How to get help with my anxiety? People with anxiety have symptoms ranging from not being able to focus, not feeling comfortable in social situations (where they used to be okay), headaches, hypertension, fatigue, heart palpitations, and sexual dysfunction. Some people suffer in silence and others end up in the ER because they think they
Can getting a massage be a trigger for PTSD? There are many different ways you can get triggered for PTSD. When you have experiences in life, whether they are traumatic or not, your body “records” the experiences in all of your senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). When one of your senses comes across a
I have been a therapist in Long Beach for over 25 years. One of the things that I observe in people who are working on self-esteem who transition from low self-esteem to a healthier self-esteem is that they accept that they are important in this world. That is often the moment where I see that
Having an anxiety attack (also known as panic attack) is difficult. The flooding of emotions can be traumatic; causing depletion and hopeless feelings. Did you know, one of the easiest ways to experience exhaustion is get consumed in the validation of external forces. People tend to have panic attacks when they are focused on things
Social Anxiety can stem from a multitude of things. A lot of times it comes from worrying about what others might think of you. It can cause fear, concern, even the jitters in some cases. But one thing that is important to remember is that people’s opinions are just that, and not based on facts.
A big reason that people who are prescribed medication for a mental health issue end up not taking the medication is because of a mental road block set up by society. Although more and more people are accepting that it is better to get help with mental health issues rather than struggle every day, society
Welcome to the future; the new age, where the world is connected from the palm of your hand. Busy, busy, busy is the theme of the average American. When we feel connected through social media, we don’t tend to connect at a deeper level. This often leaves people feeling alone and isolated while they drown
Can you push through anxiety? Anxiety is something that comes from deep within your biological system as a survival response, so it isn’t something you can just push through. Because it is a chemical reaction that happens in your brain, it is similar to drinking in that you can’t have 10 shots of tequila and
Many family members of people struggling with anxiety ask this question. And honestly, a lot of people who live with anxiety ask themselves this same question all the time. YES, anxiety is real. It isn’t an imagined thing that you just push through. Anxiety is more like a riptide. You get through a riptide in
Covid hit us all pretty hard. For people who lived alone, often the loneliness took a toll. For people who were in a relationship, they found out that being together 24/7 was really hard. Couples had a hard time communicating about this because it is hard to tell your spouse that you are sick of
