This is the Anxiety Road Podcast, the involuntary journey in finding treatment options for people that have anxiety and panics attacks with side trips into related mental health disorders. This podcast is treatment agnostic.
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This is our third example of how some people think when faced with a problem. Max, who just found out that he has a panic disorder. He accepts that he's in trouble. Yep, time for action. Max is gonna solve this problem. Shouldn't take more than a week or two. Reactive thinking is certainly goal focused. Skim and plug in the proper words so that you sound like you know what you are talking about.…
When a person has OCD there can be a lot of questions. Sometimes there is overthinking which can lock you into a loop. This is part two on a few of the ways that people deal with problems with a resource that might help you to find your path to treatment. Resources Mentioned: The International OCD Foundation website. has information about the different types of OCD, the treatment options and…
In this episode, a look at how a person with an anxiety condition might deny they have a problem but wants to take care of their symptoms. When there problem to solve, there are a few of us that walk down the road of denial. This is a defense tool, a bad one, but designed to give the illusion of being safe. This isn't a criticism of people who are in denial. Sometimes it takes time and experience…
How much worry and gloom can you stand? To the point where it becomes expected. This is what we call in the biz erroneous thinking. It doesn't have to be this way. In this pebble on the anxiety road, a look at generalized anxiety disorder. Resources Mentioned: The non-profit Helpguide.org has a page explaining Anxiety Disorders and Anxiety Attacks The World Health Organization as a downloadable…
There are medical doctors, osteopathic doctors and naturopathic doctors. You don't hear as much about the NDs but they are a part of the healthcare system. The question is, can they help or assist you if you have an anxiety condition? In this episode, a look at the licensed naturopathic doctors, the services offered and can they be another healthcare resource? Resources Mentioned: The U.S.…
If you are a senior or elderly person taking benzodiazepines there are things you need to be aware and informed about. Not from a place of fear but of safety. In this episode, a quick look at how benzodiazepines can affect older adults and a few resources. One more thing. There is a high number of AI Slop videos on this topic. Some of the presenters are not human. We have a new generation of…
People who are anxious or have an anxiety condition need to pay attention to things that harm their health. It does not mean you get to drink, get drunk and fly. I learned that there are a sub-genre of police body cam videos that focus on airports. I gotta go cold turkey on those videos. They got me sympathetic to Spirit Airlines, may it rest in peace. In this episode, a review of the anxiety…
I'm still on summer slow down. I was more tired than I thought. But slowly getting back into the game. It is one thing to know you need help but it is a whole other thing trying to get help. In this episode, a few more tips on how to separate yourself from fraudsters non-human shams. The videos I posted in the resource section make some of the consumer health literacy process clear and easy to…
It is time for my summer slow down but the tricksters do not rest. So for a couple of episodes, I want to share with you some of the new fangled ways the underside of the bottom of the barrel will try to get you to read, click or share. This time a look at busty thumbnails and Barney Google's type eyes in social media title cards and thumbnails. The TLDL is that there are all kinds of ways to get…
This brief episode is about mysophobia or germophobia. When I went to do my research, a lot of search engines wanted me to learn about misophonia . The AI didn't believe that I wanted to learn about the fear of germs. It insisted that I wanted to know about the sensory brain problem where certain noise patterns are painful to hear or be exposed to for a person. It is a very interesting condition…
