Please share an interesting fact about anxiety.

Vision: Vision loss can exacerbate anxiety, just as any life stressor can.

Worrying: Worrying is just healing imagery in reverse. Use your creativity to visualize positive outcomes.

Anxiety: Anxiety is an anticipating fear. You anticipate something happening, worry and then are anxious.

Exercise: Exercise is good for both body and mind. It may help reduce anxiety or depression.

Know: Know what causes your anxiety. Can you solve a problem to reduce your anxiety?

Myth:: Myth: anxiety is caused solely by stressful events. Truth: one's thoughts usually play biggest role.

Remember: Remember to breathe slowly and deeply, three times will make you feel better immediately!

Walk: Walk and light exercise when anxious.

When: When you feel anxious, close your eyes and count to 10 slowly while inhaling deeply with each count.

Anxiety: Anxiety attacks differ from panic attacks. People can maintain an anxiety attack for a long time.

Anxiety: Anxiety attacks can cause physical symptoms like breathlessness, chest pressure, and palpitations.

Panic: Panic attacks usually peak quickly and end within 20 minutes.

Acute: Acute panic: dissolve valium/xanax under tongue; faster relief but doesn't last as long.

Try: Try using essential oils like lavender oil. Place behind your ear or in the palms of hands.

Somatoform: Somatoform symptoms in anxiety are physical symptoms reflecting the body's need to stop stress.

Anxiety: Anxiety gone wild #3: it'll get u hung up on "what if's" & keep yourself from enjoying what's happening now.

Anxiety: Anxiety gone wild #5: it'll get you asking repeatedly for reassurance that will never satisfy you.

People: People think outside events cause anxiety. But only how our brain interprets events causes anxiety.

Deep: Deep breathing, (longer exhale than inhale) and many herbs can help: lemon balm, bacopa, milky oats.

Tylenol (acetaminophen): Tylenol (acetaminophen) has some mild anti-anxiety effects in addition to pain relief. It is centrally acting!

Once: Once in a while, anxiety is related to having too much thyroid hormone. Worth checking!

Excessive: Excessive anxiety feels like work but gets nothing done. Substitute effective action for worry.

When: When using sertraline or zoloft, one might avoid eating grapefruit. Speak to your doctor.

Anxiety: Anxiety causes shallow breathing. Practicing controlled breathing has a calming effect.

Nothing: Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain.

Anxiety: Anxiety = a warning light for your car's engine. Pay attention to it and get a mental health check.

Anxiety: Anxiety may present as generalized anxiety or as panic attacks.

Depending: Depending on the genetic combination of val met genes you could be predisposed to anxiety.

Ask: Ask yourself what's worst that can happen?. Fear of failing is usually worse than the reality.

Most: Most worries that cause anxiety never come true.

Anxious: Anxious peoe tend to spend more time thinking about fear instead of facing fear, hence avoid it.

Concentrating: Concentrating on your strenghts rather than your weakness will help alleviate anxiety.

Recreational: Recreational drugs can affect the brain and lead to anxiety problems.

Doubt: Doubt can be more cruel than reality.

Golfing: Golfing for some is relaxation & for others the opportunity to let out their frustration.

People: People can have a panic attack under great duress without having panic disorder.

Phobophobia: Phobophobia is the fear of phobias, or those things that people fear.

Xenophobia: Xenophobia is an irrational fear of that which is foreign or strange.

Ailurophobia: Ailurophobia is the irrational fear of cats.

Many: Many perfectionists have a condition called atychiphobia. This is the irrational fear of failure.

Aviophobia: Aviophobia is the irrational fear of flying/flight.

Coulrophobics: Coulrophobics should avoid the circus. They irrationally fear clowns.

Iatrophobia: Iatrophobia is the irrational fear of seeing doctors.

Nomophobia: Nomophobia is the irrational fear of losing cell phone contact. It is a serious problem in today.

Pharmacophobia: Pharmacophobia is the irrational fear of taking medication.

