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Archive for September, 2010

i’m 19 now and i had Social anxiety disorder all my life
till now i didn’t quit understand why i behave so strangely when talking to people and thought, that i was just weird and stupid
now i know i have SAD
can i control it?
do i need professional help ?

It would be so much easier with professional help, as they will have the knowledge and understanding to enable you to control and cope with this condition.

You will find it a great relief to speak to someone who understands and can help.

Take care

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Also, does it interfere with the implanon contraceptive implant? My doctor doesn’t know about the interference between the two but recommended it as an alternative to ssri antidepressants.

If anyone has had experience with 5htp please let me know if it worked, any side effects, whether it helped anxiety as well as depression, etc.
Thanks! Ruth.
Also, does it interfere with the implanon contraceptive implant? My doctor doesn’t know about the interference between the two but recommended it as an alternative to ssri antidepressants. If anyone has had experience with 5htp please let me know if it worked, any side effects, whether it helped anxiety as well as depression, etc. Thanks! Ruth.

Ps for people who are suggesting SSRIs, I’m trying to find alternatives to these - 5htp is a natural plant hormone which can help to increase levels of serotonin in the brain. It has very few side effects compared to SSRIs such as fluoxetine, hence the doctor recommending it to me. Thanks for your responses.

I know a couple guys that swear by 5htp for both anxiety and depression. It works much like the SSRI’s with antipsychotic or anxiotic action.

I have no clue about contraceptive interaction.

The SSRI’ s tended to conk out on me after a while. I have been on Effexor for about 9 years and it works well for me, it is an SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine).

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Sep
27

terrible anxiety please help me?

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alright. it all started this summer. i am almost 14 ( will b in about a month) and its killing me. i am going to thearopy which is helping a little since i only go twice a week. i just can’t take it. i really have nobody to talk to about many of this problem. i can talk to my mom but she doesn’t like when i talk about my laptop. but its the opposite with my dad. anyway for an exsample, my macbook pro is great but whenever i get a problem i freak out. like now safari keeps crashing but now its fine hopefully but i freak out cry and just get so anoxious when i know its fine. i hate how i worry about my computer all the time rather then something important like school or family. if sombody can please help me with this problem. how to get my mind of this problem if its fine. and i know deep breathing all that stuff but it always happens at this time at night. i beg, please please help me.

Well, maybe it is time for a new laptop. Your computer should never be something you worry about, especially if it is making you go insane. Just relax when this happens, and think of something that you haven’t had time to think about all day, such as plans for the weekend or something. By the time you are done thinking, your computer will probably be all better. Hope I helped, I know computers crashing can be a little stressful.

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Sep
27

Social Anxiety Disorder? Help?

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I’m 15 and I’m sure that I have Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). I have a good small group of friends that are always there for me, and I became friends with them when I was really little, and before I had Social Anxiety Disorder. I’ve been fighting SAD for a long time now, and whenever people come up to me for small talk, I get all nervous and shaky. Also, whenever I have to present a project or something in front of a class, my voice gets shaky, and I feel like losing my balance. I’m always scared of looking stupid in front of people, like whenever I pass a group of people I feel like I’m walking strangely, and losing my balance and falling. My forehead also feels heavy when I’m sitting in class, and I can never smile to random people, and if I ever do, my face feels like it’s shaking.

I’ve never talked to anyone about it, not my parents, brother, or friends. People describe me as a really quiet kid, that never talks. Social Anxiety has been affecting my life for a long time and I just really want some help, please… :(
Some positive coping methods include:

* Reaching out to people with whom you feel comfortable
* Joining a support group
* Engaging in pleasurable activities, such as exercise or hobbies, when you feel anxious. Exercise regularly as this helps burn up stress-related chemicals such as adrenaline while releasing happiness-inducing endorphins.
* Getting enough sleep
* Eating a well-balanced diet

Situations to practice may include:

* Eating with a close relative, friend or acquaintance in a public setting.
* Making eye contact and returning greetings from others, or being the first to say hello.
* Giving someone a compliment.
* Asking a retail clerk to help you find an item.
* Getting directions from a stranger.
* Showing an interest in others. Ask about their homes, children, grandchildren, hobbies or travels, for instance.
* Calling a friend to make plans.

Natural remedies for overcoming social anxiety disorder symptoms can include alternative treatments such as relaxation and deep breathing techniques as well as herbal and homeopathic remedies which may be very helpful along with psychotherapy.

As with other psychological ailments, a holistic approach has proven beneficial in treating Social Anxiety, while also incorporating mainstream and complementary treatments along with balanced diet and exercise.

Taken alone or in combination with psychotherapy, natural remedies for overcoming social anxiety disorder symptoms offer the same benefits as conventional medications, but without the disturbing side-effects and potential for addiction.

