Generalized Anxiety Blog

Since anxiety is a normal part of human functioning, learning how to cope with moderate or disordered levels of anxiety like generalized anxiety disorder is very important. Read this new article on the best strategies to master to deal with anxiety in healthy ways. Read it here.

Check out this new article on large coping styles that are effective and ineffective for anxiety problems including generalized anxiety disorder. Learn about problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidance strategies. Read it here.

People who struggle with anxiety problems including GAD often have difficulty managing their relationship anxiety. Read this new article on how anxiety can foster suspiciousness, neediness, and impulsiveness, with some suggestions on ways to help prevent these from becoming larger relationship issues. Read it here.

For people searching for treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, check out this new article on the best treatments for GAD. It gives an overview of therapy, medication, self-help strategies, and combinations of these. Read it here.

For people looking to see if they may have generalized anxiety disorder, check out this new article on the top 5 signs that you may have GAD. Read it here. This is a complimentary piece of the formal diagnostic criteria article you can find here.

Ever wonder why any of us have anxiety in the first place? Check out this new article that details the benefits of anxiety and the ways it is helpful in how we navigate our lives. Read it here.

Some people with "anxiety" believe that something is wrong with them. Everyone experiences anxiety at some points in life, it is a normal part of being human. For people with GAD, this anxiety manifests as a chronic worry and stress condition that interferes with life. If you are looking to see how to know if you have generalized anxiety disorder or just normal worry and anxiety then check out this article.

An interesting opinion piece from Cox News Service fantasizes about a genetic test for mental disorders that would then "legitimize" them and reduce stigma. The author also hopes that it would increase insurance coverage. I think it is important to note that making mental disorders "illnesses" in the political and insurance world may get more coverage, but I think it can be dangerous to begin a trend that all disorders are medical illnesses, implying that they are physiologically based problems, which is certainly not always the case.

Research continues on childhood teasing, and the results are not good. It appears that most people interpret teasing, even when it is intended as playful, as negative. There are a variety of significant consequences for people teased repeatedly, and people with generalized anxiety disorder often report some influence of teasing in the development of their social difficulties. Teasing is something that can leave a long legacy and working with a therapist can be very helpful.

A secondary emotion is one that acts in place of another. For example, if you are feeling guilty yet you experience this guilt as anxiety, then the anxiety is a secondary emotion. I have a new article on this topic that I hope you find interesting an informative, and it may shed some light on how your anxiety can actually be a distraction from other emotions you are experiencing. Read the whole thing here.