Anxiety Help L.A.

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  • When Stress Gets in the Way of Life

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    Jane Brody talks anxiety with Dr. Tamar Chansky in the NYT: When feeling pressured to figure out how to fix things now, “walk away for a few minutes, but promise to come back.” As with a computer that suddenly misbehaves, Dr. Chansky suggests that you “unplug and refresh,” perhaps by “taking a breathing break,” inhaling…

  • The Busy Trap

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    On being “crazy busy” (NYT): Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for…

  • Get Happy

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    Elisha Goldstein reviews some happiness research at PsychCentral and comes up with a five-point list of happiness to-dos (details on the site): 1. No Goal Attitude 2. Get on Your Hands and Knees 3. Laughing Yoga  4. Play Activities 5. Vacation

  • Managing Social Anxiety

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    To help reduce social anxiety, therapy can be great, workbooks can be great…therapy plus a workbook?  Potentially very powerful, very effective. Managing Social Anxiety is part of the “Treatments That Work” series, which is almost entirely workbook-with-therapist friendly. Take a look.

  • Five Anxiety Reducers

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    From PsyBlog, Feeling Anxious? 5 Scientifically Proven Relaxation Techniques. The list: 1. Progressive relaxation 2. Applied relaxation 3. Autogenic training 4. Meditation 5. Cognitive behavioral therapy Details on the site.  

  • Free CBT Clinic

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    The Free CBT Consultation Clinic at the Southern California Counseling Center happens again tomorrow, July 10th, at 2-6pm monthly. Details and dates here.

  • 30 Day Challenge

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    TED talk suggests trying something new for 30 days…

  • For Shyness

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    Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic? (NYT): According to Daniel Nettle, a Newcastle University evolutionary psychologist, extroverts are more likely than introverts to be hospitalized as a result of an injury, have affairs (men) and change relationships (women). One study of bus drivers even found that accidents are more likely to occur when extroverts are at the wheel.…

  • Stress-Panic Connection

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    Panic Can Build Gradually from Chronic Stress (Psych Central): The study found that for stressful life events in the categories of “work,” such as a demotion or layoff, or “friends/family/household,” such as a family argument, panic symptoms that had meandering severity before the event increased steadily but gradually for at least 12 weeks afterward.

  • Rules for Happiness

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    From TED: