ANXIETY RELIEF

GREAT QUOTES OF THE DAY Pt.1

The Powers of a Positive Attitude

I am going to ask you to something very weird right now. First of all, I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now tell me, what thoughts fill your head? Would you label them as positive, or negative?

Now let's say you are walking down the street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who would meet you would be able to tell you what’s on your mind?

The answer to number one is up to you. But, the answer number two can be pretty generic. Although people will not be able to tell you exactly what you think, they will more or less have an idea of how you are feeling. 

Here's another question. When you enter a party filled with friends, do they all fall silent as if something terrible had happened? Or does everybody there perk up as if waiting for something exciting to happen?

You know what? The answer to all these depends on your frame of mind.

Thoughts are very powerful. They affect your general attitude. The attitude you carry reflects on your appearance, too – unless, of course, you are a great actor.

And it doesn't end there. Your attitude can also affect people around you.

The type of attitude you carry depends on you. It can be either positive or negative.

Positive thoughts have a filling effect. They are admittedly invigorating. Plus, the people around the person carrying positive thoughts are usually energized by this type of attitude.

Negative thoughts on the other hand have a sapping effect on other people. Aside from making you look gloomy and sad, negative thoughts can turn a festive gathering into a funeral wake.

"Enlightenment" Your 7 days program to Positive thinking

I'm sure you have a bright idea hidden somewhere in the back of your mind that you just can't wait to test out. Of course you're not the only one with the bright idea. So what motivates you to churn those creative, or even inspiring juices to its utmost flavor?

It's always best to set up a personal goal where you can accomplish the most in record time, maybe like mowing the lawn in an hour before the big game on TV. A correct and positive attitude in whatever you do will make things easier, and even enjoyable.

Here are some tips to make it through the week even if you're just sitting in your favorite couch. An idea takes time to form in your head and is always at work while you are busy sitting.

Having a bit of positive thinking can help you realize things that are never thought possible. Thinking big is indeed the American Way and that what made our country prosperous.

1. Take passionate action towards living your life by design. Talk is cheap. Action = deposits in the bank of a passionately authentic future. Without it, passion is void.

This is a perfect example where dreams are made of where you start by tinkering with your mind, then with your hands. And if the idea weakens, you can always go back to it later until you finish it.

2. Commit to yourself as well as those you love to create powerfully a life you can love. Instead of reacting, commit to creating from your heart and soul, out of love rather than fear. The American Dream will always be there, but a dream will still be a dream without motion. Be amazed as the transformation begins.

How To Avoid Panic Attack While Flying?

Concern with soaring make a difference people today to all parts of society, which enable it to include moderate nervousness to entire-taken anxiety and panic attacks on the mere looked at getting on an airplane. It is probably the most common fears. Traveling by air can often be an troubled encounter for an average person, it's the same comprehensible who's creates a horrible concern for an individual with high panic and repeated panic and anxiety attacks.

Good tips for avoiding panic attacks when hurtling?

If you're not getting any doctor prescribed relaxants, look at traveling to a medical professional and explaining your position. Even when you under no circumstances work with it, a tiny prescribed of Xanax, as an example, is beneficial. In reality, I might suggest basically keeping the capsules as part of your carry-on bags.

Beverage a good amount of fresh water assure that you have a container of drinking water inside airline. It is quite simple to grow to be dried out although traveling very long distances. Drinking water helps as well since ingest it throughout bring-off of and getting to equalize air force as part of your ear.

If you're it assists simplicity the load of flying, prior to get-out of, explain to the cottage producers that you're a stressed leaflet. They may be quite seasoned and accustomed to this worry, and they're going to always be able to help should you'll want to discuss with them. It's their coaching and portion of their work to aid tense flyers. Many people discover that revealing the vacation cabin staff assists them experience fewer on your own as they travel.

In conclusion, unfortunately that you are not by yourself. You can probably find plenty of other nervous pamphlets on the very same air travel because you. Eliminating your fear of hurtling is probably the measures to completely eliminate phobias and panic disorders out of your living. Once you do, you'll be ready located living you deserve.

Understanding Anxiety : The Truth About Prescription Medication

Treatment is just about the popular treatment solutions for improving and stopping panic signs. Even though there's no question regarding their success, medications include uncomfortable and quite often harmful negative effects. Knowing panic prescription medication is necessary given that they can perform more harm than good. Below are a few often recommended anti anxiousness medicines and their prospective uncomfortable side effects.

