The depression doesn’t start from nowhere. There are usually life experiences that are the cause. Here is the theory I found useful in self-help treatment. It helps to deal with some repeating patterns of your behavior that you may not like and also it may help you to find out what really causes your depression.In the following theory there are 3 types of states:- Conscious – things that happen to you and around you that you aware of …
Recently I’ve received a comment from anonymous user who suffered from a loss of a loved one and asked for help. I answered but I would like to make it a separate post too for I think this is important. Several people who read my posts also asked me if I’m a doctor or a psychologist. The answer is no I am not.I am a person who suffered depression for several years. Medical help was and is unavailable where I live so I had to deal with it by myself…
This year I reduced activity on this blog because of many changes in my life. The main change of course is dragging myself out of what I call ‘full-grade’ depression. It is like with many things: the greatest urge to speak up, to write and to talk about something comes during the actual experience. When experience fades away so …
Giving a speech or presenting before a group, whether the group is a thousand or just ten, qualifies as one of most people’s biggest fears. It is not uncommon to find a person who is terrified at the prospect of having to speak to a roomful of people. But why do we fear speaking in front of others so very much? Psychologists believe that it is not really public speaking that make people experience so much STRESS but the fear of making a mistake in front of others. Public speaking anxiety can however be conquered…
Ive never heard of Autogenic Therapy until recently and I’m sure most people haven’t. Well what is it? Autogenic Therapy (also called Autogenic Training) is a relaxation technique involving self suggestion which was developed by the German psychiatrist, Johannes Schultz and first published in 1932. It is a powerful and proven deep relaxation technique similar to mediation, which enables you to relax your body and calm your mind quickly. Autogenic therapy is one of the simplest and most effective ways to activate the …
Getting a divorce is a very stressful time in a person’s life. It is a bit like losing a person to death but still having them around, which can be in itself quite distressing, and of course there is the hurt and/or betrayal which one side feels. When I went through this many years ago I must admit I didn’t do well. I was very angry and this anger actually was not good for me or my family and I came to …
Moving on after panic | living a normal life I really cant say that I am cured from, and that I have succeeded in overcoming panic attacks. If I let my anxiety levels rise then it is a possibility that I may have another panic attack. The difference is now …
Did you know you can breathe your way through anxiety? As you get older you no longer get the same amount of oxygen to your lungs as you used to when you were younger. If you shallow breathe like I do then you will build up more carbon dioxide in your lungs. This does not help you when you get anxious and can actually lead you to a panic attack. When you are anxious you also rapid breathe which not only …
Image via Wikipedia We all need to eat but the problem starts when you comfort eat when you are anxious. Stress and anxiety can be a bad aspect of your life if you react to it by overeating. This can lead to weight gain and health problems as well. I was one …
Image via Wikipedia Many of us worry about our ability meet a loan or some other debt repayment and this causes debt stress. It has become so easy for us to pay for what we want with credit cards whereas in the past we may have saved for it. Negative stress from money worries is blamed for all sorts of physical ailments such as hypertension, insomnia, obesity and hives to mention just a few. Did you know that you are more likely to have health problems than those…
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 …
Smoking is something I thankfully never did take up and according to new research about smoking and anxiety, it has been found that smokers are at a much greater risk of having anxiety attacks. A study that was done in the United States out of Columbia University studied anxiety attacks among teens in New York. It was found that there is a connection between teenage smokers and their emotional health especially in regard to anxiety attacks. Smoking is a habit that almost always begins in youth, usually before age 16 so these teens had their first interview when they were 16 …
I control my anxiety and subsequent panic attacks by keeping my stress levels down. This can be a challenge as you don’t always know that stress and anxiety are building until it is too late and you are showing signs like, in my case, talking quickly, being agitated and getting upset at …