Does the thought of a dental visit or doing something new cause an anxious feeling in you? Many people do! It’s not unusual to be afraid of these things. Nevertheless, if your fears become crippling or disallow you to enjoy your daily activities, you could be suffering from an anxiety or panic illness. Anxiety and [...]
To a lot of people ‘stress’ means something unpleasant. But psychologists tell us that stress is something that can actually have positive effects. Why the confusion? It all depends on how you evaluate or frame your own mental and physical state. Here are a couple of examples that may help clear this up. Imagine two [...]
When I’m stressed out I either shut down or overreact. If my daughter comes home late I may raise my voice or talk without even trying to listen. If someone I care about psychically injures me, I may avoid her or carefully word any interaction I have with her to steer clear of confronting the [...]
I believe that Michael Jackson was one of the most talented entertainers of our era. In the 70’s I rode around blasting “I’ll be there”, “ABC” and “Got to be there” out of my AM radio from my Burgundy 1964 Chrysler New Yorker that my dad and I painted. I loved Michael’s stuff. Now I [...]
I don’t know about you but what I have found is living in today’s hectic world is enough to produce anxiety in the most mellow of souls. People that are more nervous and worry more by nature are far more vulnerable to the physical symptoms of anxiety. Even when things are going just fine, there [...]
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary Of all the things that regularly affect me negatively it’s the stress response or, more commonly known, the fight of flight response. The fight or flight response is your body’s natural reaction to a stressful event. The stress response is really a [...]
When the pressure is too intense or when it lasts too long you can feel overloaded by stress. Stress overload can negatively affect you both mentally and physically. This is known as chronic stress. Chronic stress, simply put is being overloaded with stress on an ongoing basis. It’s when your fight or flight response is [...]
Lately, stress has received a lot of bad press causing a lot of people to believe that all stress is bad. This simply isn’t true. While stress can be bad, or at least perceived as bad, it’s not necessarily bad. Some stress is actually positive and can be helpful, depending on the situation. All stress [...]
I’ve found that in order to talk about certain things it’s good to define them. Stress is a word that covers many differing situations and your body’s reaction to them. For example, you had a fight with your spouse. You have an impossible deadline for a project your boss gave you only yesterday. Traffic is [...]