BenzodiazepinesClonazepam are the most frequent sort of doctor's prescription medical care and will include Xanax, Valium, Klonopin and Alivan. They are comparatively fast performing and may take effect within just a half hour for an an hour. Because of this, they are effective when used throughout an anxiety attack or some other mind-boggling nervousness event. Drugs with this type perform by reduction of neural hobby and so, can lead to adverse reactions over and above panic pain relief. This can range from sleepiness, clumsiness, confusion and confusion, slurred language, loss of memory, blurred idea and reduced imagining. Clonazepam also are associated with depressive disorder, consequently with greater dosage, there is an increased potential for depressive signs and symptoms and suicidal thoughts and feelings.

SSRIsThis is usually a natural chemical that assists induce satisfaction and favourable mood. If serotonin receptors aren properly working, the mind reabsorbs them, leading to decreased stages. SSRIs, or Particular This Reuptake Inhibitors were designed permitting this to be used more effectively. SSRIs include common antidepressants for example Prozac, Celeza, Paxil and Zoloft, that are also recommended by doctors for stress. You will need four to six 2 or 3 weeks to get noticable major results, although the total results can be the equivalent of 12 weeks. Attainable unwanted side effects range from a feeling of sickness, associated with, disappointment, fat gain and severe headaches. SSRIs may also be proven to lead to erectile dysfunction, such as lower libido, erection problems and inability on an ejaculate.

Experiment with BlockersIn relation to realizing stress and anxiety, experiment with blockers may help for treating the physical signs and symptoms. Inderal and Tenormin are typically prescribed for immediate pulse, tremulous, rumbeling, sweating excessively and dizziness. 'beta' blockers are most useful when you are instances of fears, specifically performance nervousness which enable it to employed just before stepping into a position exactly where signs and symptoms are likely to take place. Side effects regarding these drugs are unnatural eye-sight, cold feet and hands, bad dreams or nightmares and low energy.

AzapironesAzapirones such as Buspar perform by increasing serotonin degrees and are from time to time recommended by doctors instead of benzodiapines because they are much less obsessive and lead to minimal sedation. Thereby, they works well for individuals that experience alcohol and drug punishment. However, associated with pension transfer medicinal drugs, negative effects do occur. Can be challenging involve restlessness, hassles, wooziness, queasiness and diarrhea.

Though medications can perform quite nicely, they even so put on remedy the underlying problem. Whenever you quit taking them, signs or symptoms will frequently come back completely force. Comprehending stress as well as prescription drugs used to take care of it is important since it helps you ponder the drug added benefits against the disadvantages, and for that reason, make an educated final decision on regardless of whether you would like to make the purchase anyway using this type of alternative or search out solutions.

Controlling Anxiety By Yourself

These are some good advice to control your anxiety

Breathing - Learn to breathe from your diaphragm, your tummy should rise and fall with your breath as well as your chest. Ensure your out breath is longer than the in one. A count of 4 in – 6 out is great. Use this as soon as you feel panic rising. Alternatively, if you find this difficult hold your breath for a few seconds. This resolves some of the dizzy feeling and any tingling in fingers and toes.


Distraction- As soon as you feel the anxiety rising and you get afraid – do something different. Really different. Change your environment, talk to someone, do something to distract yourself. 
Immerse yourself in something that takes your whole attention and needs detailed thinking. Plan a party, write an article, learn a new hobby – something right brained is particularly effective such as a musical instrument or creative design, photography, dressmaking, art, singing, sport, research for a project. 

See how much better you feel when your full attention is elsewhere. 
Learn and be confident that you can overcome anxiety by distraction. Later on you will learn to stop anxiety before getting to this stage but for now take comfort in knowing you can control it.

This is often enough to dissipate the panic. Some folk like company during these frightening events, others prefer to be quiet and alone. Either is fine.

Comfort yourself – be totally positive - but do allow yourself to go with it and the symptoms. Don’t fight panic, it makes it worse. Keep giving yourself positive messages that this will pass naturally and cannot harm you - breath and distract. 

Keep a journal. Initially get a blank book and just write whatever comes into your mind about who you are, how you got here, how you’re feeling today. 

