Category Archives: Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety: Why You Should Get Your Hopes Up Treating anxiety you have to teach yourself not to be dismissive, learn not to auto-pilot the waves of panic. Not everything’s about ‘getting over it’. Doesn’t really matter what your “it” is, … Continue reading

What don’t you have if you’re struggling with anxiety? Emotional health. Not the most earth-shattering statement but pertinent, all the same. Do you really know what’s missing, though? I’m not always sure. Even when I think of a definition it … Continue reading

You don’t look sick! No, I don’t. It shouldn’t be an accusation, either. One of the worst parts of having an anxiety disorder, or any other invisible illness, is how hard it is to explain to someone when they don’t … Continue reading

Anxiety likes to keep us in boxes. Little boxes, with four walls and a steady stream of same, same, similar, same. Don’t stray too far now. Don’t, should, must,… and after a while your mind stops using the windows, let … Continue reading

Fear denied, repressed, suppressed, or put out of mind is not fear extinguished. Treating anxiety: ‘as if’ I’ve been told that acting ‘as if’ I’m not nearly as anxious as I am is a helpful thing. It’s also dangerous. As … Continue reading

“The meds don’t work!” I hear it a lot. From rational people. It’s shorthand, a way to tell me that psychiatry has failed them. Unfortunately it’s also used as a vantage point from which to argue that psychiatric medications are … Continue reading

Psychiatric treatment is a relationship between you, your mental illness, your drugs, and your doctor(s). That relationship is what matters most when it comes to ensuring medications treat actual mental health issues. Taking the meds out of clinical practice and … Continue reading

On a scale of 1-10 how annoying is it when therapists ask questions which sound more like triage than psychotherapy? One of my commenters took me to task for not talking much (or indeed at all) about the behavioral side … Continue reading

Mood trackers aren’t just for depression or bipolar. They can help you recognize and manage panic, anxiety and stress. There’s really no such thing as just anxious. Anxiety affects people’s moods and many people struggle with depressive symptoms as well … Continue reading

One of the things that drives me crazier than usual is this notion that anxiety is in overwhelming proportion amenable to rational thought on the part of the person suffering from the anxiety disorder. It’s a persistent idea. It’s also … Continue reading