How To Identify Stress And Anxiety?
Every human being is an emotional being. The levels of emotions may be high or low. But when that level is disturbed, you have stress and anxiety. The dividing line between these two negative tendencies is very thin. Your anxiety may be due to stress or your stress may be due to anxiety. Every stress and anxiety has a root cause to it. And the symptoms are the by products of such causes. (more…)
Got Social Anxiety? Eight Simple Ways To Cope With Holiday Gatherings
The holidays are just around the corner. Here are some easy, simple tips to help ease your social anxiety during holiday gatherings.
1. Smile, Smile, Smile! A genuine smile increases your production of serotonin, the “feel-good” hormone. Smiling has been proven to relax you and put you in a better mood. It’s a natural anxiety-buster! (more…)
Creating Something New - Getting Past The Fear Of Failure
Many people wish they were more creative. They yearn for the big idea (or even the small one) and think that if they just had that one idea they’d be on their way to greater success.Certainly, we can all do things to be more creative, but having ideas isn’t the biggest, or even first, source of our challenges. (more…)
Got A Social Anxiety Problem?
Social anxiety is particularly common in our society. It is estimated that up anywhere around 20% of the adult population is affected by some form of anxiety, including social anxiety, at some stage in their lives. The good news is that social anxiety is a disorder that can often be successfully treated. (more…)
What Are You Afraid Of?
I was browsing my bookshelf the other day, and seeing Susan Jeffers book “Feel the Fear and do it Anyway” reminded me that some time ago, I had the privilege of talking to a lady from Zimbabwe who had been evicted from her farm, along with her friend who had not only lost her farm, but whose husband had been murdered whilst trying to defend himself and his family. The two women had arrived in this country with their children, and were trying to start a new life. There is no doubt that they had gone through a terrifying ordeal. (more…)
Overcoming Social Anxiety
As someone who has personally suffered with severe Social Anxiety, I went through several phases of learning how to deal with it and eventually overcome it: denial, hiding it, being ashamed of it, and finally, learning to accept it and work through it. One thing that really helped me was reading about someone famous, someone I admired who admitted they had Social Anxiety and even laughed about it! At the time, I felt deeply ashamed of my anxiety around people, and it really amazed me that this person could be so light-hearted about it. (more…)
What’s Anxiety And How Do I Recognize The Symptoms?
Most of us, if not all of us have felt nervous at one time or another in our lives. Public speaking is something that makes most of us nervous. All those eyes staring straight at us. That’s a lot of attention thrust our way. We feel the butterflies take flight, and they usually don’t land until we’re done with our speech. Aren’t we glad we’re done! Nerves and other feelings like feeling scared are natural and very necessary. (more…)
Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Worry, fear, and anxiety are a normal part of our life. Have you experienced feeling anxious before taking an exam and later find out that you got a higher result more than what you’ve expected? Or, feeling anxious for a job interview and ended up getting hired, or feeling frightened walking down an alley where bad things often happened? Normal anxiety helps us cope in any stressful situation, it also keeps us watchful. (more…)
Overcoming Performance Anxiety
Everybody suffers from anxiety at some point or anther. Anxiety is just a normal part of everyday life. It can actually be a useful emotion in helping us to cope with stressful situations. Other times, anxiety can be out of control and interfere with our ability to function normally in stressful situations even if the stress is just manufactured in our minds. (more…)
Are You Suffering From Tension Headache?
Whether headache is the cause of tension or the tension is the cause of headache? Think over…if their origin is due to the common cause?
Well, the dividing line between tension and headache is thin.
The tension headache is the unique and generous gift of high paced life style of the modern world. Most of the people caught in the grip of this civilization are out to run an endless marathon that has no end. (more…)