Category Archives: Suicide

Helpless, Hopeless? It Doesn’t Have to Always Be That Way

May 26, 2011 / by / Treating Anxiety

I come up against this wall plenty, in treating anxiety: Combating the sense of hopelessness, of powerlessness, that only too often accompanies the worst symptoms of anxiety disorders. How do I not get stuck when simply feeling things seems way … Continue reading →

When Anxiety Spells Doom: How Harold Camping Makes Us Doubt Ourselves

May 20, 2011 / by / Treating Anxiety

Tomorrow is Judgment Day, according to the followers of Harold Camping. Believers say they will be taken up to Heaven, while the rest of us anxiously await the apocalypse, come October 21 2011. I have to ask: If the end … Continue reading →

How Does it Feel to Survive Suicide? Treating Anxiety

January 27, 2011 / by / Treating Anxiety

I’m somewhat reluctant to blog about this but I have decided to put a few thoughts down as I go. They’re rushed, unfinished thoughts because that’s the nature of the situation: a friend attempted suicide a few days ago. As … Continue reading →