posted by admin on Aug 22
me talking about my anxiety and panic disorder.
Duration : 0:9:27
posted by admin on Aug 7
This is a quick little video of rules that I follow when having an anxiety attack and how to live on the next day. I really hope this helps for you guys, and if you want to see anything specific; let me know.
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Duration : 0:7:38
posted by admin on Jul 21
Maria uses Recovery International to overcome the symptoms of her panic attacks and generalized anxiety disorder. Learn more at www.LowSelfHelpSystems.org.
Duration : 0:1:55
posted by admin on Jul 3
Dont mind me im sick, tired & in my pjs lol. but hey why not make a video when your most vulnerable right?!? Sorry for being kind of all over the place didnt know really what to talk about or how to say it and what to say lol. My mind wanders alot.
Here are some ideas for a healthier diet.
Cut out caffeine. Caffeine belongs to a class of chemicals called methylxanthines, which have a drug like stimulant effect on the body. Too many fizzy drinks, coffee, tea or chocolate can overwhelm your nervous system and take you from heightened alertness over the edge into nervousness and, in rare cases, bring on panic attacks. Even if you think you can’t survive without your caffeine fix, try eliminating it for a day and see how you feel. As a central nervous system stimulant, caffeine increases brain activity when taken in doses of 50 to 100 mg or more per day. This is the amount found in one cup of coffee or black tea. When used on an occasional basis, a cup of coffee can have a pleasantly stimulating effect. For women with anxiety and panic episodes due to emotional triggers, caffeine can aggravate the frequency and severity of their episodes. Caffeine taken in excess (more than four or five cups per day) can dramatically increase anxiety, irritability, and mood swings. Even small amounts can make susceptible women jittery. After the initial jolt, women with anxiety symptoms find that caffeine intake makes them more tired.
Drink less alcohol. Many women reach for a drink to calm their nerves, but the consequences of overindulgence can outweigh the benefits of initial relaxation. For some, a hangover, insomnia and dehydration make you feel worse than before you had a drink, and the depressants in alcohol can make you feel sluggish and anxious. Reach for a glass of water or all natural fruit juice when you need a soothing drink, or limit your alcohol to a couple of glasses. Women with moderate to severe anxiety, mood swings, and depression due to PMS, menopause, or emotional causes, should avoid alcohol entirely or limit its use to occasional small amounts. Alcohol, like a simple sugar, is rapidly absorbed by the body. Like other sugars, alcohol increases hypoglycemia symptoms; excessive use can increase anxiety and mood swings.
Eat complex carbohydrates. During anxious times, turn to comforting carbs. These foods act as a mild tranquiliser by increasing the amount of serotonin, a calming neurotransmitter, in your brain. Complex carbs, such as potatoes, wholewheat bread and pasta, take longer to digest than sugary simple carbs like white bread, so you stay fuller longer and your blood sugar is likely to stay steady, eliminating stress and anxiety. Eat carbs without fat or protein to feel instant contentment, but note that a balanced diet needs protein and fat as well. Excess sugar can worsen the anxiety, irritability, and nervous tension.
Take a multivitamin and mineral supplement. An unbalanced diet can make you feel fatigued, achy and unproductive, which can lead to feelings of anxiety. B vitamins, whose role it is to unlock the energy in food, are crucial, particularly B-6, which helps manufacture serotonin in the brain. Choose a daily supplement that supplies 100 per cent of the daily recommendation of all vitamins and minerals.
Stay well-hydrated. Be sure to drink eight glasses of water a day and always drink more than you think you need. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. Dehydration can lead to fatigue, headaches and stress.
Rather than fighting to control anxiety–which generally causes more anxiety–it is much better, at first, to learn to control the way you respond to the emotional symptoms.
Duration : 0:8:17
posted by admin on Jun 14
Overview:
Depression causes feelings of sadness, loss and anger that can interfere with everyday life. It affects up to 16 million Americans. Anxiety disorders are also rather common. In this interview, we learn the latest treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, such as panic attacks, phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Part One:
Symptoms of depression
Medications such as anti-depressants
Role of therapy for depression
Relapse risk factors
Seasonal Affective Disorder and treatments
Part Two:
Anxiety
Panic Attacks
Phobias, including common phobias
Phobias with anxiety attacks
Treatments for anxiety and phobias
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Guest:
Dr. Hinda Dubin, psychiatrist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and a clinical istant professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Links:
Depression and Anxiety Disorders (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVzLUeLD2rc
Depression and Anxiety Disorders (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o7fK7FqiOc
University of Maryland Department of Psychiatry
http://www.umm.edu/psych/index.htm
Dr. Hinda Dubin
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/hinda__dubin.html
Duration : 0:14:37
posted by admin on May 31
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The Truth about Mental Disorders.
Dr. John Breeding, Ph.D. psychologist discusses how mental disorders are created by the American Psychiatric ociation and listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders.
Disorders such as bipolar, ADHD, OCD, Anxiety Disorders, etc. are voted into existence by APA committees.