Going forward resolve to write in it every day. 
Sometimes there may only be the bare facts of what you ate, where you went and that there were no issues but initially and on some days you may have lots to say.

Certainly in the initial stages track food, drink and sleep patterns, what your fears are, how they manifest themselves, what small task you set yourself to do, how it went and so forth. For ladies it is also worth tracking menstrual cycles.. As we move through stages in our female life it is possible that you may get PMS symptoms that you didn't have a few years ago.

There is really relief in writing plus it gives a massive boost to your confidence when you see progress in the making. When we’re anxious we forget easily and have poor concentration and only a few days later you may not recall just how you were on a certain day or even what you did.

Regular exercise – uses the adrenaline/ noradrenaline and the cortisol that are secreted when panic sets in and enhances endorphines (happy chemical) production. Walking or swimming are good places to start if you’ve not exercised for a long time.


Relaxation classes - good if you’ve got continual whirring thoughts: Tai’ chi, Yoga or meditation – promotes complete relaxation as well as stretching. This has a cumulative effect so try it regularly. The meditation part also helps learn to still the mind and cumulatively is a very effective exercise to learn to use during panic. Brings back down the body ‘normal’ stress level. 

Relaxation CD's are extremely useful. Find one you like and stick to it. Play it every day whether you are stressed or not and soon whenever you feel anxious just putting it on will relieve that tension. There is a panic specific relaxation CD that comes as part of the CD set 

Massage – This is good for headaches and unexplained pains in upper body or legs. It releases the tension that builds up in your tissues. Often with anxiety we store it in major muscle groups apart from the usual chronic areas such as shoulders and neck. Wit panic often major muscle groups such as leg muscles can go into spasm. 


Intestinal disturbances : A fast reaction from the guts is extremely common, you may find you get wild disturbances. The flight or flight reaction can cause the guts to want to empty so you may have diarrhoea as a primary symptom. IBS is often diagnosed if you have chronic intestinal disturbances and you report it to your doctor and get it investigated. When you learn to control anxiety, it usually subsides to a manageable level . Dietary changes are often helpful.

A churny tummy with or without nausea can usually be relieved by tonic or soda water leading to a good big burp or two.

Bach remedies will take the edge off panic and anxiety. These are flower essences, are completely safe and have no side effects. 
A couple of squirts in a bottle of water and sip liberally all day or 2 drops on tongue in a crisis.
 Rescue remedy is the main one used which is a combination of 5 essences. Additionally I used Aspen for fear, Cherry plum for terror and Rock rose for fear of losing control. 


Nutritional supplements – Having panic and anxiety is extremely draining on your body resources. 
A strong 50 mg Vitamin B complex supplement is highly recommended as is Omega 3 oil ,Vitamin C and extra calcium and magnesium.

If you are not eating properly or having trouble with nausea and vomiting please do start a liquid mineral /vitamin supplement such as Maximols that you can buy from this site. You will not improve if you are nutritionally running on fumes.

Unless you’re intolerant, warm milk at night contains tryptosan which promotes sleep and relaxation. Turkey breast also contains tryptosan 


Aromatherapy oils - lavender, clary sage, Chamomile, vetiver. Just a sniff or two of lavender oil can be very helpful in getting you through a difficult situation.


Herbs - If you are really shaky you can take passiflora/lemon balm/valerian root/ hops tinctures for instant help or you can take tablets regularly to maintain calm.

St Johns Wort can also help with depression but doesn’t kick in for 3 weeks or so.

Kava Kava is brilliant for anxiety but is currently withdrawn from the market whilst investigations go on into possible liver side effects complicated by anxious people often taking to alcohol for relief.

For constant insomnia melatonin is excellent. It’s not available in the UK but widely available in the US where its main use is for jetlag.

With all of the herbs above if you are on any other medications at all then you must check it out carefully and ask for professional advice. SJW is a definite No if you’re on the pill, immunosuppressants or anti coagulants. 


Food and drink: - It is worthwhile when acutely anxious, trying to eat little but often and keep to mainly protein and complex carbohydrates - nuts/seeds are a great choice, it’s recommended to have a protein based breakfast when you get up and then a snack within 2 - 3 hours – please avoid sugary things.
This takes the strain off your adrenals glands and maintains and regulates your blood sugar.


Caffeine – reduce intake slowly if taken to excess. This includes the new drinks advertised for energy and stimulation and colas as well as tea and coffee.


