Lifestyle management is the practice of managing your overall well-being by making healthy choices in all aspects of your life—physical, emotional, spiritual, and occupational. It involves developing habits that support and maintain your mental health while decreasing stress levels and promoting relaxation. Why is lifestyle management important? Because it can benefit all aspects of your…
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders among Americans, falling on a broad spectrum of severity. Since the onset of COVID-19, people of all ages and walks of life report experiencing more frequent or consistent feelings of anxiety. Often, the fear and worry from anxiety cause people to feel paralyzed and unable to…
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects about 1% of the population. It is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking and can be debilitating. There is no known cause of schizophrenia, but researchers have identified several risk factors. One of these risk factors is anxiety. Anxiety is a normal emotion that we all experience…
Stress is a normal reaction that everyone experiences in response to challenging or upsetting situations. It is an expected part of life that people cannot avoid, and the body has systems to manage it. However, chronic stress can be debilitating and cause or exacerbate physical and mental health issues. Anxiety is the leading mental health…
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is commonly mistaken as specific to children, but it also affects adults. ADHD and anxiety often go hand-in-hand. Research indicates that nearly half of adults with ADHD also have an anxiety disorder. A hallmark of both is the inability to relax. If you have ADHD, anxiety, or both, you know that…
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) states that anxiety affects 18.1% of Americans annually. Even with such a high prevalence, many people with anxiety disorders go undiagnosed and untreated, primarily due to a phenomenon referred to as high-functioning anxiety. Individuals with high-functioning anxiety experience the same symptoms as those with low-functioning anxiety, but…
Stress and anxiety have become so commonplace that most people do not understand the severity of their impacts on our mental and physical well-being. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders among Americans of all ages, children included. And yet they are often the most overlooked or disregarded. Because who isn’t stressed out…
Stress comes in many forms, and anxiety is a natural stress response. Everyone experiences stress and anxiety from time to time. However, millions of Americans live with chronic stress and anxiety that interfere with their daily functioning and quality of life. People are often unaware of the far-reaching impacts of stress and anxiety. Many believe…
Since 1992, April has been recognized as Stress Awareness Month, a national collaborative effort to increase public awareness about the modern stress epidemic’s causes, cures, and dangers. Stress is a normal reaction that everyone experiences in response to feeling anxious or threatened. However, we all experience it differently. Chronic stress can be debilitating and cause…
Millions of Americans suffer from anxiety disorders. A panic disorder is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by panic attacks. Many people think of anxiety attacks and panic attacks as the same, but they are different conditions. While anxiety attacks have a slow onset, triggered by anticipation of a stressful event, panic attacks come on…