Preaching Against Mental Health Stigma
Yes, I look like a maniac in that picture, but that's okay, because I am stigma free. You see, since I was a kid I was the 'head case' because I had something no one knew much about, Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It started about the time I was nine years old.
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Kill the Stigma
If you develop heart trouble, what do you do?
If you develop liver trouble, what do you do?
If you develop a problem with any organ of your body, what do you do?
You go to the doctor. Are you ashamed? No.
Then why is it, when your brain,which is the most important organ in your body, do you refuse to seek help, and let your choice about your own health, be left up to stigma.
That doesn't make any sense to me. Does it to you?
Did You Know?
- Did you know That Worry And Anxiety Can Lead To Infertility?
- One in four people have an anxiety disorder.
- One in ten people have a form of a phobia.
- One in 50 people have OCD.
- Anxiety & depression often exist together.
- Anxiety may cause significant changes in how your body functions.
- Anxiety does not discriminate; children as well as the elderly can experience anxiety.
Articles to read today
I get ton of articles from various sources each day, and I will update this section fairly often to keep your eyes peeled and keep coming back!
- The Four Tempraments
- Alicia Sparks is the official Anxiety Blogger for b5media, and I like her work.
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Read and judge for yourself. It's a little too early for me to take it seriously.
- Breathe Slowly not Deeply
- ...to control Anxiety and Panic attacks. He's right of course, but sometimes breathing deeply, slowly, works pretty well also. ;-)
- Why Anxiety Matter
- This is from my web page, so it's sure to be brilliant. Okay, now, stopped all that coughing and gagging! Seriously, it is heart felt essay.
Articles from Science Daily
Expect a wide range of informative articles. Feel free to explore the site, they have tons of information for anxiety.
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Sites and Sites some more
This is the generic list. I plan a more detailed list to go along with my particular viewpoint haha.
- MedlinePlus: Anxiety
- A good starting source for information for both patients and family members.
- National Institute of Mental Health
- The source for way more than just articles about your condition. Notice Research in the bottom right corner.
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America, ADAA, Triumph Over ...
- Resources for those suffering from or interested in learning more about generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder ...
- Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General - Chapter 4
- The anxiety disorders include panic disorder (with and without a history of ... In the United States, 1-year prevalence for all anxiety disorders among ...
- NIMH · Anxiety Disorders · Complete Publication
- Anxiety Disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (about 18%) in a given year,1 causing them to be filled with fearfulness ...
- eMedicine - Anxiety Disorders : Article by William R Yates
- Anxiety disorders are common psychiatric disorders. Many patients with anxiety disorders experience physical symptoms re.
- Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adults
- Articles on the diagnosis and treatment of separation anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and agoraphobia.
- ScienceDirect - Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 21, Issue 6 ...
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved ... The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency in social anxiety ...
- MedWorm: Medicine RSS
- Visit MedWorm for medicine RSS feeds. It's a great place to look up information on a wide variety of medical and health related subjects. Use it, but be ready to read some heavy medical terminology
- NAMI
- Women & Depression
NAMI self-help brochure discusses causes, symptoms, life stages and treatment for depression.
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Life Transformed
What Was I Waiting For?
When I was nine years old I sat on my cool, curved slide, that was just one of the many things that made my yard, the best play yard on the block. Every day kids filled the yard and we all had fun.
One day I was sitting on that slide around sunset, feeling pretty darn good about myself when it hit me, the sadness, the full existential weight of hopelessness and sadness in all the world descended onto my nine year old shoulders.
I started to cry.
That set my parents on a mission to find out why their perfectly normal nine year old son was now a very sad little boy.
Forty-one years later I am a fifty year old man who only recently was given the right combination of medications. What does that mean? It means that I am free of anxiety, and the depression that ran underneath all the anxiety.
Time and experience with anxiety attacks has taught me that they are biochemcial in nature, and often don't have their root in a particular pattern of thought. As my doctor said, "It's in your hardwiring."
It is a mistake, however, to assume that Cognitive Therapy has nothing to offer. When anxiety attacks came for me, my mind would latch onto almost anything that maybe could make sense of why such a horrible thing was happening to me.
Needless to say, I was always wrong about the reason for my anxiety attack. It wasn't until
Ladies and Gentlemen, I will continue to update this tomorrow, right now it's time to go watch a movie. So until then, TA Ta!
One day I was sitting on that slide around sunset, feeling pretty darn good about myself when it hit me, the sadness, the full existential weight of hopelessness and sadness in all the world descended onto my nine year old shoulders.
I started to cry.
That set my parents on a mission to find out why their perfectly normal nine year old son was now a very sad little boy.
Forty-one years later I am a fifty year old man who only recently was given the right combination of medications. What does that mean? It means that I am free of anxiety, and the depression that ran underneath all the anxiety.
Time and experience with anxiety attacks has taught me that they are biochemcial in nature, and often don't have their root in a particular pattern of thought. As my doctor said, "It's in your hardwiring."
It is a mistake, however, to assume that Cognitive Therapy has nothing to offer. When anxiety attacks came for me, my mind would latch onto almost anything that maybe could make sense of why such a horrible thing was happening to me.
Needless to say, I was always wrong about the reason for my anxiety attack. It wasn't until
Ladies and Gentlemen, I will continue to update this tomorrow, right now it's time to go watch a movie. So until then, TA Ta!
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