Alcohol: many people do resort to a glass of wine or 2 to help them relax. Before they know it - it's 3-4 then day time drinking - then all day drinking.
Do not go down this route. Alcohol is a popular and easily available 'sticking plaster' treatment for anxiety. 

It is also a disaster waiting to happen. It promises much initially, but is always a disappointment later. It is a depressant drug.

Many ‘spontaneous’ Panic attacks come shortly after alcohol and recreational drug intake.

Talk therapy
Talking does help but unless it’s an informal chat with friends, try to make the talks productive. 

Think of the messages you’re giving yourself every day. 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the gold standard treatment of choice now which addresses how your thoughts affect you every minute of every day.
With about 90% of panic attacks you can revise your self communication and stop these happening, you can also address your excessive worrying traits. It is not easy and takes time and patience but it is extremely successful and this is included within the chapters of the CD set. 

Part of this is restructuring the neural pathways in our minds. Once we have done something once or twice our minds learn the sequence so can help us perform better ie know the way to a specific location. 

Once we’ve done it a couple of times it’s an anchored route, it’s the same with our fears. Once something has succeeded in frightening us, our minds automatically learns the process and therefore almost automatically leads us to a continued fear of certain things. Next time it senses something similar it gives us a warning and asks wit symptoms whether this is to be avoided too.
Thus the continuing list of growing fears where we had none previously. These neural pathways need to be broken and new ones built. This takes about 30 - 45 days to anchor and is a case of safe repetition.
Drive over the bridge you dread and you’ll feel extremely frightened and experience all the awful symptoms and maybe panic. You survive - just!!

Next time you do it again - you’ve positive messages to tell yourself and to reassure yourself with as you’ve already survived once. You still feel awful and frightened but again you survive. Next time may already be getting a bit easier and once you’ve been doing it daily for a month the fear will almost have dissipated – providing you are reinforcing the positive messages each time. Doing it with gritted teeth still actively visualizing all the possible extreme troubles and misfortune that could befall you will not help ridyourself of the fear. 

Do watch out for your thought patterns , they can be very powerful in keeping you anxious and in panic mode. Our thought process and what we actually do to ourselves ….

Take a minute : Is this following statement true ? …..
When your mind is sexually aroused, the body responds in an unmistakable fashion.

This is also true for every other aspect of your thought process...

If you think thoughts that frighten you then you will feel fear 
If you think despairing negative thoughts the body will respond by feeling worthless and depressed.

Your perception of events is of critical importance, not necessarily the events themselves. And by manipulating these perceptions, it becomes possible to diminish discomfort & pain.

 General advice:

Do not allow yourself to start avoiding anything or anywhere. Agoraphobia soon sets in. You are your own safe person and place.
Where you are at the time may be a trigger but once you learn to not have panic any more it just doesn’t matter.
Look after yourself emotionally, physically, spirituality and nutritionally and you will be making a head start in your recovery.
All these points are covered in great detail within the Ultimate Anxiety Solution.
You can overcome this anxiety and rid yourself of panic attacks.

Proactiveness + Positivity + Persistence + Perseverance + Practice =  Progress

I wish you every success on your recovery path.

How To Relieve Anxiety Without Medication

Anxiety disorders are an increasingly common problem facing people today. The rapid lifestyle and technological changes that have taken place over the last hundred years have brought with them an increase in stress, anxiety and panic for everyday people.
This has resulted in an inevitable increase in people searching for how to relieve anxiety disorders.
It is estimated that in these modern times there are approximately forty million American adults each year who are suffering from anxiety disorders. This situation is not just confined to the U.S either, with similar problems being experienced around the world.

If you are looking for ways to cope with anxiety, it is important to learn how to relieve anxiety naturally. Anxiety management techniques that focus on how to relieve anxiety without medication, will undoubtedly be best for your physical and mental health in the long run.

How to relieve anxiety – anxiety solutions

The following are a number of ways to relieve anxiety. This includes lifestyle changes, which are worth considering to help bring you some relief from your excessive anxiety problem.

