Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Is anxiety a big part of your life? Do you worry about the smallest things, Make Mountains out of molehills, fret over everything? People who constantly worry about things that the rest of us would think are trivial, may have what is known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Negative views and stress

With all the pressures that people have today its no wonder that stress is such an important issue. Stress can do a lot of damage to you physically as well as emotionally. Much has been written about how stress can be controlled through therapy or other techniques. But maybe you should be thinking about the [...]

What is chronic stress?

Everyone in life has had stress sometime during their lives. It could be due to your job, your personal relationships, and your children or just about anything that causes anxiety and worry. In fact some stress is good so you don’t want to eliminate it completely but the problem is when stress becomes a regular or chronic part of your life. Then you have to do something about it.

Stress during the recession

Stress is always a part of everyday life. You worry about everything such as health, unexpected problems and even the traffic. But with the current economic situation it seems that your worries have doubled. Is your job in jeopardy? Can you pay the bills? What will you do?

Aromatherapy and stress reduction

Certain scents or smells always bring out particular emotions in folks, whether it is something cooking in the morning or the smell of cologne or perfume. It makes you think of something as simple as you are hungry or it could remind you of a person or place you used to know

Panic attacks

Your heart starts to pound and your hands are moist with sweat. Your breathing becomes rapid and you are filled with anxiety. Some people may think that they are having a heart attack but instead they are having a panic attack. It could be brought on by extreme worry or by terror or just by [...]

Music therapy as a stress reducer

The idea that music helps us calm down is as old as music itself. Whether it is a pop song or a symphony, the sounds seem to go through our brains like waves that washes our stress out to sea. After a hard day of work the sound of a car radio almost seems therapeutic [...]