Lizzie Velasquez is one of three known people in the world who suffers from a rare syndrome, which prevents her from gaining weight and has caused blindness in her right eye. When Lizzie Velasquez was in high school, she discovered a video of herself on YouTube that was titled “World’s Ugliest Woman.” It had garnered millions of […]
With the simple caption “Get Confidence. Get Girls,” the youtuber “Simple Pickup” talks about how he got over social anxiety. Check it out! Follow us on Twitter! And check us out on Facebook!
Darryl Neher is an award-winning Senior Lecturer of Business Communication at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, and is the current president of the Bloomington City Council. For more than a decade he hosted talk-radio shows on local radio stations, facilitating community dialogue on issues important to his listeners throughout south-central Indiana. In this […]
In another surprising study, a New York University research team is using hallucinogenic experiences to help patients come to terms with their mortality. And according to TheAtlantic.com, it’s showing some positive results. “Some of the things I’m about to say might not make sense,” began O.M., a 22-year-old cancer survivor. “I was outside of my body, looking […]
As serious as these conditions may be, we all need to take a step back and be able to laugh at ourselves. That being said, here’s a funny clip from the t.v. show “Monk”, in which a detective faces OCD while trying to fight crime: Follow us on Twitter! And check us out on Facebook!
In this video by youtuber “How To Control Panic Attacks,” the cause (and possible prevention) of panic attacks are highlighted. Check it out! Follow us on Twitter! And check us out on Facebook!
I have preached (almost to exhaustion!) about how I do not believe that prescription medication is necessary to overcome anxiety. But I’m afraid, perhaps, I haven’t offered you, dear readers, a substantial amount of options in order to deal with this anxiety. So now, with the help of Health.com, I offer you a list of […]
Just as there are different ways to experience anxiety and depression, the symptoms very often differ between men and women. In this video, Dr. Van Fossen discusses these differences. Check it out! Follow us on Twitter! And check us out on Facebook!
Jonathan Fields is a former private equity attorney turned lifestyle-entrepreneur, blogger, marketer, speaker and author of Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love. He writes about the crossroads between family, passion, entrepreneurship, social media and marketing at JonathanFields. com and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street […]
People who have anxiety have some nasty stigmas: of being weak, of being crybabys, of complaining all day. On this very blog, I have constantly referred to we who have anxiety or depression as “sufferers”. I understand now that this stigma is dangerous. We’re not sufferers. We’re warriors. We’re warriors who battle this disease of […]
Peaceful Panic 