There’s no denying it – the holidays can be overwhelming, especially if you're in recovery from addiction. Here are 5 ways to cope with stress during the holidays.
Find out why anxious breathing makes you feel bad and learn a simple, 30-second Deep Breathing Exercise that restores your inner calm.
Here's how to make that important change. Change is scary but you already have the tools to do it. You are braver than you think. Try this.
Worries drain your mental energy and do little to solve a problem – so banish unhelpful worries by writing them down and then challenging them with a series of structured questions. Learn how a ...
Try a few of the following real-life tips from panic patients and therapists to prevent anxiety and panic and to retake control when panic strikes.
Learn why avoiding what causes your anxiety isn’t a very good strategy and learn what steps you can take to break out of a negative cycle of social anxiety.
Why do people cut or otherwise harm themselves? Self injury or self harm is a technique that people experiencing difficult to manage emotional pain use to handle their distress. Learn more about what ...
Although a drink or two can reduce anxiety temporarily, in general, alcohol makes anxiety worse; and sometimes significantly so.
Chronic stress can lead to mental and physical health conditions. Minimizing your stress exposure is best, but many of us can’t practically eliminate stress – so instead we must learn to manage ...
Answering some frequently asked questions about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Anxiety in a dangerous situation is healthy; anxiety in a safe situation is not. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can reduce quality of life. Phobias are very treatable but very few people with ...
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Find out why anxious breathing makes you feel bad and learn a simple, 30-second Deep Breathing Exercise that restores your inner calm.
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J. Star
Here's how to make that important change. Change is scary but you already have the tools to do it. You are braver than you think. Try this.
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Abdulmajeed Al.Mutawee
Worries drain your mental energy and do little to solve a problem – so banish unhelpful worries by writing them down and then challenging them with a series of structured questions. Learn how a worry diary can help you to get past excessive worrying.
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Ewan Thot
Try a few of the following real-life tips from panic patients and therapists to prevent anxiety and panic and to retake control when panic strikes.
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Shemer
Learn why avoiding what causes your anxiety isn’t a very good strategy and learn what steps you can take to break out of a negative cycle of social anxiety.
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Ninasaurusrex
Why do people cut or otherwise harm themselves? Self injury or self harm is a technique that people experiencing difficult to manage emotional pain use to handle their distress. Learn more about what makes people harm themselves, how many people are actually doing it, how to spot self harm in someone you love and what to do if someone you care for is using physical pain as a way to manage unmanageable emotional pain.
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Although a drink or two can reduce anxiety temporarily, in general, alcohol makes anxiety worse; and sometimes significantly so.
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Jeff Werner
Do you or someone you love have a problem with compulsive hoarding? Take this self test to find out.
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Do you or someone you love have a house that is literally overflowing with possessions? People with compulsive hoarding disorder have a very difficult time organizing and discarding possessions, even things that to the rest of us - seem like “junk”.
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Beatriz AG
The facts about OCD - What it is, making a diagnosis, understanding who is at risk and learning about effective treatment options.
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BrittneyBush
Chronic stress can lead to mental and physical health conditions. Minimizing your stress exposure is best, but many of us can’t practically eliminate stress – so instead we must learn to manage the stress we do experience.
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Night Heron
A condition that can emerge only days after a traumatic event and that produces symptoms similar to post traumatic stress disorder.
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Chronic stress harms the body. Do you live under chronic stress? Is your body sending you a message?
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An abnormal and developmentally harmful fear of separation from parents or caregivers.
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LunaDiRimmel
Agoraphobia is a fear of public situations, which in extreme cases, can lead to a person becoming housebound.
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Rennet Stowe
A high blood pressure medication that can reduce the physical symptoms of anxiety.
Do you have an anxiety disorder? Ask yourself the following 7 questions.
Here are 6 easily made dietary changes that can help you to reduce the anxiety you feel.
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Answering some frequently asked questions about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
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Learn to spot the signs and symptoms of social phobia in children.
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Cakeface Originals
Learn about social phobia, an intense anxiety surrounding certain social interactions that interferes with the ability to live a happy and normal life.
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Thomas Shahan
Anxiety in a dangerous situation is healthy; anxiety in a safe situation is not. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can reduce quality of life. Phobias are very treatable but very few people with specific phobia get help.
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Stuant63
Panic disorder sometimes occurs after the experience of unexplained panic attacks. A panic disorder is characterized by an enduring fear of experiencing another panic attack, and the way that fear influences life and quality of life.
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Maddy Lou
Between 3% and 4% of children experience generalized anxiety disorder. It’s up to parents and caregivers to learn the signs and symptoms of this disorder and to initiate treatment, if necessary.