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Re: Living with Social Anxiety Disorder

Monday, June 29th, 2009

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Do You Have Social Anxiety Disorder?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

This quiz will help you to learn whether your symptoms are consistent with social anxiety disorder (SAD).
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Running Group Helps Battle Social Anxiety Disorder

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Most of us know that exercise is good for lifting your mood. Wayne Patrick Sheeran is discovering that it is also good for coping with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Sheeran…
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Comorbid anxiety as a suicide risk factor among depressed veterans

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Conclusions: These findings emphasize the importance of comorbid anxiety disorders and symptoms in increasing suicide risk among depressed patients and may inform suicide prevention efforts among these patients. Depression and Anxiety 0:1-6, 2009. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
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Talking About Your Anxiety

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

What are nay sayers? They are the people in your life, maybe your friends, maybe your co-workers, maybe your family, that just don’t believe in “anxiety” as a real disorder. When you explain how you feel, the physical symptoms of nausea or of not being able to breathe and the paralyzing emotional fear, they just [...]

When you have stress test done, is it normal to be really sore and tired after?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

This morning I had a stress test and echocardiogram done, and tonight I really feel weird. Not pain, like intense chest pain, but sore and very tired. Is this normal, like working out?
Yes it is just like any other exertion or exercise if you are not used to it.
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How can I make these anxiety attacks stop?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

I've never had panic/anxiety attacks before until this morning and so far I am on my third one today. My heart starts pounding so bad I feel like it is going to explode, I cant breathe, I cant think, I start crying I just dont know what to do!?! I am Effexor as it is [...]

Is it possible to have anxiety and panic attacks without depression?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

I swear I don't feel depressed, but I do suffer from panic and anxiety attacks when I'm in public. People accuse me of being depressed though because they say they go hand-in-hand. But I truly do not feel depressed. Is that possible?
Hi, sorry to hear you are feeling so bad. Yes, it [...]

How effective is hypnotherapy for overcoming social anxiety?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Has anyone tried it? Did it help/work?
Contrary to what first poster wrote, hypnotherapy works better with smarter people as it simply gets you to use your mind properly ie when it isn't encumbered by doubts & self-recrimination.
Unlike CBT, hypnotherapy also works with illogical parts of the brain (most of it) and so can actually change [...]

Why do people get social anxiety disorder?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

And did people get it say 50 year ago?
And do all people with social anxiety disorder have something in common, whatever that may be?
Research into the causes of social anxiety and social phobia is wide-ranging, encompassing multiple perspectives from neuroscience to sociology. Scientists have yet to pinpoint the exact causes. Studies suggest that genetics can [...]