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- Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Bill WhiteI’d like to discuss anger’s role in the generation and sustenance of panic attacks and anxiety. To give the matter its due, I’ve decided to present the information in two parts. In this edition, part one, we’ll review what anger is in the eyes of the psychoanalysts and cognitivists. And in part ...
Views: 1538 - Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Your Primary Care Physician: Are You Getting the Best Care? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Bill WhiteI found an editorial in the March 6, 2007 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine that I believe is spot-on. It was written by Wayne Katon, M.D. and Peter Roy-Byrne, M.D., from the University of Washington School of Medicine. The subject matter was poor treatment practices, as well as ...
Views: 1994 - Panic Attacks, Comfort Foods, and Carb Cravings: It All Makes Perfect Sense - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from Bill WhiteI’d like to present what I believe is need-to-know information for panic and anxiety sufferers. I don’t think it’s front page news that what we eat and drink has great impact upon the onset and intensity of panic and anxiety. And one of the most prolific examples is the ingestion of food and ...
Views: 2582 - Panic Attacks, Guilt, and the Personality of Your Superego - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Bill WhiteGuilt can be absolutely crippling for anyone, but it hits panic attack and anxiety sufferers particularly hard. We’re so darned tough on ourselves, and hold ourselves accountable for so many things that simply aren’t fair or reasonable. And that makes guilt a major obstacle to overcome when it ...
Views: 3778 - Panic Attacks, Interpreaction, and Interpreversal: A Mind Game You Can Win - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Bill WhiteI’d like to share two concepts I believe will be of great assistance as we approach panic attacks, agoraphobia, derealization, and depersonalization - any of our anxiety and mood-driven misery, for that matter. They play so very big and need to be put into practice over and over again. And ...
Views: 1360 - Panic Attacks, the Amygdala, and the Limbic System: A Paradox of Protection - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Bill WhiteThe amygdala, situated equally in both brain hemispheres, is an almond-shaped (“amygdala” is derived from the Greek for “almond-like”) grouping of nuclei approximately one-inch long, located just a few inches from each ear, inward and in a direction toward the forehead. It’s considered to be the ...
Views: 3301 - Panic Attacks, The Amygdala, The Prefrontal Cortex, and an Elevator - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Bill WhiteIf you’ve followed my writing you’ll know I believe misinterpretation and overreaction are the number one psychological contributors to panic attacks. I believe so deeply in this truth that I coined the term, “interpreaction,” to underscore the power of the relationship between interpretation ...
Views: 2515 - Psyched in the E.R.: She's Pregnant and Shooting Heroin? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Bill WhiteSo I answered the phone and the details were tough to hear. Yes, one of those cases that requires a gut-check before making the scene. Seems a woman, seven-months pregnant no less, was about to inject her daily heroin fix when her fiancé intervened and called the police. Out they came to the ...
Views: 1050 - That Three-Pound Mass in Your Skull - It's Yours! - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Bill WhiteI was involved in a situation several days ago that rekindled some thoughts I’d been having over the past few months. I’d like to share what’s on my mind. I had been summoned to an emergency department to do a psych assessment on a woman who just hours before had her suicidal plan interrupted ...
Views: 709 - Trichotillomania: And That Is? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from Bill WhiteTrichotillomania (TTM), what I’ll call “trich,” is a fascinating, albeit brutal, mind variance (my stigma-reducing term for “mental illness”). Now, if you’ve elected to read an article addressing treatment you more than likely have a pretty good idea as to just what trich is. But to make sure no ...
Views: 2235 - Warped Thinking: Anxiety's Fuel - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Bill WhiteIn my panic disorder recovery days, when it came to intrapersonal issues most everything in my mind revolved around my disorder, the warped way in which I viewed myself, and my entrapment in a disorder-tainted world. Now, it’s really important to understand that if you’re in the midst of a ...
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