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Tuesday May 27, 2008

When You Should Worry: 11 Red Flags for Anxiety in Your Child

Tamar E. Chansky lists some red flags for anxiety in a child in her insightful book, "Freeing Your Child: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias": 1. Demonstrates excessive distress out of proportion to the situation:...

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Tuesday March 4, 2008

Feel the Fear, But Don't Be a Moron

Speaking of irrational phobias and obsessions, I learned an important lesson the morning (last month) I was supposed to run the 22nd Annual Bay Bridge Run. I signed up for the thing at 10 p.m. a few weeks earlier,...

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Tuesday February 5, 2008

Spaceships In My Sleep! Go to the Safe Place!

Last visit to my therapist, I told her about an unsettling dream I’ve been having once or twice a week. “I’m either anxious about something,” I told her, “or I’m watching too much ‘Star Wars.’” “Describe it,” she said....

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Friday January 25, 2008

Priscilla Warner: How Do You Move Beyond Blue?

The author I interview today is famous AND one of us!! She co-authored the bestselling book, "The Faith Club" with Ranya Idliby and Suzanne Oliver. You may have heard of it: Ranya (a Muslim), Suzanne (a Christian), and Priscilla...

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Friday January 25, 2008

Priscilla Warner: Oh, Where Are You, God?

Following is one of my favorite excerpts from "The Faith Club": As I listened to Suzanne I felt that I was in the presence of someone with deep faith who had dealt with suffering and loss in a way...

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Thursday January 17, 2008

Anxiety, Panic, and the Fear Center

Beyond Blue reader Kay e-mailed me just before Christmas to ask me to address panic and anxiety. I feel blessed to have had a few months now without that dreadful knot in your stomach—actually I think of it as more...

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Filed Under: amygdala, anxiety, Beyond Blue, depression, depression blog, diet, exercise, fear center, panic, recovery program, the brain's fear center, Therese Borchard

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Thursday January 17, 2008

Max Lucado on Letting Go of Anxiety

Here is an excerpt from Max Lucado on how to let go of anxiety. Warning: it's a tad simplistic. It doesn't address the biological component of anxiety at all and therefore is somewhat unauthentic. But I do like his reminder...

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Monday January 7, 2008

New Study: Religion Helps Panic Disorder

For those who want to stay up to date with new health studies, especially those regarding depression and anxiety, you may want to sign up to receive Johns Hopkins Health Alerts, which are free, mostly targeted to people over...

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Monday December 31, 2007

Reader Jeff: This Too Shall Pass

I very much appreciate what Beyond Blue reader Jeff said in response to Larry Parker's post about his panic attack: I'll thank Larry again (and Therese) for putting himself out here. My panic attacks are similar. Hyperventilating and feeling an...

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