Trypanophobia: Trypanophobia is the irrational fear of needles, such as in medical procedures and injections.

Dikigorosophobia: Dikigorosophobia is the irrational fear of lawyers. It is not exclusive to those being sued.

Anxiety: Anxiety is spoken of as one thing when in fact there are many types of anxieties.

People: People who have stress at work or at home can have anxiety. Anxiety affects more women than men.

Feeling: Feeling anxious is normal. However, a continuing problem with anxiety is called generalized anxiety.

People: People with gad feel tense and worried much of the time, and some always feel this way.

GAD: Gad is fairly common, often occurring before age 18. It affects more women than men.

Certain: Certain medical conditions, such as colitis, asthma, hypertension, heart disease, ulcers & headache.

Some: Some people have times of extreme anxiety in certain situations. These are called panic attacks.

GAD: Gad is also more likely in people who expect things to be perfect, are tired or overwhelmed.

Some: Some people have panic attacks (extreme anxiety in certain situations).

Phobias: Phobias (anxiety caused by fears, such as of heights, or social situations, such as public speaking).

Panic: Panic attack other symptoms include pounding heart, shortness of breath, sweating, muscle tension et.

People: People with gad feel tense and worried.

Other: Other symptoms include restlessness, tiredness, diffi culty concentrating, irritability, muscle tens.

The: The doctor makes the diagnosis after doing an examination and checking symptoms.

Doctor: Doctor may order blood tests or other tests to make sure another illness such as overactive thyroid.

People: People diagnosed with gad have had tension and worry most days for at least 6 months.

They: They cannot control worrying even when reassured by others.

Forms: Forms of anxiety in addition to gad, panic attacks, and phobias include obsessive-compulsive disorde.

Anxiety: Anxiety caused by legal drugs (e.g., caffeine) or drugs of abuse (e.g., amphetamines, cocaine), .

The: The doctor tries to fi nd out, by taking a medical history, whether a medical condition or substance.

Drugs: Drugs producing anxiety include corticosteroids (e.g., prednisone), antidepressants, prozac, (fluoxetine) inhaler.

Meds: Meds causing anxiety thyroid medicine, diet pills, and over-the-counter medicines, antihistamines.

Too: Too much caffeine can worsen anxiety.

Medicine: Medicine to help symptoms include benzodiazepines, suchas alprazolam, lorazepam, and Clonazepam etc.

Anti-anxiety: Anti-anxiety medications, such as Buspirone can help.

Regular: Regular exercise, such as walking and swimming, can reduce stress and tension.

Some: Some drugs, including corticosteroids and diet pills, can cause anxiety.

Many: Many people benefit from therapy and can help discover why they are anxious.

Regular: Regular exercise, such as walking and swimming, also helps reduce stress and tension.

DO: Do make life changes to reduce stress. Join a support group if you think that may help.

The: The most common symptoms include weight loss, excessive exercise, menstrual periods that stop.

Phobias: Phobias are overwhelming, unreasonable fears of objects or situations that aren’t really very danger.

The: The most common phobias are specific: fear of flying, heights (acrophobia), spiders(arachnophobia).

Social: Social phobias are serious, long-lasting fears of social situations with exposure to unfamiliar peop.

Most: Most phobias begin in teenage years, but phobias of animals, blood, storms, and water.

More: More women than men have specific phobias. About equal numbers of males and females have social phob.

No: No specific cause is known. However, phobias tend to run in families and some begin after a trauma.

Social: Social phobias are fears of social situations. The cause isn’t known.

Phobias: Phobias often produce rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, feeling a lump in the throat, chest tight.

Exposure: Exposure to phobia-related situations almost always causes severe anxiety, which may lead to panic.

Other: Other situations, such as riding in an elevator, are hard to avoid.

People: People cannot control their fears and cannot function normally.

They: They may have problems at work because of social phobia.

