Member Advice on Anxiety

How To Cope With Anxiety - My Experience Well as you may well know most of my reviews recently have been about the great time I had in Canada. There is probably a few more of these to come, but I thought this time I would go for something a little different. So instead of a happy joyful review of some of my favourite places and experiences, I’m going to the opposite end of the spectrum. This is as bad as it ever gets for me, a hard subject but one that has had a big impact on my life! I was browsing through the reviews yesterday when I came across this subject. This is something that ... more

OK now here is a review which I’ve been putting off writing, but for my own benefit I think I need to do it and hopefully it will be of help to people in a similar situation. The first part of this review is my own personal experience and my advice is towards the end of my review. THE FIRST SIGNS Its hard to know where to start as the first signs of the problem appeared about 7 years ago whilst I was on a residential school trip to London. Every morning of the school trip I woke up and then was physically sick for no apparent reason. Following this I would be fine for the rest of the day until ... more

20 April 2006 This is by no means a review or advice, so please do not rate as such. This is my personal experience and I'm hoping by writing this it might make it easier for myself to deal with, I guess I'm also looking for advice from anyone that may have been in a similar situation and got through it. This weekend I reached the lowest point of my life. This is due to no specific event, its been a build up of probably what most people would consider to be minor fears and emotions that I have suppressed for well over a decade and they have finally eaten away at me and turned me into a wreck ... more

I thought I'd show off and put my Psychology degree to use so here's Seligman, Walker and Rosenhan's brief definition of anxiety: "Anxiety is a physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components". (The physical symptoms of anxiety are caused by the psychological state, not the other way around.) Onward to my experience with anxiety..... About 4 months ago I admitted to both those and myself close to me that I have an anxiety problem. It may sound strange and a little freaky to some, but my particular fears began as doctors, dentists, buses, trains and ... more

Anxiety?? We have all heard the word, but do we really understand what it really is and how this affects us. I must admit, I never understood, do you? I have decided to write this review if not for my own therapy, but to inform others of the signs that I ignored at my peril. 'It's a rat race out there and life is getting more stressful for all different reasons; most of us have to work full time as well as looking after children, the home and various other commitments; we just don't give enough time for ourselves to relax and take some 'me time'. I would like to share my own experience of ... more