Anxiety Help L.A.

Month: October 2010

  • Anxiety Rising

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    Anxiety is on the rise (in Australia): “In Scandinavian countries, the whole fabric of society – the welfare nets and public institutions – are much more geared towards keeping an adequate standard of living for all citizens, so that anxiety isn’t as high.”

  • Stress and Asthma

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    Stress begets asthma, sure.  But this research shows a mother’s stress increases her childrens’ asthma. Mothers’ tendencies to reject, dominate, overprotect and indulge their children were assessed by questionnaire, as were their specific kinds of chronic stress and coping styles.  Overinterference stemming from excessive protectiveness was found to be associated with worsening asthma of older…

  • Date-of Anxiety

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    From PsychCentral, 8 ways to handle anxiety on anniversaries of emotionally-charged events.  Number seven: Return to the basics. Anxiety is often a clue for me to return to the basics of goodsleep hygiene, which means going to bed the same time in the same place with the same person and waking up at the same…

  • Obsessed

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    Germaphobia, claustrophobia, hoarding…treatment.  Season 1, Episode 6 of Obsessed, courtesy of Hulu:

  • More Than Shy

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    …could it be Social Anxiety?  A Q&A at The Friendship Blog. People with social anxiety feel like they are constantly being evaluated by other people and even may become viscerally uncomfortable in the presence of others. Given these uncomfortable feelings, it’s understandable that the person would try to avoid or escape from social situations, even…

  • Walnuts v. Stress

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    A study shows reduced stress with walnuts and walnut oil. “This is the first study to show that walnuts and walnut oil reduce blood pressure during stress,” said West. “This is important because we can’t avoid all of the stressors in our daily lives. This study shows that a dietary change could help our bodies…

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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    At PsychCentral, an interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn about mindfulness, MBSR, and his coming talk at UCLA, Wednesday, Oct. 6. Elisha: What does a daily mindfulness practice for someone as busy as you, look like? Jon: (Laughing) Well, what it looks like is my life. Because, basically what it all boils down to is, as I find…

  • A Philosophy of Success

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    Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success.  TED, 2009:

  • Free Intro to CBT

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    The monthly CBT clinic at the Southern California Counseling Center is today (October 3, 2010), from 2-6pm.  Free (no cost!) consultation from a CBT therapist.  No appointment necessary. [UPDATE: Free clinic closed. You can still try SCCC for sliding-scale therapy.]

  • 5 Steps to Stresslessness

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    From msnbc:  Anxious? 5 ways you can be stress-free.  Here’s one: Take short mindfulness breaks “Even I get too busy to meditate,” says Jha. “Then I remember the Marines in the study calling my colleague while they were deployed to ask for mindfulness pointers, and I think, If they can do it in a war…