Panic & Anxiety Blog

For sufferers of panic and anxiety disorders, the word “therapy” can easily sound like a sort of empty promise. Thousands of people with various anxiety conditions have found themselves disheartened after countless treatments (be it natural, medical, psychological and even physical) have failed to accomplish what they had set out to achieve: Read more

  When a panic and anxiety attack settles in for the first time, there may seem to be no obvious reason behind it. It appears to come out of nowhere, out of the blue and without warning. At that very moment, you have no idea where it had come from. But the fact of the [...] Read more

A bit of anxiety before a commercial flight is fairly common. Even with the tremendous amount of safety precautions on every flight; there is an inescapable tinge of anxiety when there’s a possibility that your airplane can plummet from the sky at any moment. For a good number of people however, flying anxiety is more [...] Read more

Is it possible to live a full and happy life even with chronic anxiety? It’s a question that I’ve been asked about a lot, and a question I continue to try to answer. One of the most overpowering fears when it comes to chronic anxiety syndrome is how quickly, and how easily it might change [...] Read more

I never liked driving. I never liked the idea of sitting behind the wheel for painfully long periods of time. I hate looking for parking, and I hate idling my hours away in traffic. During my younger years, I lived in the suburbs with my parents, and when they eventually allowed me to drive, I [...] Read more

After many years of dealing with my own issues with anxiety, I’ve realized that the best way to cope with anxiety is to surround yourself with people who support your recovery. I’ve learned a lot about coping with anxiety by being with people who suffer from the same condition. However, not all people agree with [...] Read more

When I was a student, I always had difficulty with exams. But the exams themselves were never the real source of my problems. Exams can be an overwhelming source of stress and anxiety. That holds true even for those of us who aren’t diagnosed with anxiety or panic disorders. The modern educational system is designed [...] Read more

Millions of people every day meditate.  Some of those may be Buddhist monks sitting cross legged in a monastery in India, while others may be sitting on a straight backed chair in their one bedroom apartment in New York. Why do they do it? Well, invariably they would say that they get something out of [...] Read more