How to Master Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Do you realize that if you are depressed at night, you’ll almost certainly be anxious in the morning? The opposite is also true

Do you realize that if you are depressed at night, you’ll almost certainly be anxious in the morning? The opposite is also true. What a vicious cycle – just plain mean.
If you are [...]

Can You Believe People Get Anxiety and Stress From …

Some people won’t use the elevator.  Others won’t get on an airplane.  In extreme cases, folks won’t even leave their house for years.  If you thought You had mental blocks and stress, these people will make you feel like a superhero.   

Things people are actually afraid of…
1. Barophobia – Fear of Gravity (are these [...]

SAD? Holiday Blahs, or Seasonal Depression – Which Is It?

Seasonal Affective Disorder is an often overlooked condition because people tend to think that it makes sense to be down during the stressful, cold holidays. While holiday misery is never far off for those of us who have to interact with other human beings on a daily basis, SAD is something different altogether and [...]

How to Argue (and still sleep together tonight)

I know, it’s hard being right all the time.  Really.  Why is that?  It’s because no one cares whether you’re right, people only care about whether or not you’re a jerk.  If you spend all of your time alone that distinction may not matter to you, but if you are sharing your life with someone [...]

The Single Biggest Thing You Didn’t Know About Depression or Anxiety

For some reason, anxiety carries less social stigma than depression. You may feel like less of a leper admiting to your anxiety than to your depression. Anxiety conjures associations of something dramatic — maybe even interesting. Depression only calls to mind soiled Kleenex and someone who will drain the life force out of you by [...]

How to know if you are stressed (even if you don’t think you are)

Living with anxiety is kind of like sharing a bed with my cat. Every night he stakes out a nest down near my feet where he is least likely to interfere. Then, as soon as I am asleep he starts to take over. Stretching his back and legs, then strategically rolling about, [...]

The Partial Road Chapter Seven

Mom had a way of knowing the future. Even though Mom and Dad hated each other, Mom would ask me to listen to Dad. She would tell me to ask him to teach me carpentery. She would tell me to get Dad to take me on hikes. I once found a seashell on Palomar Mountain. [...]

How to Help Your Anxious Dog

Do you cause your dog anxiety?  Probably.  Let’s face it – human beings can be an anxious bunch.  We are unruly, inconsistent, and sometimes extremely unaware.  And who has to deal with it without a word of complaint?  Pets.  Now, if you have an issue free pet feel free to skip straight to posting pet [...]