Throughout this blog I refer to the fear/adrenaline response. It is the “pseudo-wizard behind the curtain” of a good deal of our anxiety symptoms and I feel that learning about and coming to understand it, is one of the biggest things a person can do to help gain control of…
Read MoreFear, Itself
How many times have you heard the above quote? I know I have probably heard it a hundred times in my life, but I have never really put a whole lot of thought into it. On the surface it seems to me to be an inspiring, yet very general…
Read MorePanic Pointers # 2: Fake It ‘Till You Make It
Most of us with anxiety disorders have pretty big imaginations. That is one of the reasons we have anxiety disorders in the first place. Our minds can create all kinds of dramatic scenarios for us to dwell on, obsess over and panic about – and I don’t think I need…
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