1. Exercise

Many studies have been carried out into the effects of exercise on anxiety levels. In one study it was shown that a ten week program of exercise, undertaken by people suffering from panic disorder, had the same impact on anxiety levels as a commonly
prescribed anti-anxiety drug.
Regular thirty minute sessions of aerobic exercise, that are sufficient to get your heart rate going, can have a calming effect on the mind and the reduction of your anxiety levels are often noticed very quickly.
Who needs medication when there are ways of treating anxiety without medication which also benefit your overall health, with no harmful side effects? If you are not already doing this, i strongly urge you to give it a try.

2. Meditation

Meditation is a method of self regulation of the mind that has been practiced in various forms for thousands of years.
Scientific studies have shown that meditation can cause a significant reduction in anxiety levels in people who are suffering from panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, including people also displaying agoraphobia.
Excessive anxiety is often brought about by our own hyper active thought processes. Meditation can help the mind to achieve stillness and peacefulness, and in doing so naturally helps with relieving anxiety.

3. Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy uses the essential oils from certain plants, which are mixed with either oil or alcohol. These aromatic compounds

Panic Attack Medication – The Truth You Need To Know!

The first time your anxiety disorder fully reveals itself can be a terrifying and confusing experience.
There you are, going through your everyday routine, when all of a sudden, without any rational reason or warning your anxiety levels go off the scale.
You’ve just had the first of what turns out to be a series of panic attacks.

Scary thoughts run through your mind, maybe there’s something seriously wrong with you, maybe you have a problem with your heart, maybe this is a serious threat to your health!
You start to feel more and more anxiety about everyday things, afraid to go out, irrational fears stalking your every waking moment. You’re scared and you feel like you’re struggling to cope, so you book an appointment to see your local doctor for advice.

Panic attack medication – the prescription

Your doctor listens to your story, asks a few questions, and conducts a physical examination to see if he can find any physical cause for the symptoms you are describing. 

Depending on your doctor’s knowledge at this point he may recommend you to a specialist for further testing, or he may realize that there is nothing physically wrong with you.
Either way, the end result is often the same, you are reassured that everything is alright, but recognising how stressed and anxious you appear to be, the doctor makes out a prescription for some medication to help you relax.

The panic attack medication that is given to you can sometimes help in the short term to relieve some of the symptoms that you are experiencing, but the relief you feel from this treatment can only be considered temporary.
It is not a way of curing your problem and giving you back your life to enjoy again. As soon as you stop taking the panic attack medication your problems will usually resurface and torment you.
Even more worrying is the fact that many of the drugs you are offered have harmful side effects and can be very addictive.

The main types of panic attack medication

There are a number of different drugs that are used when dealing with anxiety disorders. Probably the most common are the benzodiazepines. This class of drugs includes the well known Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin and Librium.
Benzodiazepines act fairly quickly, and produce a sedative effect. It can temporarily reduce the feeling of anxiety, but can also lead to side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, confusion and impaired thinking. Because it builds up in the body these side effects can become even more pronounced with prolonged use.

But the worst problem with the use of benzodiazepines, comes because of the need to continue using it in the long term to manage your condition. With symptoms returning upon stopping taking the drug, the risk is that your use may continue beyond the point at which you become addicted.
The withdrawal from bezodiazepines can be a harrowing experience, with insomnia, tremors, muscle spasms, gastric problems, depression and anxiety all common symptoms. Sometimes the effects can be worse, with depersonalization, derealization, hallucinations and psychosis. This experience can last for months.

Added to this will usually be the return of your anxiety condition, as the root cause of your problem has still not been identified and dealt with. The combination of withdrawal and full exposure to your anxiety disorder can be very difficult to cope with.
Long term use of benzodiazepines often leads to depression, and the escalating dosage required to overcome the effects of the tolerance that you develop to the drug can increase the risk of experiencing depressive symptoms which can also lead to suicidal thoughts and feelings.

A different type of medication often prescribed are anti-depressants. Commonly these are Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), of which the best known is Prozac. These have less harmful side effects than the benzodiazepines, but are also more limited in their effectiveness to treat anxiety disorders, and usually take over a month to start having an effect.
However the side effects do still exist, and use of SSRIs can mean having to live with fatigue, nausea, tremors, headaches, weight gain, decreased sex drive, insomnia, anxiety and diarrhea.

There is also the danger that, in some people, long term use of anti-depressants can actually cause an increase in depression and anxiety and consequently an increased risk of suicide.
While they are not as addictive as benzodiazepines, withdrawal from anti-depressants can be very tough. It is common for it to cause depression, and can also result in tremors, insomnia and nightmares, and of course the resumption of your anxiety disorder in full force.

