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Anxiety Success Story: Terra

If you follow this blog, I’m sure you remember our friend Terra who had to get up and speak in front of her daughter’s class recently. It is discussed here in this post about Public Speaking Anxiety. Later she said, … Continue reading

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Seeking Treatment for Panic Attacks and Anxiety

Yesterday I was reading an article on Time magazine called “The Science of Anxiety” (actually from 2002) to see if there was anything I could learn or explore on the topic. This line really jumped out at me: “…according to … Continue reading

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Public Speaking Anxiety

Received via email: “I am  facing an extremely fearful situation. I need to stand in front a huge group of people at my daughters school. To tell you how scary this is for me, I have worried about it since … Continue reading

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Serenity Prayer for Coping with Anxiety

Today I want to talk about prayer. I like to use the Serenity Prayer for coping with anxiety and panic attacks. You may have heard the serenity prayer. It is one of the most popular and beloved prayers and it … Continue reading

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Learning How to Be Patient With the Anxiety Recovery Process

Anxiety tests every limit you have. If you suffer from panic attacks or severe social anxiety or agoraphobia, you know you’ve been to hell and back. Probably many many times. Learning how to be patient with the anxiety recovery process … Continue reading

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Social Anxiety Interaction & Trying to Fit in

Just because someone has social anxiety doesn’t mean they don’t long for interaction with others. I think most socially anxious people very much want to be liked and accepted. Otherwise why would it be such a big deal for us … Continue reading

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One Woman Meets Facebook Friends All Over the World to Overcome Anxiety

One of my Facebook friends shared a link the other day about an upcoming documentary about a woman who is traveling all over the world to meet her Facebook friends in order to overcome her anxiety…

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Where’s My Thundershirt?

I wish they made Thundershirts for anxious people. Have you ever seen a Thundershirt? it is a snug vest that you put on your dog and it makes all their anxiety melt away. I saw an ad for one on the … Continue reading

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