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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…
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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,…
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How to React to a Panic Attack

Panic attacks are absolutely terrifying. Their technical definition is “an abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort,” but those who have experienced one know – it feels like way more than that. Panic attacks are physical and mental: racing heart, excessive sweating, shortness of breath, feeling like you’re about to die, can’t focus, or have…
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Quick Anxiety-Calming Tips

Your anxiety may try to control your day and your response to events – it often succeeds, as such a terrifying and suffocating feeling. However, you can empower yourself to regulate your anxiety and regain control over your life. Here are some quick calming tips for those times when your anxiety almost knocks you down…
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Beat Anxiety by Connecting With Others

Anxiety and socializing seem not to mix very well. With Netflix, Youtube, and all of the other ways we have to hide from anxiety, it’s easy to forget how helpful social connections are! It feels good to stay in a bubble. However, connecting with others is a key component of both our mental and physical…
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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…
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The Drunk Uncle Said Something Inappropriate…

Most of the time, you surround yourself with people who share your ideals. However, when it comes to family get-togethers, relatives you don’t see often may exasperate you. Talk of politics, moral values, identity issues, and more can make people unintentional jerks. Especially in our current political climate, racism, sexism, and sexuality are all commonly…
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‘Wake Up!’: Helping A Relative Out of Denial

It’s normal to want to help family members through difficult and challenging times in their lives. However, family members may be hesitant to accept your help because it hurts to admit that they have a problem. They may minimize the severity of their issue or dismiss it entirely. Here’s what to do to ‘wake up’…


