Category: Anxiety

Source: Photo by Joice Kelly on Unsplash Tell me whether this sounds familiar: You’re about to step into unfamiliar territory in which the future is uncertain. Maybe it’s leaving a comfortable job…

Source: Karonlina Grabowska/Pexels People with health anxiety tend to pay a lot of attention to their body symptoms. Sound familiar? It makes sense that if you are worried about your health, you…

Have you ever called yourself lazy even though everyone around you seems to think you’re doing a lot? Many high achievers—students, professionals, busy parents—often tell me they are lazy. Despite their packed…

Not All “What Ifs?” Are the Same

Feeding our bodies a daily dose of tough love in combination with the praise and promotion we get for attacking, fighting back, never giving up, and winning at any cost starves our…

Anxiety’s greatest trick is that it convinces us to care about and pay attention to everything, even things that, in the larger picture, do not necessarily matter. This can result in over-attention…

Source: fizkes/iStock What are you not doing in your life because you are afraid of people’s judgments? How are these fears holding you back? Many people have at least some fears of…

It is interesting to consider the difference between animals and humans and how they respond to situations. One of the reasons I write for Psychology Today is because of the useful information…

Source: TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay Like it or not, everyday life is a factory of decision-making: What to wear for a first date, whether to take the new job, whether to circle back to the…

There are many uses of the word sorry. There’s the genuine and heartfelt apology. We also know the sarcastic one that fuels an argument like igniter fluid (“So sorry I can’t read…