Anxiety may be triggered by your body, not your head

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Have you been diagnosed with anxiety or depression? If so, do any of the following scenarios, based on actual people and events, sound familiar? Jordan feels constantly tense and nervous and startles at the slightest noise, jumps at a stranger brushing past him, winces at bright lights and, as the day goes by, feels progressively fatigued and depleted. He worries constantly that he won't make it through the day and meet his family and work obligations. He's been diagnosed with generalized … [Read more...]

Your Anxiety May Not Be “All In Your Head”

Are you tense, nervous, irritable, and explosive? Do you constantly worry and find it hard to sleep? Do you sometimes feel intense apprehension and feelings of terror? Are you hypersensitive to noise, bright lights, touch and odors? Do you fear heights or enclosed spaces? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, the number one mental health problem in the United States. At some point in their lifetime, one fourth of the population - … [Read more...]