Using Mindfulness to Treat Anxiety Disorders
An anxiety disorder is much more than being very nervous or edgy.
An anxious person will report an unreasonable exaggeration of threats, repetitive negative thinking, hyper-arousal, and a strong identification with fear. The fight-or-flight…
Imaging Helps Predict Anxiety
Imaging Helps Predict Anxiety Patients Who May Benefit From CBT
Neuroimaging may prove useful for predicting which patients with social anxiety disorder will profit most from cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Neuroimaging may prove useful…
New Social Phobia Studies
Scientists discover functional control strategies in emotional circuits of people with social phobia.
Fear is a protective function against possible dangers that is designed to save our lives. Where there are problems with this fear mechanism,…
Thinking Out Loud (About Social Anxiety)
Thinking Out Loud!
Writing this has been difficult and posting it, even more so.
The very act of writing in a public forum, even anonymously, frightens me a lot. As someone with social anxiety, I have a fear (that I know is excessive) of…