Tailored to suit your individual needs, natural products can help relieve anxiety and calm the negative physical effects of social anxiety disorder. Some well known and commonly recommended natural remedies for overcoming social anxiety disorder symptoms include Melissa Officinalis (Lemon Balm), Lavender and Passiflora Incarnata – to soothe the mind and calm the nerves. Some herbal remedies (e.g. Hypericum perforatum or St John’s Wort) have been clinically shown to be just as effective as many of the anti-depressant drugs.

Taken over time, they can balance brain chemistry and prevent the overwhelming symptoms of anxiety from occurring in the first place.

You may get more info here http://www.healthherbsandnutrition.com/remedies/s/socialanxietydisorder.htm

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hello, i suffer from a anxiety disorder and i often get dizzy or feel sickly when im anxious [along with other symptoms] today however im feeling Very bad, my eyesight is less and i feel everything is moving around me. i cant eat and i feel like vomiting. i know its not anything else but the anxiety but it still doesn’t help. im really afraid my dizziness is going to make me fall over or faint. any ideas? i have t.v on for destraction but ive been like this for hours and its just not getting better!

To help prevent nausea and vomiting: boil a tablespoonful of grated ginger root in a pint/650mls water; cool and add a little honey and lemon; sip slowly.

Rinse your mouth with water after sipping.

Keeping some with you may provide some reassurance.
Discard unused mixture after 3 days.

Can refrigerated for several days, or can be frozen, in batches, for longer term storage.

Google: "nausea and vomiting; ginger"

Effective natural treatment for anxiety is shown at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_25.html and page i.

Passionflower (as directed, or 1 drop in a cup of warm water, 4 times daily; view http://altmedicine.about.com/od/anxiety/a/passionflower_benefits.htm?nl=1 ) may be helpful, short term.

I’d avoid medications, except as a last resort, and even then, only use temporarily, as they don’t address the causes, merely (imperfectly) treat the symptoms.

Learn and employ the relaxation techniques (begin with Progressive Muscle Relaxation) and the EFT variant for use in public places, in case it is needed there.

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i dont ever want to go back to school again and am thinking of running away.. cause near enough everyday since i’ve gone back at school ive had a panic attack

so many things have changed there and i dont feel like i belong there
like we had to have photos done
and i couldnt smile and everyone was watching but i was really anxious and twitchy and shaking and everyonee saw and the photographer told people to move back and it was so embarrassing
so on my photo i didn’t smile and im humilliated

then in drama we have a new teacher and i couldnt smile again for my performance cause he scares me so much and i just shook like a leaf and then cried when i got home
LOL

is there aaaaaanything i can do to be less anxious/be able to teach myself how to smile through my anxiety

thinking stupid happy thoughts doesnt help btw - unless you have anxiety you dont know how it feels to have all that adrenaline in your stomach and butterflies etc

PLEASE help

What helps me the most, is taking your mind off of it. if you keep thinking "omg i’m so anxious right now" etc. then your mind is going to believe that you are, that’s how you are making it worse than it really is.

To me, i think that the anxiety is all in my head [its different with everyone of course] and so i just tell my self, i’m cool.

but since you say that doesnt help. just try to take your mind off of it.
make some friends or acquaintances in that drama class that you can talk to instead of looking at your teacher! lol. and when you get home, don’t cry, there shouldn’t be a reason to, just go talk to your friends. make plans for the weekend, do your homework, listen to music, etc.

just do stuff that you like that you can do, instead of thinking about your anxiety. that’s what has always helped me, and if you need someone to talk to, just email me! :D

ttyl, Good luck and best wishes ~Nikki

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Denial: Refusal to accept external reality because it is too threatening; arguing against an anxiety-provoking stimulus by stating it doesn’t exist; resolution of emotional conflict and reduction of anxiety by refusing to perceive or consciously acknowledge the more unpleasant aspects of external reality.

Distortion: A gross reshaping of external reality to meet internal needs.

Delusional Projection: Grossly frank delusions about external reality, usually of a persecutory nature.

Fantasy: Tendency to retreat into fantasy in order to resolve inner and outer conflicts.

Projection: Projection is a primitive form of paranoia. Projection also reduces anxiety by allowing the expression of the undesirable impulses or desires without becoming consciously aware of them; attributing one’s own unacknowledged unacceptable/unwanted thoughts and emotions to another; includes severe prejudice, severe jealousy, hypervigilance to external danger, and "injustice collecting". It is shifting one’s unacceptable thoughts, feelings and impulses within oneself onto someone else, such that those same thoughts, feelings, beliefs and motivations are perceived as being possessed by the other.

Hypochondriasis: The transformation of negative feelings towards others into negative feelings toward self, pain, illness, and anxiety.

Passive aggression: Aggression towards others expressed indirectly or passively.

Acting out: Direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse without conscious awareness of the emotion that drives that expressive behavior.

Idealization: Subconsciously choosing to perceive another individual as having more positive qualities than he or she may actually have.

Displacement: Defence mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable or less threatening target; redirecting emotion to a safer outlet; separation of emotion from its real object and redirection of the intense emotion toward someone or something that is less offensive or threatening in order to avoid dealing directly with what is frightening or threatening. For example, a mother may yell at her child because she is angry with her husband.