The underlying umption of biological psychiatry is that mental illness is biologically based despite the fact that no solid science has been able to identify biological markers for mental illnesses.
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Duration : 0:10:43
posted by admin on May 26
I am a Registered Nurse with 13 years experience. I have researched the heck out of Anxiety and Panic disorder, as I suffer from both. Here I give you tools to understand and cope with this terrible disorder.
Duration : 0:10:0
Video Cam Direct Uploadposted by admin on May 22
***Transcript is at the end***
A family hired a self-proclaimed “social worker” to take care of a 27 year-old Hikikomori (socially withdrawn) daughter who has retired herself in her parents home for 6 years.
Instead of intervening in her early stage of recluse and taking her for a psychiatrist to screen her for underlying mental diseases such as Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression, PTSD, Schizoid personality disorder, Avoidant personality disorder, Asperger syndrome, Agoraphobia, Autism spectrum disorder or Attention-Deficit-Disorder, they finally decided to take a drastic method: They handed down their responsibility to a sadistic money-greedy phony who asked her parents/sisters to hit their daughter/sister and humiliate a highly probable mentally-ill patient in front of a Japanese national television. (Later a “patient” died in her inpatient facility while being handcuffed and chained. Subsequently she was prosecuted and sentenced for 3 and a half years.)
Sadly this video demonstrates two things. 1) How poor the psychiatric literacy of an?average Japanese is.
2) The anger the family exudes against the poor girl, comes from the shame the girl brought to the family for the last 6 years. Their neighborhood, relatives, friends, coworkers would have talked against their back instead of supporting them; that their parents were spoiling her, etc. The family went thru that shame and now their lashing it out on the poor girl in front of TV to regain face.
Japanese people are highly sensitive on how they appear on other people’s eyes. This is b/c Japanese traditionally adopts scare/prohibitory tactics to teach, i.e. you must not do this b/c people will scold you. In other words they don’t care about what the fundamental problem is, but on how they appear and how to get themselves off the hook from people’s scrutiny. That’s why the Japanese are quick to apologize or smile. The mentality is to give a facade of repentance even if you don’t care, and the trouble will go; they don’t like confrontation. My take is that this attitude comes from the hierarchical system of the medieval times when Samurai (servant) used to pledge allegiance to his feudal lord. What your lord asks is imperative. Unlike Europeans for which God is the absolute moral code, that of the Japanese is other people’s random values. This type of blind allegiance is what the Europeans fought against in the French Revolution. The Japanese never had a civil revolution against the authorities to win civil rights like our European friends. We had it handed down by the Americans after the Pacific War. In fact till the U.S. Navy compelled Japan to open to the west in 1854, Japan was a closed nation (ironically like Hikikomori) for a few centuries. Now the nation only got out of its reclusive life for less than 200 years.
Japan is no advanced country. The country has advanced industry but the people’s mindset is still limited and medieval. They never had a breakthrough revolution on their own. They had it easy. This country only has tamed humanoids with good rote memory and engineering skills. 10% are successful foreign demand firms, the rest are obsolete educators, greedy civil servants/politicians leeching on political interests, and downhill internal demand firms.
This video is the omen of the future of the ever-stagnating Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori
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Transcript:
0:01
Social Worker: Alright. Can you bring your daughter down here? (authoritative tone)
Social Worker: You can go ahead first. (and lash out at and pour water on her)
Father: Why don’t you cool your head down for once? huh?!
Daughter: …
Father: Get yourself out! I won’t let you have your way anymore!
Father: Why don’t you cool your head down some more and contemplate harder? (for what you’ve done)
Father: How is it? It’s cold huh? I’m asking you! What are you going to do? (with your life)
Social Worker: Um, can you have her clothes changed and take her downstairs? (authoritative)
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00:27
Social Worker: Hey you! Hey you! You must start talking! huh?
Social Worker: You imbecile! Isn’t your brain working? huh! huh? (corners the mute girl)
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00:47
Father: Why can’t you lash out more at your daughter and tell your feeling! (father hits his wife)
2nd eldest sister: Mom, you must show your feelings. (sobbing)
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00:55
NARRATOR: “AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT THE FAMILY’S SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS BRIMMED OVER” (the lynch starts)
2nd eldest sister: We must do it.
Mother: I hoped you’d understand without me hitting you. (snaps)
Mother: I never had hit you! (sobs)
Mother: Don’t take me for granted! You idiot!
Father: This is it. We can’t let you be anymore.
1:17
NARRATOR: “FATHER’S OUTCRY & MOTHER’S TEAR” “WOULD THE FAMILY REVIVE ITSELF?”
Duration : 0:1:20
posted by admin on May 19
Clip from the Documentary - Stories of Hope and Courage - National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week May 4-10, 2008 - Stories of Hope and Courage - National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week May 4-10, 2008 - “Stories of Hope and Courage” features the inspiring profiles of individuals who overcame the disability and shame of suffering from anxiety disorder. Marc Summers of Nickelodeon’s “Double Dare” fame is the host of the video. Afflicted with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Marc shares his personal experience and insights on dealing with this difficult condition.
Duration : 0:1:17