Other Anxiety Articles by Dr. Joe

What's the Difference Between Stress and Anxiety?

How to Stop Worrying

How to Survive a Panic Attack

Is Anxiety Inherited?

Throwing Out the Concept of Mental Illness

Anxiety What's the Difference Between Stress and Anxiety? If you find yourself living with chronic stress, aside from the physiological effects of depletion, you also need to be aware that you could be generating anxiety. Read Entire Article . . . How to Stop Worrying Iíve found in my practice that simply telling someone to stop worrying and not focus on the doubts, fears, and negatives associated with anxiety or depression, is often met with confusion. The simple remedy for this confusion is learning to become reactive to life. Read Entire Article . . . How to Survive a Panic Attack If a current of panic overtakes you, the worst thing you can do is to allow your thoughts to flail about, exhausting you while inadvertently feeding the panic. Read Entire Article . . . Is Anxiety Inherited? The key is understanding that susceptibility to anxiety isnít a guarantee that you will become anxious. For this to happen you have to reinforce it... Read Entire Article . . . Throwing Out the Concept of Mental Illness What we call anxiety is an array of symptoms that you generate by allowing yourself to be victimized by reflexive thinking. Hereís the Key: You donít get anxiety, you generate it! Read Entire Article . . . What Exactly Is Anxiety? Anxiety doesnít differentiate between real danger and imagined danger and whether mild or severe, it can have profound effects on your body. All it takes is distorted, insecurity-driven thinking to get your adrenal glands to start pumping stress hormones into your blood stream. And once anxiety begins, it can become one hell of a steam roller. Read Entire Article . . . Worry vs. Concern--Knowing the Difference Can Save You From Anxiety Everyone worries, right? Worrying is so common, you might be tempted to think of it as an instinct. And if itís instinctual, then it must be an adaptive part of our nature. Worrying about saber-toothed tigers while traipsing through the primeval jungles certainly would have provided a distinct survival advantage to our ancestors. Yet, as convincing as this speculation may seem, I assure you, worrying didnít serve our ancestors Read Entire Article . . .