Beta blockers are another type of medication that are sometimes used to help anxiety disorders. These are more frequently used to treat people with heart and blood pressure problems. They are not FDA approved for use with anxiety disorders but can be prescribed because there are scientific reports that support their use.
While they can help to keep some of the physical symptoms under control, like trembling and sweating, they are not useful for dealing with the psychological aspects of anxiety disorders.

Consequently they are of very limited use, and mainly seem to offer help to those with social phobia and performance anxiety in dealing with specific situations, such as giving a speech or performing in a public venue.
They also have a number of adverse reactions associated with them, including nausea, hallucinations, diarrhoea, dizziness and fatigue. Commonly prescribed beta blockers include Inderal and Tenormin.

Panic attack medication is not a cure for your anxiety disorder

Medication can be of help to people with severe symptoms who are desperate for immediate relief, but it should only ever be viewed as a very short term aid. Ultimately you need to cure yourself of this condition if you want to live a happy and satisfying life in the future, and the drugs you are prescribed are unlikely to do that for you.

If you are currently taking drugs to deal with your anxiety and panic attack problem, strongly consider speaking to your doctor about slowly withdrawing from them, and start looking for a permanent solution that focuses on panic attack treatment without medication.

You don’t have to continue to suffer, or accept a future in which you have to manage your condition. You can beat your anxiety disorder, but you will need to utilse a different treatment method because relying on medication may end up doing you a lot more harm in the long run than it does good.

Stop Anxiety Attack With 5 Simple Ways

Everyone knows how it feels to be anxious. Anxiety attacks can happen in any place, at the most unexpected time. While anxiety is a normal feeling that we all experience at some point in our lives, it can somehow be disturbing, especially because it can affect a person’s state of mind at the time being. This is the reason why it is important to learn How To Stop Anxiety before it leads to something serious. Regardless of the root cause of the anxiety attacks, there are various ways that can help you stop or lessen them:

1. Know the Cause – The first step to address your anxiety attack is knowing the reason behind why you’re being anxious at the moment. People get anxious because of the external things happening in the environment that are highly related to them. For instance, anticipating something bad that is going to happen. Such negative thoughts can trigger an attack. Knowing the reason why you’re anxious can help you find the right technique to stop the attack.

2. Seek Doctor’s Advice – In some cases, people experience unpreventable anxiety attacks, and this can be due to some organic causes such as having eaten some food that can trigger heart palpitations, which can later lead to anxiety attacks. If this is the case, it would be wiser to seek help from a health care physician for the proper treatment to stop anxiety.

3. Stop the Attack before It Happens – You have to get in tuned with your body. This means you have to be able to feel if you’re about to have an anxiety attack. Whenever you feel that you are already in an unstable condition, take a deep breath and try to relax. Free yourself from uncomfortable and negative thoughts so that your anxiousness will not be triggered.

4. Get Enough Rest – Sometimes, people do get anxious easily because their body is tired and that their brain doesn’t have enough oxygen. When the body is not in the right condition, it is not impossible for you to get anxious easily even on small things. Thus, it is very important to get plenty of sleep at night and take some naps whenever you have some spare time. In addition, it is important to eat the right kind of food in order for you to keep a healthy mind and body.

5. Relax and Breathe – Find some time to relax, breath in, and get in touch with nature. As what most experts would say, one way to prevent or lessen attacks is through meditation. Find a place where you can be alone. Get that inner peace and just try to relax your mind and body.

If you’re prone to having anxiety attacks, never walk on the street by yourself. If it is possible, always drag along a friend or a family member to accompany you whenever you’re out on the busy streets. This way, you won’t be alone when the attack comes in the most unexpected place and time. In fact, this is also one way to stop anxiety attacks because you feel safe and secured knowing that you are not alone.

Does Social Anxiety Lead To Depression?

A defined number of people sometimes experience having a hard time in trying to interact with others. Shyness, isolation, and lack of interest prevent people from having good interactions with others. This is felt by certain individuals and gets to a certain point that is constantly just hard to manage.
These are people suffering from a specific type of anxiety. Since anxiety is associated with fear and worry, social anxiety may also have the same characteristics or symptoms. People who are dealing with social anxiety feel that everyone around them is watching their every move, staring at them and judging whatever they might be doing, and even judging them as individuals (even if it is not really true).

Social Anxiety = Paranoia

Socially anxious individuals cannot seem to relax and enjoy themselves while they are in public. These people think that other people are trying to evaluate them in some sort of way, being critical in what they do or say. People dealing with social anxiety feel the self consciousness and the idea of critical judgment while they are in other people’s presence. It is considered hardly possible to just relax, focus, and go with the flow when one feels the anxiety and fear at the same time.  Individuals dealing with this type of anxiety would probably like to be left alone (I can attribute to this I my own 6 year struggle). They seem to be more comfortable with doors closed behind them. Social anxiety is like paranoia, feeling that other people are observing them, criticizing them, judging them always in a negative way. Authority figures are believed to be the worst type of people that socially anxious individuals can encounter. Supervisors and bosses from their work, and also those who seem “better” then them can make them feel a higher sense of anxiety, fear, and worry.

Keeping Your Social Anxiety To Yourself

It is a known fact that not all people are aware of this specific type of anxiety disorder. Some people get diagnosed as having schizophrenia, manic depression, panic disorders, personality disorders, or even clinical depression. All these are just misdiagnoses that may be more damaging to the person with social anxiety. Considering this situation, not all people with social anxiety know that they have such a disorder, since this type of disorder is not generally discussed in the media. Therefore, they just tend to keep it to themselves, thinking that they are the only ones dealing with this kind of anxiety. Due to this, socially anxious people tend to feel the surge of depression. They do not talk to other people regarding their problems, their feelings and emotions. Everything seems to be negative in some way, and all their thoughts are regarded as irrational.

Get The Support You Need

I’ve realized that social anxiety is serious if not treated as soon as possible. Proper therapy and consultation should be provided to those who are suffering from this kind of anxiety. It is better to get help in order to avoid an increase in this form of anxiety, since this would worsen as time goes by. Family members can be of big help too, seeing that their loved one is suffering from such an ordeal. Proper communication is key, and social anxiety could be treated in due time.

What You Need To Know About Separation Anxiety Disorder

An individual who experiences extreme anxiety when he or she is away from home is probably suffering from separation anxiety disorder. It probably also apply to places or people that the individual has very deep emotional connection to.

It is known as disorder when the effect of this separation is strong enough to affect the individual’s ability to manage his daily lives and relationship with other people.

This condition can happen to anyone regardless of their age and gender. In fact, it is known that almost 7% of adults all around the world is experiencing adult separation anxiety disorder compared to only 4% of children affecting by the same health condition.

Children will tend to cry when they are separated from their parents during their early years. Many kids started to experience separation anxiety disorder in their first year. They will get upset when the parent leaves them to nanny or someone else to take care of them for work.

This health condition is known to affect 5% of children from the USA between the age of 7 and 11 years old. It only affect about 1.3% of teens regardless of their gender.

Don’t be surprised but separation anxiety can also happen to animals like dogs, you’ll notice them chewing to relieve stress.

But don’t be confused with separation anxiety disorder with separation anxiety because the latter is a normal condition that can occur to anyone. You’ll notice that young children will tend to look for something that they know exist but couldn’t see. It could be their favorite toy or someone close to them. They might cry, or stay silent to express their anxiety and as a parent, you’ll need to observe their behavior so that you know how to react when such situation happen. You can read stories for them to listen, or invite them to do something enjoyable together.

There are a few reasons why people can have separation anxiety. For example, young children are probably worried that something bad is going to happen to their parent when they leave for a long period of time. Another sign of separation anxiety could be the children probably refuse going to school so they can stay with their parents. Other symptom can be, they might experience nightmare and scared to be left alone.

Separation anxiety disorder usually happens when the child experience a tragic accident or trauma in his life. Childs with parents who are over-protective will tend to have higher chance to develop separation anxiety. But it is important to check the children’s background as well because they probably are getting this condition from one of the family member. Child and parents can interact with each others anxiety. After all, there have been several cases that proven children to inherit separation anxiety from one of their parent or other family members with anxiety or mental disorders as it is passed down through genes.

The whole process of dealing with child who is experiencing separation anxiety can be a daunting task. Some parent might not be able to cope with their child’s irregular behavior. It is important to remain calm and let your children know that they will stay safe even if they’re away from you. This will help them to cope with the situation easier and resolve the problem.