Symptoms of an Anxiety Attack vs Panic Attack

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Symptoms of an Anxiety Attack vs. Panic Attack. Are anxiety and panic attacks the same things? Not really. They differ in terms of intensity, duration, and triggers. There is often a lot of confusion regarding these 2 terms. Largely because – as it is with a lot of common parlance vs technical jargon – in…

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Will Anxiety Go Away On Its Own?

Will Anxiety Go Away On Its Own? Some problems resolve themselves naturally over time… Is Anxiety one of them? One of the beautiful and also most frustrating elements about our emotional experience as humans is that it is always fluctuating. There’s no such thing as an emotion that lasts forever. Even for those of us…

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Anxiety Symptoms – What Anxiety Feels Like

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Anxiety Symptoms – What Anxiety Feels Like. How to Tell If You Are Anxious: Understanding what that word means. An in-depth analysis and explanation. Something I’ve always found fascinating about people struggling with anxiety is when they tell me that they’ve gone to the doctor or a psychiatrist and have been given a diagnosis of…

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The ‘Happiness Trap’ Trap.

The Happiness Trap by Dr Russ Harris and the problematic advice therein.

The ‘Happiness Trap’ Trap. There are so many anxiety, trauma and mental health coaches out there with advice that sounds good… how do you know who to trust and fully follow? As a general rule, I don’t like to crap on other coaches’ and therapists’ approaches. I don’t want to be the guy who acts…

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Draining the Trauma Pool.

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Draining the Trauma Pool. The unresolved emotional energy behind things like anxiety and PTSD isn’t stored in neat little packages. Trauma is energy.   In moments of emotional turmoil, the body has certain ways of purging and processing emotions. But… because we have never built the skills, tools, and muscles to do that properly, because…

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Timeline for Healing Anxiety and Trauma

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How Long Does it Take to Heal? The paradox of healing anxiety, trauma, depression, etc… is that it’s about escaping the fear of just being at peace with where you are. Sometimes people have specific expectations of being able to heal within a certain amount of time. We’re in pain, obviously, because of the unhealed…

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You WILL Keep Growing!

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You WILL Keep Growing! As you release your trauma, triggers and defense mechanisms, you’ll grieve old versions of yourself. A phrase I use often is that “If you’re doing life right, you will always look back at yourself from a few years ago with a bit of embarrassment.”     Now, ‘embarrassment’ may not be…

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5 Steps to Healing Trauma and Anxiety

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5 Steps to Healing Trauma and Anxiety. The journey to emotional mastery doesn’t have to be complicated or take forever. The full healing journey that we are on, which will bring us to the ultimate self-love, confidence, compassion, patience, and strength, requires a lot of learning and perspective. We need to be able to see…

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Covering Up Negativity with Gratitude

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Covering Up Negativity with Gratitude. You can’t just paint over your emotional pain and defense mechanisms. Gratitude is a beautiful thing. It can carry us through our dark times by helping us refocus our attention away from what we don’t have and remember all of the things that we do have. It can give us…

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Emotional Kung Fu

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Emotional Kung Fu Learning emotional mastery is a lot like practicing martial arts… Even in your very first martial arts class, you’ll learn how to throw a basic kick. The sensei will show you the proper stance, how to position your body, and the right way to move your leg. But just ‘knowing how’ to…

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