Blog Posts - Anxious

While listening to the downpour outside and sitting in the cozy confines of my little office, procrastination is definitely at its finest. I really must be working on my luggage but every time I take a bit of a hesitant glance at it I become anxious...

By David Joel Miller. In Generalized Anxiety Disorder everything is scary. The key feature of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is that in this disorder the worry-weed just keeps growing. Worry in GAD is all out of proportion. Clients with this R...

Lord knows that I am trying. Anthony gave me the idea for this post a few days ago and I thought it would be appropriate post for motivation Monday. We all certainly have our ups and downs and I am currently in the middle of a down; or in need of som...

Trying to fit in with the regular crowd She hides her emotions with an invisible shroud Barely able to surmise the will to go She catches herself hesitating to attend the show Being shy has never been easy She always … Continue reading →...

The other day my friend asked if I could broach the subject of emotional wellbeing with her father. His generation is one where mental health awareness doesn't exist. She hoped that he'd have some peace from his long-standing anxiety, because he was...

    I am not a very good sponsor! There you have it! I have come clean – I have nearly ten years recovery but still struggle to be a good sponsor. So many  things get in the way of me being a good sponsor. I am also an Al Anon, someo...

This is an appendum to yesterday’s blog – Ultimately, as this study (1) alludes to, there is a vital role for amygdaloid activity in both anxiety disorders and in alcoholism. It seems, however, to be suggesting that this amygdaloid hypera...

    We have often thought that the issue of co-morbidity with addiction may be better understood by appreciating that certain “anxiety” type manifestations in addiction, often attributed to a co-occurring anxiety disorder, may b...

    We have often thought that the issue of co-morbidity with addiction may be better understood by appreciating that certain “anxiety” type manifestations in addiction, often attributed to a co-occurring anxiety disorder, may b...

Here’s another one of those “from-the-heart” posts that can be a little awkward and a little cheesy. Coming home can be a tough thing. It’s a mix of I’m too old to stay with my parents, am I really moving forward in my...

I have always asked myself if other recovering  alcoholics have the same insecure attachment issues as me  – can I really extrapolate my straw poll of alcoholics in recovery, whom I know to have insecure attachment issues, to the whole recovery...

In treatment, youths with social anxiety disorder (SAD) may avoid participating in therapeutic activities with risk of negative peer appraisal. Peer-helping is a low-intensity, social activity in the 12-step program associated with greater abstinenc...

So here we are in June already, and I will be having a baby this month. So now I’m feeling anxious, I can feel it in the pit of my stomach. I’m having flashbacks to my first labour and am frankly terrafied knowing I need to do it all over...

Effect scramble in the Gulf and Sectarian Threat.Iran nuclear deal that accompanied the lifting of sanctions makes Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East are wary, because the power and influence of Iran in the Middle East region will be...

  My insurance company has been notified that I no longer have Medicare part B, and they sent out a letter about two weeks ago that I would no longer be eligible for the Medicare Advantage plan that I have been on for about six years now. My ins...

5 Surprising Benefits of Having Anxiety   Anxiety sucks, period.  This article will not try to make it out to be something more than the crippling fear-inducing disease that tries to sneak up on you at every sign of weakness. It does not deserv...

In today's Daily Roundup, you'll find out about the top 10 wearables you can buy right now, get the scoop on a video game for the socially anxious and read about one of the most influential samples in music. Find out about all this and more, just pas...

Italian developers Sebastiano Morando and Francesco Lanciai didn't set out to make a game about social anxiety disorder when they created Sym. That idea spawned from the drawing of a character, a black figure with one eye disintegrating into a stark...

So since I am going to a new school next year, I figured I should lose a little weight just to give a good first impression if that makes any sense. If it helps anyone understand why I need to lose weight it is because I am not the prettiest flower i...

The story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-41 is a familiar one to many, especially women. The other day, I even ran across the term, “Martha Syndrome,” which I’m sure I have, because of a pronounced tendency (according to every &#...

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