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The precursor to stop having panic attacks while exercising The mental health memo for the day is: panic attacks while exercising are a whole new level of “Am I a joke to you, brain?” Sooo, it has been a long time since I have uploaded a blog post. A lot of things have happened over the […]
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What are Physical Symptoms of Anxiety? Often times when we talk about anxiety, we talk about the mental symptoms we experience such as feeling worried, scared, nervous, or dissociating. These are our thoughts and feelings, and they’re completely valid and real. But we tend to neglect the physical symptoms of anxiety which can actually be
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Last week I posted part 1 of a 2 part series called “The Complete Anxiety Disorder Encyclopedia”. I wanted to create this series to help spread awareness about the diversity of anxiety and what it looks like. This is part 2, where we go over some other anxiety disorders not mentioned in part 1. If
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Precursor: Today’s mental health memo is: today we’re getting educational and psychological by learning about the different types of anxiety disorders that exist in this anxiety encyclopedia part 1 (click for part 2 here) I wanted to create an outline of every single type of anxiety disorder because I feel like people often think anxiety
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Precursor The mental health memo of the day: if you were to ask me (a person that loves to exercise but conveniently also has Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia) which exercise is my favorite for anxiety, I would say swimming. Swimming helps anxiety in so many ways, and I just had to share my experience with
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The Precursor The mental health memo for today is: I don’t have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times I’ve had to correct people on their misconceptions about anxiety. I need more hands!!! It’s over 10 years now since I first got diagnosed with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Within those short
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Welcome to another post! This week we’re going to be discussing how to fix your Agoraphobia without a psychiatrist through utilizing Exposure Therapy in 4 simple steps! I wanted to write this post because as some of you may or may not know from my journey with anxiety post, I have both Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
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What is Mental Health? Mental health can actually be a bit confusing to grasp. Are we talking about the brain’s health? If so, how is that different than just physical health since our brain is an organ? Or is mental health something totally unrelated to the actual physical brain? The way I view mental health
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Why it’s Important to Know How to Help Someone Having a Panic Attack Anxiety and panic attacks are currently one of the most common mental health concerns experienced by the general population. And as someone who has Panic Disorder let me tell ya… panic attacks are SCARY. Both for the person experiencing the attack and
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Introduction on The Benefits of Exercising for Anxiety and Mood Exercise has always been incredibly hard for me to do. Not just physically, but mentally as well. The lack of motivation from depression, combined with my panic attacks that get triggered when I’m out of breath and light-headed while I exercise creates a big old
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