It may seem obvious that anxious people will be even more anxious in a car full of loud music, a cell phone, and a crying baby or two. Yet we live in a world of noise and distraction. At some level most of us are “used to” too much stimulation. […]
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder. The simple mindfulness exercises from DBT have since proven effective for treating people in the grips of suicidal depression and self-harming behaviors like cutting. DBT has also proven useful for treating anxiety because of […]
With driving anxiety disorder, we make ourselves unnecessarily anxious with our disaster-oriented, irrational thoughts about the future. We tend to assume these thoughts are “true,” when in fact they’re just thoughts. Learn how to change anxious feelings about driving by changing your thoughts with these positive affirmations for anxiety. Chronic […]
Procrastination: The art of putting off until tomorrow what you could have done today. Procrastination: The bane of every anxiety disorder sufferer’s existence. Procrastination, oh how I hate you! If I had to name the one anxiety disorder-related characteristic that’s caused me the most suffering, I’d undoubtedly have to choose procrastination. It’s the most tenacious, […]
What is tapping for anxiety?Have you heard of tapping before? I hadn’t either until about four years ago. Also called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), tapping for anxiety is…well, exactly what it sounds like. It’s a brain/body/emotions reprogramming technique where you tap gently on different parts of the body with your fingertips […]