Terry Dixon

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Do Parents Cause Emotional Problems?

As a child our parents are God to us. We worship the ground they walk on; they gave us life and keep us alive. A father shows his son what it is to be a man, a mother, to her daughter, a woman. And yet this same parent, the one we worship, can come to make us feel as though we are inadequate, stupid, weak and worthless. Significant others can do the same to some extent – but our parents are different; their genes are a part of us, their behaviour toward us strikes at our ve

May 4, 2010

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How to Calm Down

When we panic (or have anxiety attacks) a number of things happen to us. And we should know that in panic and high anxiety the symptoms that we experience are the same. The difference lies in the build up: anxiety usually builds up slowly, getting stronger and stronger until it becomes a full-blown attack; panic occurs instantly, usually in response to a clear and imminent threat or danger. An anxiety attack is, in effect, panic. In both anxiety and panic we become jumpy and

February 4, 2010

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How to Overcome Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety attacks and panic attacks; chronic worrying and obsessive thoughts; compulsive behaviours; irrational fears and phobias, even severe depression - these problems all involve heightened anxiety. rnIn overcoming them, the goal is not to get rid of anxiety, for to have anxiety is normal, it is a part of being human, helps ready us for action and is there for our survival. The aim is to understand why it has become so strong, change what it means to us and know how to redu

January 26, 2010

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The Awesome Power of Fear and Belief

In society’s striving to attribute medical causes to all ailments and diseases and so produce a ‘quick and easy fix’ often in the form of medication, something rnextremely important is usually overlooked. And it is the most important thing of all, for it often means life or death. It is a psychological phenomenon … the potent mixture of fear and belief. I can think of no better way to illustrate this than the story below – it sums the situation perfectly: Our own mi

January 26, 2010

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Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

Anxiety disorder symptoms give us insight into how anxiety disorders develop. Stemming from experiences, anxiety/panic and learning, these symptoms can be expressed physically, behaviourally and psychologically. rnMany of them occur across all anxiety disorders reinforcing the belief that these rnproblems are all related. When we truly understand anxiety disorders, we know that it is much more than this. These problems are not just related, they are the same problem, merely e

November 27, 2009

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Anxiety Disorders and Survival

Generalized anxiety, anxiety attacks and panic attacks, OCD, PTSD and even depression - all of these problems involve fear, anxiety and panic. And fear, anxiety and panic are all about one thing: survival. rnIt is the main drive of every living thing – to survive and reproduce (so that our genes survive). It drives everything we do, every waking second and every sleeping rnsecond, every conscious minute and every unconscious minute. Anxiety-related problems are all formed a

November 20, 2009

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Anxiety (Disorders) and Control

It lies deep within human nature … the need to be in control of our environment; it must – our very survival depends on it. rnWe have an innate drive to understand things that influence our lives so that we can have some control over them, some control over our own survival and existence. rnAny situation that we cannot understand or control remains, in a sense, unresolved, anything might happen; the situation has the potential to cause us harm and as such remains frighten

November 9, 2009

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Help for Anxiety, Phobias, OCD and Depression

Offers insight into anxiety-related problems and a self-help approach to begin to deal with them.

September 23, 2007

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Help for Anxiety, Phobias, OCD and Depression

September 23, 2007

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Help for Anxiety, Phobias, OCD and Depression

September 23, 2007