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What is Agoraphobia? Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder associated with feelings of anxiety or even panic attacks in situations the person doesn’t consider safe or easy to get out of. The reason these situations are unsafe is often that the individual feels they can’t escape if they get a panic attack. That is why when …
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What are Physical Symptoms of Anxiety? Often times when we talk about anxiety, we talk about the mental symptoms we experience such as feeling worried, scared, nervous, or dissociating. These are our thoughts and feelings, and they’re completely valid and real. But we tend to neglect the physical symptoms of anxiety which can actually be …
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Last week I posted part 1 of a 2 part series called “The Complete Anxiety Disorder Encyclopedia”. I wanted to create this series to help spread awareness about the diversity of anxiety and what it looks like. This is part 2, where we go over some other anxiety disorders not mentioned in part 1. If …
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Precursor: Today’s mental health memo is: today we’re getting educational and psychological by learning about the different types of anxiety disorders that exist in this anxiety encyclopedia part 1 (click for part 2 here) I wanted to create an outline of every single type of anxiety disorder because I feel like people often think anxiety …
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Precursor The mental health memo of the day: if you were to ask me (a person that loves to exercise but conveniently also has Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia) which exercise is my favorite for anxiety, I would say swimming. Swimming helps anxiety in so many ways, and I just had to share my experience with …
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The Precursor The mental health memo for today is: I don’t have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times I’ve had to correct people on their misconceptions about anxiety. I need more hands!!! It’s over 10 years now since I first got diagnosed with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Within those short …
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Welcome to another post! This week we’re going to be discussing how to fix your Agoraphobia without a psychiatrist through utilizing Exposure Therapy in 4 simple steps! I wanted to write this post because as some of you may or may not know from my journey with anxiety post, I have both Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia …
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Why Knowing About Anxiety Disorders in Children Matters Hi pals and welcome to this week’s post! If any of you have read my Personal Journey with Anxiety article, you’ll know that I have experienced anxiety since I was a child. But what I always find interesting is that at the time I was too young …
