Heartbreak happens to everyone.  The main difference is how you handle the heartbreak. It is a completely different situation when you are also dealing with anxiety and depression. This makes the recovery process a lot more challenging. Someone who is a long time sufferer of anxiety may not have as much life experience as their peer group.  Because of this, they may have only had friendships and keep other relationships at arm’s length. With romantic partnerships come disagreements, it is only natural.  But  when a person with anxiety has and argument, it can quickly escalate into an emotional whirlwind.  The emotions will cause them to replay the argument over and…

Good self-esteem requires you to accept and value all aspects of yourself.  This means the bad stuff too!  A big part of that is committing  to a sense of acceptance of judgment and moving away from a place of blame. The first thing to do is to accept how you think about yourself. Examine your strength and positive attributes.  Looking at these first will help you accept the parts of yourself that you like less.  In fact, as you look at your strengths you will change how you view yourself overall.  To help you get into this habit, start by listing just one a day. If you are loving and…

I never acknowledged how little I thought about depression until I ended up being stressed. I had no idea how depression can take away your sexual life, leaving you asexual. I never knew it interferes with your ability to be attentive, your energy and your drive to complete things. Not long ago, I was unable to finish watching movies and newspapers. I sent less and fewer emails and daily tasks felt like a burden. What surprised me, even more, was my emotional breakdown. I wasn’t prepared coming face to face with my 2-year-old nephew during this period, or being surrounded by the somber funeral mood and feeling very little of…

Anxiety and stress significantly impact people’s lives. And the best way to resolve them is what people often find the most challenging: to just relax and simply be. Managing stress and learning to relax doesn’t mean you have to go on an expensive vacation, take a leave of absence from work, or go to a health spa for a retreat. Relaxation can be achieved even in the midst of daily stress and chaos. There are many ways to help bring about inner calmness. Here are a few ideas to inspire you and help get you started: Meditate Find a quiet place in your home where you’ll be able to relax.…

Anxiety sits in that middle ground between the physical and the mental which is governed by the hormones. Hormones are the connecting link between mind and emotion. It is very difficult to determine whether the biochemistry governs the emotions or whether the emotions govern the biochemistry. We do know, however, that the mind and the body influence each other constantly. If you are struggling to beat anxiety, helping yourself with a healthy lifestyle is very important. Start off by being careful about what you eat. Sugar, caffeine and alcohol trigger Anxiety Sugar, and refined flour create glucose peaks which require a good quantity of insulin to get back into a…

How many people do you know that are stronger than the fear of death? A person that has suffered from panic attacks, and that has overcome them, can consider himself a member of the most elitist club on earth, nevermind the special forces or the martial arts champions! The real warriors are the anxiety survivors! Anyone who has had a panic attack will tell you it’s the hardest thing they’ve had to go through in life, and they have had to do it completely on their own. No one can help them, and their loved ones have no idea of what they are experiencing. Panic Away details how instead of…

We are the cause of our anxiety. The most hated thing in our lives is something that we create. This concept is unacceptable to most of us, because the suffering is so great that we cannot even begin to imagine that we have any part in creating it. But we do – we “feed the monster” so to speak. Anxiety and panic attacks are something uncontrollable for us, but we light the fuse that make panic attacks flare. In our Panic Away review we explain how Panic Away works in helping you to eliminate anxiety from your life, but what causes Anxiety? What do we feed Anxiety with? Fear Judgment…

he thing about anxiety is that most people think you are looking for attention or trying to get out of doing a certain task at work (or school). This is a very sad and incorrect assumption on a non-sufferer’s part. If you are one of the lucky ones who does not have sudden and crippling anxiety attacks, then reading up on our panic away review – it may give you a new perspective on the disease. And yes, it really is a disease. Anxiety can be mild enough that nobody will ever know when you have an attack, or so severe that you can have trouble breathing, sweat excessively and…