The: The doctor makes a diagnosis from a medical history. Blood tests may be done to rule out medical d/o.

Phobias: Phobias both drugs and behavioral treatments are used.

Drugs: Drugs are better for social phobias. They reduce anxiety.

Exposure-based: Exposure-based treatments are best for specific phobias—fear of blood, injections, dentists, animals.

Treatment: Treatment aims to reduce fear to a level that doesn’t cause major distress.

Treatment: Treatment for social phobia usually lasts several months, but treatment of specific phobias is short.

Mostpeople: Mostpeople with phobias of animals, blood, orinjections can overcomephobias in one session of beh.

Medicines: Medicines can help panic disorders that result from specific phobias.

These: These drugs reduce some signs of anxiety, especially rapidheartbeat and a pounding heart.

Exposure-based: Exposure-based treatments are best for specific phobias, including fear of blood, injections, dentist.

Exposure: Exposure seems to work best when sessions are spaced close together.

Long: Long exposures seem better than short exposures for phobias.

Gradual: Gradual exposure to feared objects (animals) or situations (driving cars) is the most common behavio.

Biofeedback,: Biofeedback, hypnosis, or other methods help people reduce anxiety and control heart rates.

Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy = best 1st treatment 4 anxiety meds should only b used if talk therapy doesn't work.

Phobias: Phobias 101: acarophobia- fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.

Phobias: Phobias 101: ithyphallophobia is a fear of viewing, thinking of or having an erect penis.

Phobias: Phobias 101: odontophobia is a fear of teeth or surgery involving teeth.

Phobias: Phobias 101: clithrophobia (cleithrophobia) is a fear of being enclosed.

Obesophobia: Obesophobia is a fear of gaining weight.

Phobias: Phobias 101: radiophobia is a fear of radiation or x-rays.

Phobias: Phobias 101: cyberphobia is a fear of computers or computer use.

Phobias: Phobias 101: astrophobia is a fear of stars (celestial space).

Phobias: Phobias 101: optophobia is a fear of opening your eyes.

Phobias: Phobias 101: kinesophobia is a fear of movement /motion.

Phobias: Phobias 101: cainophobia is a fear of novelty or newness.

With: With generalized anxiety you fret about the future. With depression it's the past, together there is no present.

Phobias: Phobias 101: phonophobia- fear of voices, one's own voice or of telephones.

Phobias: Phobias 101: rectophobia is a fear of the rectum or rectal diseases.

Phobias: Phobias 101: necrophobia is a fear of death or dead things.

Phobias: Phobias 101: agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces.

Phobias: Phobias 101: homophobia a fear of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.

Phobias: Phobias 101: bathmophobia is a fear of stairs or steep slopes.

Phobias: Phobias 101: kolpophobia is a fear of genitals, particularly female.

Phobias: Phobias 101: defecaloesiophobia is a fear of painful bowels movements.

Phobias: Phobias 101: amychophobia is a fear of scratches or being scratched.

Phobias: Phobias 101: climacophobia is a fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.

Phobias: Phobias 101: sitophobia or sitiophobia is a fear of food or eating.

Phobias: Phobias 101: eisoptrophobia is a fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.

Phobias: Phobias 101: cenophobia or centophobia is a fear of new things or ideas.

Phobias: Phobias 101: hygrophobia is a fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.

Phobias: Phobias 101 soteriophobia is a fear of dependence on others.

Phobias: Phobias 101: peccatophobia is a fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.

Cognitive: Cognitive behavioral therapy is a very effective form of treatment for anxiety.

Common: Common medical problems commonly occur ; uncommon ones are common in those in whom they occur.

Exercise: Exercise is one of the best outlets for anxiety. Can even avoid meds!

The: The greatest prison that people live in is the fear of what other people think. --unknown.

Love: Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head. Mignon mclaughlin.

Pain: Pain and anxiety feed into each other, so make sure to treat both!

There: There are great apps to help you learn to relax on your own. Try breathe2relax, created by dod.