Oldie but goodie, this post was originally written by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D in her Psychology Today blog, the Dance of Connection: Finding your voice in an unequal power arrangement-especially when the more powerful person (a teacher, doctor, boss) is shaming you-takes a great amount of courage. Consider my therapy client Margot, whom I first met when she was a high school … [Read more...]
Crooked are the Paths of Those Who Worry for Themselves: Faith and Anxiety
How does faith play a role in your anxiety? Hear guest poster Amanda Flowers share her testimony in finding comfort through God: Did you know how big of a sin it is to worry? (I didn't) Did you know that it plants roots of distrust and dishonor in your heart? (I didn't) Family of faith, Crooked are the paths of those who worry for themselves. We worship a God that takes … [Read more...]
The Stress and Anxiety We Deal With
EVAN MANNING , Huffington Post, Feb 5, 2013 I was told that high school would be the absolute best. There would be nothing like it. It would involve partying, valuable knowledge, love, sex and choosing my path. I was told that I should soak it all in or else I'd wake up one day and I would be 40 years old, combing my few leftover hair strands, wishing I could go back in time … [Read more...]
“Coping With The Impact of Random Shootings”
In wake of the horrendous tragedy that struck the Sandy hook Elementary School in Nowton, CT, About.com contributor Elizabeth Scott, M.S., offers reasons for why these tragedies affected us all accross the nation and how you can cope: When tragedies like random violence or school shootings occur, it affects many of us very deeply for several reasons: Human Cause: According … [Read more...]
The Power of Affirmations for Anxiety
Many of us want to feel better about ourselves, want to start living a different way, and/or want to just feel comfortable about ourselves. But there are many experiences in life that do the opposite. Maybe during our childhood years, we were told that we weren’t good enough for our parents or were told we were bad kids from our teachers. And these negative statements created … [Read more...]
Talking to your parents—a BRAVE perspective
Anxiety is not something that we can deal with on our own. We all need love and support in order to make it through any difficult time in our lives. Yet it seems that sometimes the closest people to us are the hardest ones to talk about our feelings with. It can take a lot of guts to tell a loved one that perhaps their perspective on your feelings doesn’t exactly fit with … [Read more...]
Yesterday’s story for Today
There are just so many memories so vivid, that they appear to have happened only yesterday Not much is needed to stop someone dead in their tracks from a painful past. Even without wanting it to, sometimes yesterday catches up to today. I see a boy with the sweetest heart turn cold Teased, insulted and hurt from all that he was told. To the point that his check muscles … [Read more...]
Anxious In Uganda
Growing up is part of life. It is a process that comes with challenges that you learn from, some of which you enjoy and others that you hate. When I was 12 years old I went to boarding school little did I know that it would be the roughest time in my life. On March 2002 I realized that something was not right, my family escorted me to school I felt so scared, I kept on crying … [Read more...]
Anxiety About Anxiety
Sometimes, after struggling with the onset of anxiety about a certain event or topic, people can develop anxiety about anxiety symptoms coming back again soon. When I was younger, I had panic attacks often when coming to school. Things really got bad, however, when I started panicking about having another panic attack. I started to develop avoidance behavior, or, I would avoid … [Read more...]
Tips on Managing Stress with Hurricanes
The destruction of hurricane Sandy has left in the path widespread visible damages. Equally traumatic is managing the stress in the aftermath of a hurricane or a natural disaster. Emotions are running high anticipating the arrival of the hurricane and the distress afterwards. The length in recovery depends on how bad the hurricane was, whether evacuations were necessary, the … [Read more...]
What’s the Difference Between Shyness and Social Phobia?
Everyone experience some shyness or discomfort at some point in his or her lives. This can come from new situations or going to a party and not know anyone. A person who is shy would feel awkward around people; yet anxiously want to socialize with others. Eventually the shy person would become comfortable after doing the uncomfortable thing. Just to be clear there is no … [Read more...]
PTSD Revealed with Michele Rosenthal
Anxiety In Teens joins Michele Rosenthal, a 24-year Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder sufferer and conquerer, and founder of HealMyPTSD.com. She has a ton of great advice to share with those suffering from PTSD, as well as family and friends! AiT: What is "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder," and how does one know if they have it? Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a normal … [Read more...]
True Courage: Felix Baumgartner and the First Dive from Space
Courage What do you think when you hear the word courage? Is it doing something historically heroic like a scene from the movie 300? Or is it the great dream Martin Luther King was able to carry out through all the hate? Or could it be jumping from space! On October 14th, 2012, Felix Baumgertner broke several world records: 1) for the highest manned balloon flight at … [Read more...]
Deep In The Hole Phase
September 25, 2011 was when the world collapsed on me The ground I once stood on had vanished The illusion I once held as true popped My chest was aching, my heart had dropped My head was a river of tear dropping thoughts. Whatever strength I had left within me was gone It was then, when I found myself lying inside a deep nasty, dirty, and very cold … [Read more...]
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fears and Phobias That The Few Can Only Fantasy’s
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia— the common person would only contribute this words uniqueness to the ridiculous number of letters and time needed to have the ability to pronounce such a silly word. However, to a very few, this word represents a deep phobia. A phobia whose irony becomes prevalent only in its defining. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of … [Read more...]