Show 248 - Is Anxiety a Sin?

The short answer is no. It is a medical condition. It can be treated 99.5 times out of a 100. 

But many people do not know that they have an anxiety disorder or seek treatment. Some of the reasons for this is what they are being told in certain houses of faith. 

The good news is that is slowly changing. More faith based institutions are working with mental health professionals. There are practitioners that have both spiritual and mental health license credentials.

This episode lightly touches on some of the statements that are made and factual information about anxiety and anxiety conditions/disorders.  

For the record, I am a heathen, second class. Working hard to see if I can make it to third class.

If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

Resources Mentioned: 

In the News:

Article on Vice.com on What to Do if You’re Barely Keeping It Together Right Now

App that Attack:

Medito is a free app that gives basic instructions about meditation. There are also tips to help you sleep and a module for people that have stress and anxiety issues.

Christian Based

Writer Anita Ojeda post on I'd Rather the Church Remain Silent

Sarah J Robinson's Book I Love God but I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression. 

Mental Health Grace Alliance page on 6 Reasons Why Depression and Anxiety are Not Signs of a Weak Faith or Sin.

The Faith & Mental Wellness Podcast with Brittney Moses. On her web site there is a list of Christian specific mental health resources.

Christian therapy services in the podcast are Christian Therapist On Demand and MyCounselor.Online.  

Pastor/Minister Based:

Mental Health Access Pack is a resource for churches to learn about mental health conditions and provide spiritual resources to assist and access treatment options for there church members.

Disclaimer: 

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements. 

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Show 215 Magnesium for Symptom Relief

Food can be one of the many paths to healing. There are essential minerals that the body needs to function. Run low on them and you might have problems sleeping, focusing and functioning.

In this episode, a look at the mineral magnesium, what it can do for you and some of the foods and products you can access to get you up to proper levels.

If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

Resources Mentioned: 

Inside of You Podcast with Michael Rosenbaum interview with Kevin Conroy

Game and On-Line Harassment Hotline website where you can get more information about the service.

National Institute of Health/Office of Dietary Supplements page on Magnesium, there is also a 

Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center page on Magnesium

Disclaimer: 

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements. 

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Agent XPQ Mini Series on Stuck

Levni Yilmaz has been creating animated videos for years, starting in 2006. I'm not sure if  he is on the anxiety road, but his video series taps into a lot of what we deal with.

Ok, you might not deal with it but I do.

Every damn day and twice on Sunday. And most of us do it, but it like fighting your way out of invisible sticky goo. The energy required to move from ennui to action is like lugging an anvil up the hill. You can do it but it often take more time than you like.




Or being able to do the rote things but not the things that you want to do. You know you can do them but the voice of incompetence drones on and on. Lev gives you an idea of how he works his way out but that might not work for you.

That is okay. Just know that you are not alone in fighting not only the anxiety but the dregs as well. And there are multiple ways out. You have to find your own.

So I gotta recommend his latest mini series on being and getting unstuck.


If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

Resources Mentioned: 

To see more of the series, you can visit his Tales of Mere Existence YouTube channel.

Disclaimer: 

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements. 

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Show 165 Catastrophizing as Anxiety Symptom

In this episode, a look at catastrophizing, which is a part of a little pack of demons known as Cognitive Distortions. These SOBs will  have you doing a time warp and not the good one.

I gotta fess up. I am not perfect. Nope. As human as they come. And sometimes that means that I get caught in a time trap of catastrophizing a very small thing into the end of the world. Only thing is, the world doesn't end.

The thing gets handled and I feel like warmed over ice cream. There is a better way. Takes work and practice but we, you and I can learn not to do this. Before we can do better, we have to study the opponent.





If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

Resources Mentioned: 

From the publication known as High Times, there take on mental health and cannabis for anxiety and depression.

From CNBC, CVS is planning on opening HealthHubs as their transition from retail to a health provider continues.

Jasmin Pierre's app The Safe Place is designed for African-Americans to take the stigma out of talking about and seeking help for mental health conditions. There are tools, tips, and topics that center around taking care of your health and your piece of mind in these challenging times. App is currently found on Android and iOS devices. There is also a video by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) with Jasmin talking about her journey to creating the app.

Healthy Psych's page on Identifying Cognitive Distortions. On that site there is a worksheet that can help you map out how you got lost.

