Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment - 7 Steps To Recovery
Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009Before we get to the main discussion, let's see what a social anxiety disorder is. It is a social phobia. In more plain words, it refers to a mental state where people suffer the irrational fear of unsuccessfully facing some special social situations. The majority of the people suffer such ...
People Phobia: Agoraphobia and its burden on the sufferer
Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009People phobia, also known as agoraphobia, often describes the fear of embarrassment in front of others. Subconsciously, they feel their people phobia is a sign of weakness, something else to be embarrassed about. It is not uncommon to have agoraphobia cause a vicious circle in which their shame of being ...
Common ADHD Behavior Problems and What to Do About Them
Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009ADHD behavior problems can be frustrating for parents and for kids. Since these problems can affect a child's ability to learn and do well in school and his relationships with others, it is essential to learn the best strategies for dealing with them. In this article, you'll learn three important ...
Natural Treatment for Panic Disorder:Exposure Therapy Exposed!
Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009Natural treatment for panic disorder and chronic anxiety involves focusing on the actual triggers of a sufferer's panic. This may include, train travel, driving, shops, even walking down the street. Once the usual triggers are identified, a therapist can use one of two usual methods of eliminating the panic. One ...
Am I Having a Heart Attack or a Panic Attack ? And how embarrassing will this be?
Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009If you are reading this, you already know the answer! You know the answer because you may have thought you were having a heart attack...yet here you are, Mr. or Mrs. Survivor. Your heart was going a million miles an hour, you could hear your pulse in your ears, you ...
Coping With Anxiety
Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009If you have never experienced an anxiety attack, you cannot know the emotional toll that it takes on your body. Coping with anxiety is a problem many in our society need to do. This problem is so widespread and includes people from every walk of life. The first step in learning to deal with ...
Physical, Mental and Chronic Stress
Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009Stress, kind of a funny word don't you think? It is a weird word, but the backlash that it has on our bodies is not funny at all. Are you cognizant of what is going on inside when you feel the anxiety come on? Have you ever thought about how ...
Treatment for Panic Disorders: Understanding Why They Happen and What You Can Do
Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009Have you been wondering what is available as treatment for panic disorders? You may want to know why panic attacks come about in the first place and what on earth to do about them. If you are a sufferer you will know just how limiting they can be – you ...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Anxiety: Common Thinking Errors
Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009The theory of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is that emotions are closely linkedto cognition. Put more simply, CBT says that "the way you think affects the way you feel". People who think anxious thoughts will end up feeling anxious. As a psychiatrist in Edinburgh a significant proportion of my ...
Causes of Agoraphobia
Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009Agoraphobia is derived from the Greek words Agora and Phobo. The meaning of this is fear of marketplace. This kind of disorder is not fear of open spaces. Instead, it is a fear of crowded events or places. In this article, I would like to give light on the causes ...