Hi,
Just to let you know that I have added a couple of new pages to the Anxiety 2 Calm.
Firstly I have added a page giving information on when you should think about getting outside medical or psychological help to deal with mental health problems such as anxiety and panic. In the future I will look more at self help methods. Typically people wait too long either because they don’t understand what is happening, they don’t want to appear weak and stigmatized by metal illness labels, or they fear a doctor’s diagnosis. Either way talking to a doctor is the best course of action to take in the first place, to rule out medical causes of symptoms if nothing else. It should of course be remembered that doctors sometimes don’t recognise the symptoms of anxiety.
I also added a page on talking therapies, and I would appreciate any feedback on that. Especially regarding kinds of therapies people have had, what their opinions were and how long they stayed in therapy for. I am also interested in hearing from professional therapists, as they can best describe what they do and what psychological models they use in their own words. This section is not about CBT, but about more analytical therapies such as Jungian Therapy and Art Therapy.
Lastly I have added a page on stress which looks specifically at the phenomena of Office Anxiety, which is being labeled ADT, which stands for Attention Deficit Trait. This is apparently sweeping the offices in the USA and UK and causing untold grief. It is also causing a media storm which may or may not be beneficial. At least large employers are now getting to grips with taking positive action to promote calm in the workforce. And people are feeling secure about talking to counselors and admitting they have problems with stress.
