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I am a senior social work student and am planning on attending graduate school in the Fall. I have made a strong recovery from anxiety and have an excellent way with words, so I am attempting to put that skill to use by writing articles. I currently write

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Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Life Overcoming obstacles in personal struggles: 4 of 25

Those of us afflicted with anxiety often find that we are telling ourself that we are "idiots, should have known better, should be able to do better, should not be anxious in this situation," or any other number of self-critical comments. We often feel as though all we are is anxious, that we are the only ones to blame for o...
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Recognizing your own internal dialogue gives you greater freedom: 2 of 12

One of the most powerful ways for a person to assess himself or herself is to monitor his or her internal dialogue. But, what is internal dialogue, and how does one identify it? Internal dialogue is the words a person uses to describe him or herself, but these are the thoughts that arrive naturally inside the person's mind. ...
Health & Fitness > Anxiety & Panic Disorders The best way to handle your anxiety problems: 1 of 3

So what happens when a person first identifies that he or she suffers from an anxiety disorder? For all of us, thousands of thoughts are pouring through our brain at the same moment. I'm a freak! What do I do? What's wrong with me? Is there any cure? To further worsen the situation, many of us have lives that are full of all...
Health & Fitness > Mental Health (Other) The social outcast: Coping with the silence: 1 of 3

Many of us have struggled with severe anxiety for years, perhaps decades and generations. Some of us have been anxious for many years and have just recently identified anxiety as a struggle in our lives. Then, some others are struggling their way through the recovery process, which seems daunting, if not impossible, at times...
Health & Fitness > Anxiety & Panic Disorders Hypervigilance: What it is and how it affects your anxiety level: 1 of 3

Hypervigilance is a large word, but it is easy to understand, and all anxiety-sufferers engage in this act to some degree. So, what is hypervigilance? I'll spare our readers from a difficult-to-understand book definition of the word and boil it down in this way: hyprevigilance is when an anxiety sufferer is excessively aware...
Health & Fitness > Anxiety & Panic Disorders Ways to combat anxiety attacks: 12 of 30

One thing that many of us anxiety-sufferers have trouble with is that sometimes we believe that everything will just come to us in our own time. This article will assert that is the case, but only if we do our part and do the work that is required of us. Although this article is written from the perspective of a social anxie...
Health & Fitness > Anxiety & Panic Disorders Choosing the proper anti-anxiety medication: 6 of 15

The topic of medication is always a controversy in our modern age. American society, most of all the Western nations, wants everything done immediately, and medication sometimes appears to be a viable shortcut. But, is medication necessarily a good choice for you? The first thing to determine is whether one needs it or not, ...
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Is knowledge truly power?: 27 of 63

Our society, and many others like it, is plagued by cliches, some of which are true, but most of which are not. Time will not be spent on arguing which ones are not true, but one that is true is that knowledge is power, and this article will demonstrate why this is true in relation to anxiety. The first thing that is importa...
Health & Fitness > Anxiety & Panic Disorders Overcoming anxiety: 5 of 11

Many different methods exist to help people recover from anxiety, and what works for one may not work at all for another; there are few rules - many parts of anxiety recovery contradict one another based on the person. The notion that a certain authority makes contradictory claims should not come as a surprise to anyone beca...
Health & Fitness > Anxiety & Panic Disorders Overcoming fear and anxiety: 3 of 6

So, you have suspected for some time now that you might have some difficulties with anxiety. Now that you have some idea that you have these difficulties, what should you do? The first step to take is to complete some sort of self-assessment that will help aid your decision. Many quality, and free, self-assessments can be fo...