Grounding can be helpful for both general anxiety and anxiety attacks. It is essential to experiment with different techniques and find out what works best for you because everyone is different. You know your body and anxiety best, so it is okay to try something else when an exercise or method isn’t helping enough.
Typically, stress and mental health are treated with medication and therapy. While these have shown to be very effective for many, they still come with risks and side effects. Particularly, medication which can sometimes worsen mental wellbeing
The difficulty with anxiety is it can have a major impact on people’s lives. For example, if you have a fear of public speaking, your anxiety may be holding you back in your career. Or, if you struggle withsocial anxiety disorder, you may find yourself isolated and developing other mental illnesses, such as depression.
It’s natural for us to have some concern over our physical health. In many regards, it’s merely our survival instinct reminding us that we’d like to continue living. However, for many out there, a health anxiety disorder is a very real and debilitating mental health condition.
An all-natural alternative is defined by medication or therapy that contains nothing artificial or synthetic. In many regards, they can be healthier alternatives with fewer side effects.
Highly sensitive people, in general, have very creative minds that tend to overthink in many situations, and this can lead to anxiety. So, remember you’re not alone.
That’s right, we are going to talk about some of the not so fun things about being highly sensitive. Remember, the highs outweigh the lows because highly sensitive people are very creative, empathetic, moved greatly by the arts and feel positive emotions very deeply, etc. But, for this article, let’s focus on some of the harder parts of being an HSP and how to cope with them.
ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response and it’s a small sensation that tingles the skin. Usually, in a static-like way. Beginning near the scalp and moving its way down the lower areas of the body.
There are many out there who struggle with anxiety and are skeptical of the traditional route of treatment. If you’ve skimmed through a news website recently, you were most likely updated into the ever-growing opioid crisis
Trying to find the right job becomes ten times more difficult while you’re also managing a social anxiety disorder (SAD). You want to make sure you’re not only in an environment that understands but allows you to put your symptoms first.
Most people have experienced a feeling of anxiety at some point in their life - before an exam, date or interview - all totally normal. However, more constant feelings of anxiety and an inability to control anxious thoughts could mean a more serious underlying mental health condition. Anxiety is one of the most commonly reported mental health conditions in the world. Anxiety is also an underlying symptom in many other conditions such as panic disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Experiencing a panic attack is exhausting, draining and can take days to recover from. While we sometimes do our best to prevent an escalation into a panic attack, they still can happen. How do we feel like ourselves again following a panic attack? What are some positive coping techniques we can use to improve our self-care?
