7 Psychiatrist-Backed Tips To Help You Manage Anxiety
8 years, 2 months ago

7 Psychiatrist-Backed Tips To Help You Manage Anxiety

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Jupiterimages via Getty Images People with anxiety disorders often face a sense of worry or dread and spend hours ruminating over worst case scenarios, which can get in the way of professional goals, personal relationships and a good quality of life. This is what Warren calls a “catastrophe scale.” Then ask yourself, “What are the worst possible things that could happen?” Write those things down on the side with the highest values. “Accept yourself with anxiety and notice that you’re not alone.” And it’s true: An anxiety disorder is the most common mental health condition in the country, with nearly 40 million American adults experiencing it over their lifetime. “If it’s serious and you’re paralyzed with anxiety everyday, there are mental health treatments that really work,” Humphreys said.

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Are you organised, driven and conscientious? Then you could be intensely anxious without realising it - and damaging your health, experts say. Here's how to solve it...
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Are you organised, driven and conscientious? Then you could be intensely anxious without realising it - and damaging your health, experts say. Here's how to solve it...

Daily Mail  

When you think of someone suffering from anxiety, you probably don't think of someone scrupulously organised, highly driven and conscientious. Dave Smithson, of the charity Anxiety UK, warns that someone with HFA can be full of self doubt and find themselves constantly looking for perfection in everything they do Dave Smithson, of Anxiety UK, says it is 'a form of …

Self-help strategies to beat anxiety and stress
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Self-help strategies to beat anxiety and stress

Live Mint  

Sheila, a 38-year-old IT professional, led a contented life with her family. Sheila’s symptoms began with sleepless nights, coupled with sporadic bouts of anxiety, often accompanied by breathlessness. Recognising the need for assistance, Sheila reached out to Dr Batra’s, where an extensive case history uncovered the root cause of her anxiety. – Scientists at the Anxiety and Depression Association of …

Is it always bad to be anxious? Tips for people with anxiety to navigate their feelings better
2 years, 1 month ago

Is it always bad to be anxious? Tips for people with anxiety to navigate their feelings better

Hindustan Times  

For people grappling with anxiety, the most important distinction to make is ‘signal’ versus ‘noise’. Tips for people with anxiety to navigate feeling A warning, an indication is communicated in the form of ‘anxiety’ or creates ‘anxious states’ like fear, nervousness etc as a ‘signal’ to bring to the person’s conscious attention that something is really not headed in the …

How to manage panic attacks
2 years, 1 month ago

How to manage panic attacks

Live Mint  

42-year-old male client tells me: “A week ago, I got severe palpitations, my heart was racing, and I was sweating profusely. Now I carry this perennial fear that I may have another panic attack.” Much before the pandemic, there had been an increase in the number of clients, across gender, who talked about experiencing panic attacks. From 2020, though, the …

5 quick exercises to cope with anxiety and depression
2 years, 2 months ago

5 quick exercises to cope with anxiety and depression

Hindustan Times  

Rapid heart beat, sweating and feeling of impending doom; this is all too familiar for a person suffering from anxiety disorders. 5 quick exercises to cope with anxiety and depression Some kind of physical activity even if walking inside the house from one room to another, practicing mindfulness, doing your favourite activity that relaxes you, sleeping well or healthy a …

These Unique Techniques Will Help You Deal With Stress And Anxiety
2 years, 3 months ago

These Unique Techniques Will Help You Deal With Stress And Anxiety

News 18  

Stress and anxiety can often be our biggest enemies. Stress and anxiety can also have a severe impact on our long-term health if we don’t practice stress management. “This technique is a simple grounding exercise that can help calm a racing mind and bring you back to the present and help you to realize you are safe and in control.” …

Mindfulness worked as well for anxiety as drug in study
2 years, 4 months ago

Mindfulness worked as well for anxiety as drug in study

Associated Press  

Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. In September, an influential U.S. health task force recommended routine anxiety screening for adults, and numerous reports suggest global anxiety rates have increased recently, related to worries over the pandemic, political and racial unrest, climate change and financial uncertainties. Instead of ruminating over …

Mindfulness worked as well for anxiety as drug in study
2 years, 4 months ago

Mindfulness worked as well for anxiety as drug in study

LA Times  

A woman meditates on the beach. A new study found that mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. Instead of ruminating over the troubling thought, “you say, ‘I’m having this thought, let that …

