Being a friend to someone with social anxiety disorder (SAD) is no different than any other friendship. At times you might have to work a little harder to keep the relationship going, but chances are once a bond is established you will have a friend for life. Often it will be up to you to take the first step toward becoming friends. Read more…
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Filed under Anxiety by on Dec 1st, 2011. 
Article by Nomorepanicattack
Panic attacks is defined as a sudden attack of intense fear and terror along with symptoms of weakness, rapid and irregular heart beat, difficulty in breathing, clamminess and losing the sense of reality.
The first panic attack usually comes out of nowhere. You could be doing something that you do every day like driving, shopping, walking in the park, watching a movie, etc.
The main problem with these attacks is that once you have had one, the fear of having another panic attack will cause it to happen again. Just the fear of having a panic attack is often enough to trigger another one. In fact, most people who have panic attacks think that they are going crazy, have a heart attack, or dieing. In actual fact, they are in perfect physical condition.
In order to control panic attacks and get rid of it forever, you must first learn to accept it. Most panic attack sufferers fear having another panic attack. They run away and hide from it. They try to avoid situation which they think trigger their attacks. Learn to live with the panic attacks but NEVER give in.
The only way to get rid of panic attacks is to confront them. Never run or hide from it. Panic attacks feed on fear and anxiety. The more your afraid of having a panic attack, the harder and faster it will strike. Panic attacks represent the conflict of you being afraid of the way you reacting. If you didn’t feel that way, then you would have no more panic attacks!
Next time, during a panic attack, try to confront it head on. Don’t run, hide or avoid it. Accept that you have panic attack and confront it!
Calm down by reminding yourself that these odds sensations are part of a panic attack. Your NOT having a heart attack. Your NOT dieing.
Panic attack can be stopped and you can recover from it without depending on drugs. Understand that panic attack occur again and again because of your fear of them. Fear act as fuels for panic attack and makes it happen. Take away that fear and panic attack will never happen again!
Filed under Uncategorized by on Dec 1st, 2011.
Question by :]: Is there a difference between “panic attacks” and “anxiety attacks”?
My mom says that panic attacks are more servere but I think that they are the same thing, both brought on by anxiety and if you have recurrent episodes you have a panic disorder….
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Answer by xxbeauty_fiendxx
No. They are the same.
They have the same effects but their occurrence and reasons they occur is what classifies them as panic and anxiety.
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Filed under Panic Attacks by on Dec 2nd, 2011. 1 Comment.
Question by James: How can people say with certainty, “sounds like you have Social Anxiety” and incorrectly say it can be cured?
Well, as far as I’m concerned, I have intense self-consciousness despite it being motivated by nothing and I don’t care what others think neccassarily. It’s f*cking hard to try and explain and because of the pain and way I try explaining things, people assume it’s Social Anxiety.
I have the intial self-consciousness, but then an even more severe consciousness of the fact that people may be conscious that I am conscious of them being conscious of me being conscious of how I make look due to self-consciousness…you see how f*cked up I am lol?
I get things like a fear that people may think I’m a perverted client of a hooker or someone when I send a text. How fucked is that?
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Answer by jade3712
um so what are you supposed to say?
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Filed under Social Anxiety by on Dec 3rd, 2011.
Something that not everyone will know about me is that I spent over two years living in Costa Rica. During that time I got a good feeling for the struggles and obstacles that people encounter when moving and living in a foreign country.
If you suffer with social anxiety disorder (SAD) these struggles will be magnified. Some of the difficulties that you might face include learning a new language, understanding a new culture and becoming accustomed to a different lifestyle. The more different your new country is from the one that you left, the more trouble you are likely to have.
How can you prepare to move to another country if you have SAD? Most of what you can do involves preparation.
If you believe you suffer with social anxiety disorder and have not been diagnosed or received treatment, now is the time to make a plan to get that done. It will make a difference in your life. You don’t want to face the stress of a new country with the added burden of an undiagnosed anxiety disorder.
In addition, before leaving for your new country, learn everything that you can about it. Learn the language. Understand the customs. Take a vacation there. Anything that you can do to acclimatize yourself before you get there will make the transition easier.
Have you transitioned to a new country? How did it go?
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Filed under Anxiety by on Dec 5th, 2011.
Question by sweetgurl: PLEASE HELP!”"”"”"”depression and anxiety?
I have been severly depressed and having anxious thoughts and sad and alot of sweating irritation and bothersome…sleep problems..nightmares..alot more…is it common to have brain zaps or brain shivers…I fill as if I am going through withdrawal symptoms ..I do take lorazapam but been taking it for yrs”" but alot more lately because my anxiety gotten worse…please help any advice???? Thankyou for ur time..
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id say the sweating nightmares & “brain zaps” are from your meds..talk to your doctor and see what he has to say..since he can give youu the best pro advice (:
if youu ever needa talk..im here just go to my formspring-http://www.formspring.me/destinykelli
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Filed under Anxiety by on Dec 5th, 2011.
I was just reading an interesting article about the relation between narcissism, introversion and Facebook. In a nutshell, the article showed how both narcissists and introverts gravitate towards Facebook.
Narcisissts do it for the thrill of having their own reality show and introverts do it to try and connect with others in a non-threatening environment.
The article went on to describe how introverts were not usually successful in garnering the attention they desired on Facebook because their posts tended to be negative and were therefore ignored by their Facebook friends.
I wondered how much this applied to people with social anxiety disorder. As a result, I devised a little poll for people who participate in Facebook.
This is a simple question about the type of Facebook status comments you post.
More controversial results were found in a study conducted at Stanford University by Alexander Jordan and reported on in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
The overall message of the Stanford study was that positive Facebook posts by others make us all feel lonelier and more depressed about our own lives. In other words, it seems like the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
In addition, the researchers found that people who underestimated how often others felt negative emotions were more likely to struggle themselves. Realizing that everyone presents their best face to the world can be a protective psychological factor, because it helps you to know that you are not the only one who doesn’t feel happy all the time.
The question then becomes: What to post? The truth? The rose-colored glasses truth? A consistently positive image that might not jive with what you really feel?
It seems to me that everyone should follow two simple rules:
- Post what you are feeling whether it is positive or negative.
- Respond to what others post whether it is positive or negative.
By doing number one we can all realize that nobody lives a perfect life. By doing number two we can help to support each other when we are down.
What do you think?
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