Have you ever found yourself walking through a public mall where you feel you're the center of attention and everyone is watching you? Or maybe you've been to a dinner event and become so self conscious that the other diners are watching your every move that you've been too nervous to enjoy yourself. If these or similar situations have happened to you, you could be suffering from social anxiety...

Common Symptoms in GAD - general anxiety disorder may vary a lot from one sufferer to another. The intensity of the symptoms are all influenced by the level of stress that one is going through.Some of the most common symptoms that anxiety sufferers often experience are: trembling, numbness, hopeless fear, chills, hot flashes, heart palpitations, chest pain, difficulty breathing, feeling guilty,...

Anxiety and Depression are the emotional disorders of two different kinds. Anxiety is a type of an emotional disturbance caused due to imbalances in the body. Depression, on the other hand, is a psychological problem caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. In both the conditions, a person becomes lethargic and his or her appetite decreases. Anxiety and Depression has a variety of...

Copyright 2005 Sharon Lowell Letting go I'd like to throw out the question to us both "what do we needlessly hold on to?" Interesting question, isn't it? This question seems simple on the surface to answer, but upon investigation into the deepest secret parts of our minds, and that being extremely complex. I desperately hung on to guilt, hurt, rage, disappointment and especially pity for...

All right fellow anxiety-sufferers, here is one of the first articles I am writing about changing anxious thinking. There are many various methods one can use to reduce his or her anxious thoughts including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and deep breathing exercises. But, they both boil down to one main point, and that is that they focus on stopping anxious thoughts. CBT can involve many...