“The amygdala is not logical.” Trying to alleviate anxiety, panic, worry and avoidance of triggers with reasoned thought and rational arguments is never going to work. Those close to you will always try to help by offering logical reasons for what is going on with you; unfortunately they have not experienced what you have, soContinue reading “Anxiety and the Brain, Part 8: Learning from Experience.”
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Anxiety and the Brain, Part 7: Learning the Language of the Amygdala.
We now know that the amygdala is a big player when it comes to anxiety, but how do you understand something that you have no control over? If you want to understand someone who is speaking a foreign language, you learn the language or find a way to communicate, otherwise you won’t have a clueContinue reading “Anxiety and the Brain, Part 7: Learning the Language of the Amygdala.”
Depressed or Just Ungrateful?
I am really struggling with the depression at the moment, I don’t feel as though I am getting anywhere, which really brings me down, I lose motivation and end up thinking ‘what’s the point?’ It’s not to say that nothing good is happening, it’s just that they seem short lived, and the negative stuff soonContinue reading “Depressed or Just Ungrateful?”
Medication & Anxious Dreams.
Over the last few months I have started having some really bad dreams; I wouldn’t say they all felt like nightmares, but they all shared one thing in common, I experienced anxiety and panic in them to a level where I was paralysed (in the dream that is). I have experienced nightmares in the past,Continue reading “Medication & Anxious Dreams.”
Escaping the Anxious Prison.
As we have seen previously, the brain is constantly working to keep you safe from danger and harm; this is great up until the point when the anxiety is so bad that the brain goes into safety overdrive and your feel paralysed; it is as if your brain has built a prison to keep youContinue reading “Escaping the Anxious Prison.”
And Breathe...... 