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Written by David Susan
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:08 |
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I am diagnosed as bipolar with severe depression/anxiety. At times, the anxiety is a very crippling thing. There are days that I can only handle doing one thing at a time. If you add going to the store, crowds of people, commotion, loud traffic or personal relationships, things become very hard to cope with.
One big thing I have been able to accomplish in the last few years is not taking it out on other people when I am so stressed out. It's possible that I am able to refrain from doing that partly because I try to stay away from people as much as possible. Living by myself accomplishes most of that, but it's still a special thing I have learned to do and it comes from an action that is called being responsible.
After I started receiving Veterans Administration Disability, it was very difficult managing my money. Well, I went through this for about four years. Then, I guess I got tired of it. It started appealing to me to be comfortable as opposed to spending money frivolously. This special newly acquired trait of being responsible soon spread over to other aspects of my life.
I started paying more attention to my children as far as the important things are concerned, even though I deeply affected them in a negative way prior to my getting help eight years ago. I have come to the realization that the best and only way I can help them from now on is by the example I set with the rest of my life. That awakening and the one regarding not taking my hardships out on other people helped me to stop justifying my negative actions or words that I thought were the result of someone else's actions or words directed toward me.
I guess if I had to wrap it all up into one word, I couldn't. It means more using two words....."being responsible". When we all turned eighteen we became (officially) our self's own individual. It didn't matter whether we had the most perfect parents of all time or whether they were only human ones who made mistakes. We were who we were, a confused person with both negative and positive qualities and probably unaware at the time of how to retain the positive and discard the negative.
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Written by Stephen Thomson
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:07 |
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Anxiety, to some extent is required to alert you to dangers. But it becomes a problem when a person gets feeling of anxiety and fear for no obvious reason. In anxiety attack, person gets a strong and abrupt feeling of fear and anxiety. He can get anxiety attack anytime and anywhere, whether he is alone or at home or in public. Panic disorder is condition in which a person experiences frequent and recurrent episodes of anxiety or panic attacks.
Symptoms of anxiety attack include racing heartbeat, dizziness, lightheadedness, palpitation, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, feeling of choking, chest pain or discomfort, chills or hot flushes and nausea.
Health problems like heart disease, thyroid diseases and breathing disorders can also produce similar symptoms. So, if you are getting any of these symptoms, consult your physician to determine the cause of symptoms. Panic attack can be treated with medications and psychological therapy like cognitive and behavior therapy.
Self care tips to reduce the anxiety attacks.
If you get frequent anxiety attacks, you can follow certain steps to reduce the distress of symptoms of panic attack.
Learn some relaxation techniques like meditation, muscle relaxation, relaxed breathing, deep breathing exercises, yoga and guided imagery or visualization. These relaxation methods will help you to reduce the discomfort and duration of the symptoms like palpitation, sweating, trembling etc. Find ways to calm yourself in the initial stages to avert a full-blown panic attack.
You should get adequate sleep in night. Studies have shown that sleep disturbances are commonly associated with anxiety disorders like generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorders.
Avoid intake of stimulants such as caffeine and alcohol and other stimulants in your diet. These stimulants may trigger or worsen the symptoms of anxiety attacks.
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Written by Hale Dwoskin
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:05 |
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There are four great ways to apply the Law of Attraction in your life:
1) Letting go of the negative with The Sedona Method
2) Giving without wanting something back in return
3) Getting Into Action
4) Following your heart.
This article is the second in the series on applying the Law of Attraction and focuses on getting into action.
Why is it important to get into action?
If you simply fantasize about how great it is going to be to have what you want, but you don’t take action, you are engaging in “magical thinking.” When you let go of fantasy and take action to achieve your goals, you deal with what is actually here now and take the appropriate actions to bring what you want to you. You also make yourself available to unexpected ways of attracting success.
Many people, when they attempt to create what they want in their lives, pretend that there is nothing they need to do in order to create what they want. This is true if you have completely let go of the negative; however, it does not work if you have any doubt or subconscious hold-backs about what you are trying to create.
For most of us, it is much more practical to get into at least some action to achieve our goals. Otherwise we simply spend time imagining how great it will be to get our goals without noticing that there may be action required to achieve them.
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Written by Grant Eckert
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:01 |
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Everyone feels anxious at some point in their lives. Whether they are under a lot of stress at work, in a bad relationship, or simply having troubles dealing with their responsibilities, each of us has had a moment where we began to worry. This reaction is something that we all share on a day to day basis, but for some, it's not something that's normal or easy to get a handle on. For those, as well as the rest of us, we need to think about managing our anxiety instead of simply responding to it.
Isn't Anxiety Normal?
There are a lot of good reasons why we become anxious when under stress. For example, when we are put into a life threatening situation, the stress activates our flight or flight response so that we can protect ourselves or someone else. Anxiety helps us to realize when things area going the way they should be and when we need to start looking for other answers or solutions.
But not all anxiety is normal. Being worried is something we can rarely avoid, but being worried about things we can not control can often begin to control us as people. These kinds of worriers will often be paralyzed by fears of things that might happen, causing them to be unable to function in everyday society. This is 'bad' anxiety.
Instead of just thinking that you have to live with your anxiety levels - no matter how high or low they are - you can take three steps to begin to manage your stress levels and get on with your life.
Key #1: Find Out the Cause
Nailing down the cause of your anxiety shouldn't stress you out. In truth, there are probably hundreds of things that make you anxious on a daily basis. But to start to recognize the triggers for your anxiety reactions, you will need to make some sort of list of the things that you do feel worried about. Try to keep this list short, focusing on the things that make you worried right now at this particular moment. This will help you understand what you can and what you can not actually change in your life.
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