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Sunday Scaries: Who Gets Them and How To Deal

Do you feel filled with dread on Sunday night, in anticipation of Monday morning? Do you feel a wave of trepidation, sadness, or anxiety before the night you go back to work after a day or days off, regardless of what day of the week it is? Does the whole weekend feel like a countdown until your freedom expires? If so, the sensation you’re experiencing is likely nicknamed “the Sunday scaries.” Jump to tips for how to deal. What are

Work Anxiety: How To Deal Without Therapy

How do you deal with normal work stress, when you’re already strung out with daily life? Eighty percent of workers said they were stressed or extremely stressed in a recent survey – that’s just not sustainable! You don’t have to have an anxiety disorder to feel overwhelmed at work. So how can you manage work stress and prevent it from coming back? In short: identify the causes, and then try some tailored solutions.

How To Calm A Panic Attack

Having a panic attack or think you might be having one? Not every calming strategy will work for everyone, but it’s worth trying something to help. Signs of panic attacks Panic attack symptoms can impact every part of the body and brain. racing heart excessive sweating shortness of breath feeling like you’re about to die sense of impending danger lack of focus loss of appetite feeling out of control unexplained crying uncontrollable hunched posture feeling like you can’t swallow food

Meeting New People Despite Social Anxiety

To some extent, it’s reasonable to worry about making a first impression. And anxiety makes meeting new people even harder. It makes you think of all the ways someone might judge you, all the things you shouldn’t say, all the things you could’ve said better. While good first impressions are not necessary, they are helpful footholds in building positive relationships – and anxiety can easily screw them up. The following tips will help you overcome social anxiety, for minimal hiccups

Choosing Music to Calm Anxiety

For many of us, listening to music can be a powerful tool in stress management. For those of us with anxiety, doubly so – the right song can rescue you from a turn toward panic or overwhelm. Evidence even shows that a jam out session can be extremely cathartic, and that just listening to certain songs can reduce anxiety. This series of songs, Weightless by Marconi Union has been shown to reduce anxiety by 65%, and to help your body

What’s Hypervigilance? Definition, Examples, And Causes

You may have heard the word “hypervigilance” before, most likely in the context of trauma or anxiety. But what exactly is hypervigilance, and how does it relate to trauma? Why’s it so tough to shake this unsettled feeling, and what steps can you take to tone down the impulse? Hypervigilance definition, examples, and causes Being hypervigilant means that you experience intense, disproportionate awareness of your surroundings. When you’re hypervigilant, you are on high alert. You may feel extremely aware of

Rejection Sensitivity: Signs, Causes, and Healing

What is rejection sensitivity, and why does it co-occur with so many different diagnoses? Does that pattern tell us about the causes of RSD? And how can we experience less distress in response to rejection? What is rejection sensitivity? Rejection sensitivity, also known as rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), describes intense distress in response to even minor or perceived rejection. We all dislike rejection and can become upset by it, but to those struggling with rejection sensitivity, the emotional response to

What To Do If You Can’t Afford Basic Necessities

Studies conducted before the coronavirus pandemic found that about 40% of people in the United States struggled to afford basic necessities. After the pandemic’s first wave, financial challenges became magnified for households across the world. And just when people regained hope that they might one day financially recover, the Delta variant reared its ugly head. So as we all face more potential lockdowns and uncertainty, what do you do if you can’t afford basic necessities? How do you quell the

Why Am I So Emotional? It Might Not Be A Bad Thing

Do you feel everything intensely? Feel like your emotions hit deeper and stronger than others’? Wonder “Why am I so emotional?” You may have the superpower of being a highly sensitive person — an HSP, for short. Feeling too emotional? You might just be “highly sensitive” This is not just some random term. Research has been done on the trait of being a “highly sensitive person,” and there are specific neurological and biological signs of being a highly sensitive person,

Reverse Helplessness and Anxiety

Feeling helpless is one of the most common experiences, accompanying anxiety and depression. Helplessness feels like no matter how hard we try, we can’t change the stressful situations around us. Hopelessness, on the other hand, feels like there’s just no way out, period. So they’re kind of similar. According to the National Health Interview Survey, 6.1% of individuals feel hopeless and 5.1% report feeling helpless at any given time. That makes more than 1 in 20 Americans! You are definitely