In the past, stressful situations would make my palms sweaty, my heart race, my neck tight and my stomach hurt. When I first started getting these symptoms I could make them go away, but after a while I found myself less able to handle the stress, getting more aggravated and unable to sleep. Soon after [...]
For most people life can be irrational, unfair and fraught with unexpected pitfalls over which you have no control. As John Lennon once said, “Life is what happens as we are busy making plans.” I believe that’s a good philosophy, life will always add its two cents. The problem is that those cents keep mounting [...]
According to the Centers for disease Control and Prevention in any 2-week period, 5.4% of Americans 12 years of age and older experienced some sort of depression. From major depression like being incapacitated, to symptoms like feeling a little blue, many people have been affected by this modern day malady. Understand that not all kinds [...]
We experience stress every day in our lives. It doesn’t matter if you are at work or at home, with so many tasks to do and so many people to take care of, it can be easy to forget to slow down and take care of yourself. Deep breathing and meditation are extremely beneficial ways [...]
Stress affects everyone differently. How does stress affect you? Do you get stressed out about work, your relationships or your finances? Especially in today’s environment there are more than enough stress-induced problems to keep you stressed out all the time. For some, it can feel like you are in a pressure cooker where the pressure [...]
Are you one of the millions currently being affected by anxiety? The truth is that everyone suffers from anxiety at some time or another and our current economic condition is adding to those numbers. If you are suffering from anxiety you might be worrying about a number of things going on in your life. Financial [...]
Right now financial stress seems to be affecting everybody. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. If you somehow managed to meet your financial obligations this month, your car’s probably ready to break down but it doesn’t qualify for the clunker credit. You know what they say, when it rains, it pours. Most of us [...]
Does stress makes you feel like you’re all tied up in knots? The interesting thing is that, in a way, you are. When you are under stress, your muscles get tense which reduces the blood flow to your head, causing it to throb. You really want to make the stress go away, but you feel [...]
Anxiety is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting over 18% or 40 million adults age 18 and older in the United States. According to “The Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders,” a study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, anxiety disorders cost the U.S. more than $42 billion a year. This statistics show [...]
