The primary non-medical treatment for anxiety disorders is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with an emphasis on Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP).
Anxiety’s Secret Rules: Are you following them?
Be warned, Anxiety will say anything it has to say in order to get you away from situations that it thinks are dangerous. Anxiety will try to convince you to follow certain “Rules” in order to be safe, but following those rules is what gives Anxiety its power over you.
The Importance of Therapy “Homework” Assignments for Treating Your Anxiety Disorder
Recovery from an anxiety disorder or OCD involves committing yourself to hard and often uncomfortable work in the short term in order to live a more comfortable future. Typically, this means “homework” and lots of it!
Adaptive Thinking
Your anxiety in specific situations is perfectly understandable if you are aware of the thoughts or beliefs that fuel it.
Anxiety’s Thinking Traps
When your fear is directed at things or situations that are not likely to be dangerous (for example, talking to an attractive person at a party, seeing a mouse, or having a scary thought) the adrenalin onslaught is unnecessary and therefore “Anxiety”.
Emetophobia: Terrified to throw up!
Phobias of vomiting are not unusual, but can be debilitating.
Life is awkward…oh well!
Life is awkward. It’s ok. It’s normal.
Relaxing Stress-Busters
Reducing your stress may decrease the severity of your anxiety disorder.
Vacations: Stress-reducer or stress-inducer?
Believe it or not, vacations can be a major source of stress!
Anxiety disorder or just stressed out?
How can you tell whether what you feel is an anxiety disorder or stress?