Does Anxiety Medication Actually Work? What It Is (and Isn't)
Short answer: yes - for most people, anxiety medication does work. Well-researched options like SSRIs and SNRIs meaningfully reduce worry, physical tension, and that ...
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Learning to Ride Roller Coasters: Exposure Therapy for Anxiety
Recently, I revisited the concept of inhibitory learning, and once again, it reshaped how I understand anxiety management. There’s something energizing about knowledge that ...
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My Story of Perfectionism and Burnout
Overachieving is made up of emotional urges, ingrained habits, and an incredible amount of lost time. I was constantly driven by the need to achieve, and from the outside, it ...
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Did you know...I have Social Anxiety!
Many of my clients are often surprised to discover that I had social anxiety. Watching my videos or listening to me speak, you'd probably never guess that being around groups of ...
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Anxiety: Magnifying Catastrophizing Snow Balling Mind
Do I Have an Anxious Mind or any other anxiety symptoms? If that question resonates with you, it’s likely your thoughts are no strangers to constant “what if” scenarios and ...
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Adventures in Anxiety Treatment
Have you ever buried a dream so deeply that you’ve forgotten it was there at all? A dream that once felt so unattainable that even allowing yourself to think about it became ...
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Why Am I so Anxious?
I’ve been called “nervous” for as long as I can remember. Even as a child, the label stuck. Looking back now, I can see how early experiences like that quietly shaped the question ...
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Understanding Phobias: The Hidden Architecture of Fear
Oprah Winfrey has a strong aversion to chewing gum. Nicole Kidman suffers from lepidopterophobia (fear of butterflies and moths). Johnny Depp has described a deep fear of clowns. ...
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Conversations with An Anxious Mind
Anxiety can feel like an invisible weight, pressing on your chest, disrupting your focus, and quietly creeping into every corner of your life. It doesn’t only show up in big, ...
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Panic! In the Therapy Room
I chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
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It's My Anxiety.
Phew, anxiety, quite a loaded word. Beyond being a topic of much study and interest in the field of mental healthcare, it has become a trending topic in the pop culture zeitgeist. ...
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Achievement Pressure: What’s So Wrong With Being an Overachiever?
Overachieving is a complex web of perfectionistic behaviors, personality traits, mental health challenges, personal history, and social influences. It doesn't always look like a ...
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