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Self-Acceptance: The Key That Unlocks Everything
Here’s a bold claim — one worth sitting with for a moment: True happiness is self-acceptance.
Not — achieving the next goal — earning more money — finally getting anxiety under control — waiting until Continue reading “Self-Acceptance: The Key That Unlocks Everything”
Social Anxiety – How to Tackle It
Social anxiety is one of the most common anxiety disorders. An estimated 1 in 10 people may be affected by it.
I struggled with social anxiety for most of my life, but eventually recovered.
It can be a particularly Continue reading “Social Anxiety – How to Tackle It”
Anxiety Symptoms
Anxiety is very creative. It is a master at coming up with all kinds of weird and not-so-wonderful symptoms. They can be almost anything.
Anxiety symptoms are Continue reading “Anxiety Symptoms”
How Anxiety Works: Understanding What’s Really Happening Beneath the Surface
Have you wondered why you cannot control your anxiety, or make it go away? It’s because of how anxiety works.
Much of what happens takes place Continue reading “How Anxiety Works: Understanding What’s Really Happening Beneath the Surface”
Recovering from Anxiety – The Truth (and Why It’s Worth the Wait)
Recovering from anxiety is not just possible—it’s better than you imagined. In this post, you’ll learn what real recovery looks like, why temporary relief is not Continue reading “Recovering from Anxiety – The Truth (and Why It’s Worth the Wait)”
The Claire Weekes Method for Anxiety Recovery
Dr. Claire Weekes was an Australian physician who pioneered a groundbreaking method for overcoming anxiety through acceptance. She wrote many books on this topic that are Continue reading “The Claire Weekes Method for Anxiety Recovery”
When Anxiety Returns
One of the hardest things during recovery is to accept when anxiety returns after we have felt good for a while. It feels as scary as it did before, and our instinctive reaction is to fight it or run from it. But of course, that just Continue reading “When Anxiety Returns”
Situations are not the Source of your Anxiety
For those who are in the anxiety state, situations that trigger your anxiety are not the source of it. For that reason, resolving those situations does not get rid of the anxiety, which just Continue reading “Situations are not the Source of your Anxiety”
Dealing with Pain
Many anxiety sufferers have an issue with physical pain in addition to their anxiety condition. Their usual reaction is to try to get rid of it. But it rarely works. Not surprisingly perhaps, the approach that is effective in dealing with physical pain is the same as with the emotional pain of anxiety Continue reading “Dealing with Pain”
Panic Attacks, Avoidance, and Agoraphobia
Panic attacks occur when we have a powerful reaction to anxious symptoms and feelings. We add a lot of second fear, and, believing we are in grave danger, our sympathetic nervous system Continue reading “Panic Attacks, Avoidance, and Agoraphobia”