Dissociation: Temporary drastic modification of one’s personal identity or character to avoid emotional distress; separation or postponement of a feeling that normally would accompany a situation or thought.

Isolation: Separation of feelings from ideas and events, for example, describing a murder with graphic details with no emotional response.

Intellectualization: A form of isolation; concentrating on the intellectual components of a situation so as to distance oneself from the associated anxiety-provoking emotions; separation of emotion from ideas; thinking about wishes in formal, affectively bland terms and not acting on them; avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects (e.g. rationalizations).

Reaction Formation: Converting unconscious wishes or impulses that are perceived to be dangerous into their opposites; behavior that is completely the opposite of what one really wants or feels; taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxiety. This defence can work effectively for coping in the short term, but will eventually break down.

Repression: Process of pulling thoughts into the unconscious and preventing painful or dangerous thoughts from entering consciousness; seemingly unexplainable naivety, memory lapse or lack of awareness of one’s own situation and condition; the emotion is conscious, but the idea behind it is absent.

Altruism: Constructive service to others that brings pleasure and personal satisfaction

Anticipation: Realistic planning for future discomfort

Humor: Overt expression of ideas and feelings (especially those that are unpleasant to focus on or too terrible to talk about) that gives pleasure to others. Humor, which explores the absurdity inherent in any event, enables someone to call a spade a spade, while "wit" is a form of displacement (see above under Category 3). Wit refers to the serious or distressing in a humorous way, rather than disarming it; the thoughts remain distressing, but they are ’skirted round’ by the witticism.

Identification: The unconscious modeling of one’s self upon another person’s character and behavior

Introjection: Identifying with some idea or object so deeply that it becomes a part of that person

Sublimation: Transformation of negative emotions or instincts into positive actions, behavior, or emotion

Suppression: The conscious process of pushing thoughts into the preconscious; the conscious decision to delay paying attention to an emotion or need in order to cope with the present reality; able to later access uncomfortable or distressing emotions and accept them

Please, I need a respond ASAP with several/numerous songs. Thank you in advance

Not sure for each one but "Pink Floyd’s The Wall" has to cover a few of them?!

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Sep
26

how do you help someone with depression?

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my son seems to be going through a bad time and feels like nothing goes right, job, relationship, etc. do depression medications help with anxiety? which ones are best? seems to also have not a good sense of good worth at this time.

Dont give any medications to him. will make him depend on that and not solve the problem… Try understand him deepply.
Give him trust, support, love and maybe a trip to some place new, i mean, travelling together! why not?
Good luck:)

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I have been a stay at home mom since my daughter was born… recently I decided to continue my education and am going to school part time. My daughter had never been particularly attached to me, she would never cry when I left her with my mom, mother in law, sister or husband( I only leave her with family)… however ever since I started school 2 weeks ago she goes into total freak out mode anytime I even leave the room. I have tried to keep her asleep so she doesnt notice when i leave and after i did that one day, she is no longer sleeping normal. She wakes up at 4 in the morning and is looking around yelling "mama".It is sooo heartwrenching to go to school when I hear my daugter crying, and screaming "mama noooo"I am super apprehensive because next semester i will be going to school full time to finish my bachelors and Im scared she will react this way. Since she was little she was verry head strong, and labeled "a difficult" child at 5 weeks because she was sensitive to anything, tag on her clothes, slightly hot, slightly cold, something touching her etc and she has made herself pass out from holding her breath before so that increases my fears. I have taken her to diff pediatricians and they just tell me its her personality…IDK what to do

It isn’t her personality. She’s at the stage that she realizes you’re leaving her. My girl is 3 and started daycare this year. The first week was horrific. She cried bloody murder and clung to me and when I was gone throughout the day she’d mumble "want mama". After 3 weeks, she’s doing really well. We sit for a minute when I get there then a couple kisses and hugs and I leave with her watching me out the window waving.

Let her leave the room with you. She’s just afraid you’re going to leave and not come back and she’s going to be alone. She has to see that you will come back. Be consistent with your routine also. Show her that things will be the same (almost always) and that will help reassure her. Try to have patience and allow her the time she needs to adjust.

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Its almost impossible to think about. For the past 3 years it’s all I know and expect to happen when I am social. I know that I have had social anxiety my whole life but it started getting real bad when my mom died. Where ever I go and talk to people I’m afraid they will think I’m unfriendly or shallow. I know I’m not any of them things I just can’t help becoming nervous and not wanting to talk. I’m in therapy and on some medicine. My question is what does a world without social anxiety feel like?

You are not alone in thinking about this. I often wonder. What would it feel like to have the anxiety and paranoia when in a social situation dissappear? The weight that would be lifted off would be amazing. I wish there was a pill that made it all stop. At least for a day. Because you forgot what it felt like. When you didn’t have that. And you want to be like that one more time. But you can’t. And that is something you have to live with.

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