...]

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10 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Anxiety

April 4, 2012

The roots of anxiety are, for the most part, psychological; however, its effects can manifest themselves in physical, mental AND emotional symptoms- this is one of the reasons why anxiety is so widely misunderstood by the general public. Talk to any sufferer of an anxiety condition, such as GAD or OCD, and you will realize [...]

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Natural Treatments for Anxiety

March 22, 2012

One of the worst things about panic attacks is that they can strike at any time, and with little or no warning at all. And, even worse, the physical symptoms can present very much like a heart attack too! Whilst more severe anxiety related conditions should be referred to a mediecal professional, for many cases [...]

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What is Anxiety?

March 18, 2012

First of all, we shouldn’t think of anxiety as being something unusual, or something that is abnormal- it happens to everyone at some point in their lives! Whilst there is often a direct correlation between stress and specific trigger events in many cases sufferers of anxiety can experience attacks when there is no known cause [...]

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What is a Panic Attack?

March 15, 2012

Panic attacks are undoubtedly one of the most frightening things you can ever encounter. They can be especially frightening the first few times they occur, as it can seem as if you are having a heart attack or even feel as if you are dying. They can either be a one-off or ocassional issue, or [...]

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10 Ways to Beat Anxiety

March 14, 2012

As a sufferer of anxiety for the last 4 years I’ve tried all sorts of techniques and tactics to help me deal with the problem. As you can imagine, some of these were effective and some much less so (no, rubbing jelly on my head didn’t work!) Today I want to share with you some [...]

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