Good Therapy has a listing of 20 Cognitive Distortions and How They Affect Your Life

For those that prefer a visual presentation, there in an infographic that makes some of the concepts more visual. You should also check out the PsychCentral post on 10 Proven Methods for Fixing Cognitive Distortion with a Law and Order-ish inspired worksheet.

David D. Burns, M.D. is a medical doctor and author of the book The Feel Good Workbook which claims to help those folks with anxiety and depression conditions. I'm posting it as an option, not an endorsement. I haven't read the workbook. A lot of the psych folks like it.

Doctor Burns has a the Feel Good website with a lot of resources, like a podcast and Facebook live videos.

Disclaimer: 

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements. 

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Lisa Jakob on Anxiety and Acceptance

Yea, verily it does come down to acceptance. This is what you have and how are you gonna deal with it?

Lisa Jakob is a writer and speaker that knows about anxiety and depression because she has it. On her website she also mentions that she has Social Anxiety as well.




In this clip, Lisa talks about acceptance as recognition that you have a problem. You cannot cure, fix, treat or deal with anything that you are in denial about or refuse to say out loud.

Lisa has a new book out called Not Just Me, anxiety, depression and learning to embrace your weird.

You can find it at most of the major book sellers. If you are interested traipse over to her web site for more info.

Interview with Sara Benincasa and Agoraphobia

Agoraphobic is no joke but Sara Benincasa found a bit of humor with having the condition and wrote a book about it.




This is an interview about her condition, the book and finding inspiration from reading about others that have anxiety, panic attacks and agoraphobia.





As an added bonus you could also check out her video explaining what a panic attack is and why she just can't snap out of it. If you want more information about Sara you can visit her bio page.

Disclaimer:

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only.

Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Episode 030 Panic Disorder for Newbies

In this episode, introduction to Panic Disorder and can a subliminal MP3 help with Anxiety? For those of you that are finding the podcast helpful or frustrating feel free to leave a comment.

I am still in Beta mode and the show has and will continue to evolve. Some day I hope not to pop Ps or have a malevolent hum appear out of nowhere.



You can also download the current podcast to your mobile or media device.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

National Alliance on Mental Health http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Anxiety-Disorders

Anxiety and Depression Association of America www.adaa.org

Helpguide.org which focuses on more non-medication treatment options http://www.helpguide.org

As Dreamers Do http://asdreamersdo.com/i-went-to-disney-world-with-agoraphobia-guest-post/

Guided Image and Hypnotherapy type mp3s at http://www.potentialsunlimited.com

Disclaimer:

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only.

Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

The Root's Video About Depression

I'm having some technical issues with the next episode and Blogger too. Hope it doesn't have anything to do with installing Windows 10. It might appear this weekend. It is a depressing thought.

Speaking of which...



If you think that you can have an anxiety or panic disorder without a shade of depression think again. That damn depression is a running buddy.

Episode 019 Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the book Furiously Happy

In this episode, Jenny Lawson’s book Furiously Happy and a overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.




Resource Mentioned:

• Jenny Lawson’s Furiously Happy page http://thebloggess.com/furiously-happy
• Audible version of Furiously Happy http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/Furiously-Happy-Audiobook/B00VAW2XZC
• Health Triage episode on CAM issues https://youtu.be/bJKkFJyDlYI
• Medline Plus page on Complementary and Integrative Medicine https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandintegrativemedicine.html

You can download this episode by saving the link to your computer or device.

Disclaimer:

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Episode 017 - Anxiety Experience Trailer and Social Anxiety Disorder

In this episode, A look at the Anxiety Experience Trailer and resources for folks with Social Anxiety Disorders.




You can also download the episode on your media device of choice.

Resources Mention:


As mentioned in the video and in the game play, this might trigger an attack if you are have an anxiety or panic disorder, photosensitive epilepsy or depression.

The video is designed for people who do not have the condition to get a sense of what the experience looks like. 

View at your own risk.

Alesandro Salvati Anxiety Attack Experience Trailer https://youtu.be/HDSIy2aSUbI

Anxiety Attack Game for Windows http://neatwolf.itch.io/anxiety-attacks

The Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety http://akfsa.org 

AKFSA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheAndrewKukesFoundationforSocialAnxiety

Anxiety.org page on Social Anxiety Disorders https://www.anxiety.org/social-anxiety-disorder-sad 

AnxietyBC free PDF download of tools and tips to deal with Social Anxiety http://www.anxietybc.com/sites/default/files/adult_hmsocial.pdf

Disclaimer:

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.