7 troubling patterns people with anxiety display
3 years, 1 month ago

7 troubling patterns people with anxiety display

Hindustan Times  

It is normal to feel anxious at some point or the other and at times it pushes you to put that extra effort and succeed. The trouble begins when anxiety starts taking control of your life and leads you towards certain behaviours that may harm you in the long run. With therapy, you can learn how to embrace instead of …

With COVID surging again, here are eight tips to help with your Omicron anxiety
3 years, 3 months ago

With COVID surging again, here are eight tips to help with your Omicron anxiety

LA Times  

There are still many unknowns about Omicron and what the future holds. And that kind of repetition, when it’s out of our control — like when we’re watching COVID-19 cases rise again — can make us feel anxious. But repetition — when we’re calm, analyzing what’s within our control and working on better routines — is also a tool to …

How to harness the power of good anxiety
3 years, 5 months ago

How to harness the power of good anxiety

Live Mint  

Medha Nidhi is no stranger to anxiety; she has struggled with the emotion right from school. Sometimes, she adds, the anxiety even stems from new friendships, she says, “because I am unsure about where my friendships stand, and I tend to jump to conclusions about their feelings for me.” Nidhi says therapy has helped her manage her anxiety better, addressing …

12 Ways Therapists Are Personally Coping With COVID Anxiety (Again)
3 years, 6 months ago

12 Ways Therapists Are Personally Coping With COVID Anxiety (Again)

Huff Post  

LumiNola via Getty Images Therapists are stressed over COVID-19 too, but these habits help them manage it. This reminds me that I’m not alone with what I am experiencing.” -- Alyssa Mancao, a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles “I practice regular self-validation and self-compassion, meaning that I allow and accept the emotions that show up with kindness, and …

Here’s how you can manage anxiety during social distancing and quarantine
5 years ago

Here’s how you can manage anxiety during social distancing and quarantine

Hindustan Times  

In the wake of the global pandemic, the keyword to keeping yourself and all those around you safe is Social Distancing. The outbreak of the coronavirus is unprecedented in that the advice to self-isolate and distance ourselves from others is the exact opposite of what we as human beings want to do in times of crisis.” Here are self-care tips …

Pandemic Panic? These 5 Tips Can Help You Regain Your Calm
5 years ago

Pandemic Panic? These 5 Tips Can Help You Regain Your Calm

NPR  

These 5 Tips Can Help You Regain Your Calm Enlarge this image Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Anxiety thrives on uncertainty. "We've got national anxiety at the moment, a kind of shared stress, and we are all in a state of extreme uncertainty," says Catherine Belling, an associate professor at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of …

Does relaxing make you anxious?
5 years, 5 months ago

Does relaxing make you anxious?

Hindustan Times  

“I suffer so much from anxiety that even when I am not anxious, I worry that it is about to hit me and just worrying about it makes me anxious,” one of psychologist Geetanjali Kumar’s patients told her recently. A recent study by Michelle Newman and Hanjoo Kim of Penn State university has found that while relaxation exercises are meant …

9 Ways Therapists Personally Deal With Anxiety
5 years, 10 months ago

9 Ways Therapists Personally Deal With Anxiety

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As with all things mental health, anxiety is highly individualized, with many symptoms and aspects of the condition existing on a spectrum. Hero Images via Getty Images Sometimes the best thing you can do to quell your anxiety is to acknowledge and embrace that it’s happening in the first place, said Kevin Gilliland, a clinical psychologist and …

10 Anxiety Hacks Therapists Swear By
6 years, 9 months ago

10 Anxiety Hacks Therapists Swear By

Huff Post  

fatihhoca / Getty Images These tricks can help alleviate some anxiety in the moment. “Sensorial stimulation with cold water can break through dissociative feelings that often accompany anxiety and offer immediate relief from heightened cortisol levels,” she explained. “Social media ― and the internet in general ― often heighten anxiety and fear, sometimes through encounters with inaccurate information or information …

For anxiety, a single intervention is not enough
6 years, 9 months ago

For anxiety, a single intervention is not enough

The Hindu  

No matter which treatment they get, only 20% of young people diagnosed with anxiety will stay well over the long term, UConn Health researchers have reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The researchers found that 20% of patients got well after treatment and stayed well, rating low on anxiety at each follow-up. But …

Here's how to beat anxiety without medication, according to a new scientific study
6 years, 11 months ago

Here's how to beat anxiety without medication, according to a new scientific study

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In social situations, it can make …

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