Are Anxiety and Addiction Ruining Your Career?
Anxiety and addiction are two fast and easy ways to ruin even the most established of careers. A host of performance, trust and professional issues tend to crop up in the workplaces of anxious and/or addiction-burdened individuals. Are you one of them? Maybe it’s time to consider counseling and/or rehab as a way to seek […]
Understanding Mental Illness in Women
Mental illness in women is something that used to be a taboo topic a few decades ago. Today, we know that mental illness affects men and women throughout the world. We know that mental illness affects people differently and that like other health conditions, men and women have different risks, symptoms, and even different treatments. […]
Leann Rimes Enters Rehab for Stress and Anxiety Treatment
Singer LeAnn Rimes checked herself into a 30-day stress and anxiety treatment program shortly after her 30th birthday to deal with stress and anxiety issues. Although there have been rumors circulating about the possibility of Rimes seeking eating disorder treatment, her spokesman has denied that Leann Rimes will be receiving any treatment for an eating […]
Strong Women In Literature Who Defy Stereotypes of Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression in women is a prevalent topic these days. You can’t turn on the television without coming across a news story, a drama, or a sitcom that deals with anxiety or depression. The fact is, we all experience these emotions. They are natural and common – who hasn’t felt anxious on the first […]
Coping with Anxiety and Depression After Drug Rehab
Anxiety and depression are two common illnesses that affect women with substance abuse and addiction problems. Neither illness causes the other, so we call these co-occurring or dual diagnosis disorders since they often occur side-by-side. According to a report published by the American Medical Association, thirty-seven percent of alcohol abusers and fifty-three percent of drug […]
Anxiety in Men and Its Hidden Identifying Symptoms
Anxiety in men manifests itself differently than anxiety in women does. For starters, it can often be difficult to diagnose a man as having an anxiety disorder as men are known to often repress their symptoms and therefore aren’t prone to discussing them. Men will often try to soothe their symptoms of anxiety with drugs and alcohol rather than consult a doctor like women are more inclined to do. This is most likely why women are statistically “more likely” to suffer from anxiety than men are, as men will continuously strive to figure out ways to cope with their symptoms and suffer in silence.
Learning to Live with an Anxiety Disorder
Forty million Americans currently suffer from an anxiety disorder, a statistic that has been skyrocketing over the last few decades, but why? In spite of the vast number of women diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder – twice as many as men, anxiety in women is actually thought to be under-diagnosed in the United States. […]
Anxiety in Women Steadily Increasing
Feelings of anxiety in women and men can be incredibly normal. Anxiety can help you stay out of harm’s way, prepare you for important events like a business presentation or an exam at school, and it can even subconsciously warn you when you’re in a potentially dangerous situation. However, when the feelings of anxiety persist […]