Category: anxiety advice
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IS THERE A PARTICULAR TYPE OF FOOD THAT HELPS REDUCE ANXIETY?
There is not a particular type of food that helps reduce anxiety, but maintaining an overall healthy diet is absolutely primordial. Staying away from alcohol and caffeine has been shown to help reduce anxiety symptoms. Similarly, eating more fruits, avoiding foods with high sodium content like fast foods and processed foods (e.g., chips) has also…
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WHEN SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT MY ANXIETY?
If you are asking this question, it means that you should be concerned. If your anxiety is overwhelming, disrupts your normal functioning, and you feel depressed and unhappy, then you ought to take action. At MindRise, we offer many resources and info to help you overcome or manage your anxiety on your own. However, if…
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WHAT IS THE USE OF LEARNING ABOUT HOW CERTAIN BRAIN REGIONS ARE OVERACTIVE/UNDERACTIVE IN ANXIETY?
It is very helpful when you have anxiety to understand what is actually happening in the brain, because it provides us with an objective fact. Instead of letting our emotions run wild and start believing in catastrophic thoughts about the possibility that we might be losing our mind, we can calmly remind our self that…
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WHAT IS HYPERVENTILATION?
Hyperventilation refers to the act of breathing fast or increasing the respiratory rate. When we breathe normally, we take about 15 to 18 breaths per minute (one breath cycle includes one inhalation and one exhalation); however when we hyperventilate we take about 18 to 20 breaths per minute, and this rate can go up to…
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WHAT IS ANXIETY?
Anxiety is a feeling of dread and uneasiness about something real or imagined “Something real” refers to an event about which you predict a negative outcome. For example, you are uncomfortable with your child playing on a swing, because you are convinced that she will fall and hurt herself. “Something imagined” refers to a scenario…
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WHAT IS AN ANXIETY DISORDER?
Anxiety becomes disordered when it has become a burden to you. It interrupts your normal rhythm, prevents you from functioning properly in society, is overwhelming, and makes you miserable. Psychology identifies six most common anxiety disorders according to the source of the anxiety:
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WHAT IS A PANIC ATTACK?
A panic attack is a short episode of intense anxiety accompanied by acute bodily symptoms such as increased respiration, fast heartbeat, sweating, dizziness, etc… (among many other possible symptoms). Although some people may feel like their panic attack lasts for hours, it is very unlikely that what they are experiencing is a single panic attack.…
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IS ANXIETY NORMAL?
Yes, anxiety is perfectly normal and everyone has experienced it to some degree. Under normal circumstances, it increases vigilance and alertness, while increasing your overall energy Under abnormal circumstances, it renders you inert and unable to think clearly, while draining your energy.
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IS THERE A PARTICULAR TYPE OF FOOD THAT HELPS WITH ANXIETY?
There is not a particular type of food that helps reduce anxiety, but maintaining an overall healthy diet is absolutely primordial. Staying away from alcohol and caffeine has been shown to help reduce anxiety symptoms. Similarly, eating more fruits and avoiding foods with high sodium content like fast foods and processed foods (e.g., chips) have…
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IS ANXIETY THE SAME AS FEAR?
No, although anxiety and fear arouse similar symptoms in your body, they are distinctly different. Anxiety is focused on events that have not happened yet, whether it be in the immediate future or in the near future. Fear is focused on events that are currently happening and that necessitate a response.