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  • Anxiety, Insomnia, and Menopause

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    The WSJ draws a connection between anxiety, insomnia, and menopause. “Many of these women are told, ‘You feel bad because your husband is having an affair, or your youngest is in college, or you didn’t get that promotion. Take this Prozac.’ When what is really going on was fluctuating levels of estrogen…”

  • CBT v. Social Anxiety

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    A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vignette from Judith Beck begins this way: My client, I’ll call her Alison, has social anxiety. Like many people with her problem, she holds a strong belief: “I shouldn’t call attention to myself.” Alison believes at heart that there is something inherently wrong with her, something that could potentially lead people…

  • Sleeping Disorders Caused by Anxiety

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    Last of these for posting here–Sleeping Disorders Caused by Anxiety:

  • High Anxiety Symptoms

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    Another video–High Anxiety Symptoms:

  • Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders

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    Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders, the video:

  • 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.”

  • 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…

  • 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…