Anxiety

How To Be Assertive Without Being Rude

Being assertive is not the same as being aggressive. A lot of people get the terms confused. Being aggressive usually involves anger, rudeness or trying to trample over someone else’s rights to get your way. Assertiveness, on the other hand, means expressing your feelings and claiming your rights in a non-threatening [...]

I Had to Give Up Coffee

It took me years to finally admit that coffee made me anxious. The real problem lied in the fact that I had an anxiety disorder already, and the coffee was making it worse. Coffee gets a lot of criticism because of the caffeine you ingest in a single cup. Caffeine is a [...]

I’m So Tired!

I started having trouble sleeping when I reached the age of 45. There was really no reason for it that I could pinpoint. I just started sleeping restlessly and for fewer hours. It made me really tired. It got to the point where I would have a hard time staying awake [...]

Sudden Anxiety

It’s a fact that a sudden stressful situation can signal the start of panic attacks. The groundwork has been laid long before the actual attack though. I had my first panic attack shortly after changing jobs. I wanted the job and was ready to start the job, but I panicked for no [...]

How Do I Know I Have An Anxiety Disorder?

Anxiety is a part of life for everyone. But how is anxiety disorder different from normal anxiety? That’s the question I had. I had to learn three important facts about anxiety. First, it’s only a disorder if the attacks last a long time – well past any event that could have triggered anxiety. Second, a [...]

There’s No Reason For My Anxiety

Most of the time, you probably think of anxiety as being related to something specific like a particular fear or event. But anxiety can be generalized too. In other words, there may not be a panic attack at the thought of leaving the house. But there might be anxiety that persists through everything no matter [...]

More Than One Cause

A lot of people don’t realize that there can be many causes of anxiety instead of just one. When you are a worrier, you can usually pinpoint a particular reason why you’re worrying at that moment. But anxiety can have many underlying causes meaning you have to dig deeper to understand the sources. The causes [...]

Keeping My Anxiety Alive

Did you know there’s something called “maintaining causes” for anxiety. In other words, you have an anxiety disorder and you keep the flames burning because of the way you think and feel. Anxiety is a normal reaction to something that causes fear or worry. When normal anxiety occurs, it’s temporary. After a short while the [...]

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