My anxiety continued to increase. I struggled with social anxiety too. Around this time I began to wonder why I was remarkably unhappy compared to Amy Carmichael, Corrie Ten Boom, and Albert Schweitzer. Here I was living comfortably, and doing what I wanted to do, and I felt so utterly…
The client is a 30-year-old Brazilian, married, homosexual male, has no children was referred by his husband to the Evolutions Treatment Center for his excessive drug usage. Mr. Sigesmundo was born in Aracruz Esprito Santo, Brazil and raised by his biological parents. The client reported his childhood was "difficult," and "poor," because he did not have much growing up. He noted his father was not present in his life during his early upbringing until the age of 13yoa, because his work required him to travel. He described his father as being short tempered and his mother as caring.…
Hello, This week has sucked. I broke down crying at work last night because I can not keep taking time off or else they will fire me. I continuously take Saturday nights off because my boyfriend lives three hours away and I want to visit him and he does not want to sit in my dorm room for 8 hours while I work. Finally I called him and told him he was just going to have to deal with it or meet up with some friends that he has in Queens. That was clearly the hardest part of my week.…
Life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Marisa A. Cinquepalmi Lindenwood University- Belleville Author Note Marisa A. Cinquepalmi, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University- Belleville. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Marisa A. Cinquepalmi, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University- Belleville, Belleville, IL 62226.…
Annotated Biblography: Children with Anxiety Barrett, Paula, Brian Fisak, and Marita Cooper. " The Treatment Of Anxiety In Young Children: Results Of An Open Trial Of The Fun FRIENDS Program. " Behaviour Change 32.4 (2015): 231-242. Academic Search Complete.…
Game Changing Anxiety I have to admit, despite being very anxious I was excited for tryouts. The bad thing was that I was freaking out about little things that were out of my control. I was so worried about what position to try out for, if I’d make A or B team, and so on. Little did I know how I’d ruin some of the fun of basketball. Luckily for me, I came out of it with a little more knowledge about life.…
I don't really know how to start this. It makes me kind of anxious knowing that I’m writing a personal letter to someone I know, yet I don’t know at the same time. Anxious. It makes me anxious. That what I struggle with.…
After being surprised about my pregnancy, last week, I had the harsh reality of being pregnant woman. I was mentally and physically stressful because I had all ills related to the first stage of pregnancy. I was so stressed to the point of starting fearing for myself. I had dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and all these were constantly followed by a permanent flu. In summary I had a terrible week that I spent by staying in my bed and that really made me very stressed.…
I sat there in the doctor’s office at the ripe old age of 8. I was trying to figure out what the doctor had just said, “You have been diagnosed with severe anxiety, severe depression, insomnia and ADHD.” So I am going to be freaking out all the time and always be sad and can’t concentrate on anything for the rest of my life? I just knew that day was going to be the last day I would ever be able to live my life normally. I had recently made a huge move from Washington to Colorado, and my life was spiraling downhill.…
Anxiety, a word that makes me cringe and over think my thoughts to the top of my head. Trouble breathing, trouble talking, trouble focusing, and trouble thinking. How is it possible that throughout my life, I had no idea what I had till my junior year, on October 2015. As I was on my way back to Washington, DC from New York, I had an immediate anxiety attack. Forgetting how to breathe correctly and fidgeting massively, I remember hearing cries of helps from others and seeing a paper bag being placed over my mouth.…
The Thing Disease. It’s the Thing that makes you nervous before big games, important tests, delivering a speech, or the source of excitement before a trip. Everyone has it. It’s a natural part of life. Though, for the very few among us it is much more than that, it is anxiety.…
I decided to try and get myself checked into a psychiatric hospital, I wanted to feel better. They told me "You aren't severe enough. " When I walked out of the building, I lost it. I broke down, I screamed because I didn't even want my parents to look at me. I had one of my friends with me, he had been in one of those places before.…
Anxiety: The Ever Tightening Spiral Laying in bed, my thoughts racing through my brain. The time is three a.m. and I cannot recall if I greeted a friend in the hallway at school. What if she thinks I am angry with her?…
Vanquishing the Angst and Desolation My daily struggles with anxiety and depression has shaped me into becoming the strong person that I am today; facing each day with harrowing emotions but also dealing with them and overcoming a new battle everyday. From the moment I wake up I am overwhelmed by my anxiety and depression. My anxiety is this constant fear of something I am unaware I fear so much. It can be brought upon by uncomfortable social activities, paranoia, the fear of unknown outcomes, and sometimes the depression causes it.…
My experience of stress can be best described as a rollercoaster, steadily climbing and once at the top it can plunge down and back up and to the left and to the right, almost as if the stress is controlling the ride. Stress has changed over the years as well. My early childhood life didn’t include the worry of life, but the concern of self. I grew up as a very shy individual and was constantly scared to talk or speak in many situations. I am not sure how or why I was a shy individual, but it was a big stressor during my early development.…