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The Overcoming Anxiety Blog May Have Run Its Course

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This is just a short one to let anyone who comes to the site on a regular basis that it seems this site may have run its course.  It seems that while we can talk quite a bit about overcoming anxiety, beating and managing stress, depression etc, that eventually the well runs dry.

We’ll take a look and see whether there is consistent content to share on a regular basis, but at this point, it looks like things are getting a bit redundant.

If you have an idea for how you would like to see this blog go with regards to its direction, please feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll take each one into consideration.

If this is the end, it’s been a great ride, and this also happens to be post number fifty, which is kind of fitting.

Take care, and we’ll be back to either update this post, or back blogging on a daily or near daily basis.

 

Let’s Talk A Bit More About Stress Management Techniques

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We’ve talked quite a bit about stress and anxiety relief in the past, but we haven’t actually talked so much about stress management techniques.  If you can head off stress problems before they grow to be too big and out of control, then the methods of relief may not be as necessary.  Perhaps that could be put in a clearer way, but basically this says is that managing is better than having to relieve when it comes to stress.  While panic and anxiety can be clinical disorders, stress is one of those things in life that we will all have to deal with at one point or another.  Taking the time to learn about stress management, and some techniques to make it more successful is probably a good idea for a lot of people.

First, a word of warning:  This post turned into more of a free flowing article that veered from the plan.  Hopefully you’ll still find something worth reading, even if it is a little more disjointed than usual.

What’s interesting is that many of the same techniques that have been written about on the site for relieving stress are also effective when it comes to stress management.  At least, in many anecdotal references and accounts that you can find by asking your friends or searching online for information, this seems to be the case.

You can look into different approaches that involve taking out personal time to make sure that you are free and clear of the stressors in your life so that you can unwind and recharge.  Or find some people who will exercise the stress away to make sure that they are mentally fresh so that they can manage the demands of their day and general life style.  Others like meditation, Qigong and other slower relaxation methods that also help them to unwind and unplug for a bit so that their stress isn’t such a big deal anymore.

There really is nothing new under the sun when it comes to the basics of stress management, stress relief etc.  What is important is that you take action.  This also brings me to an interesting find that showed up in the alerts for my email inbox on this story from care2.com.  It is about stressing about stress, which is awfully familiar if you take a look at the sidebar and see one of the earlier articles posted on this site.

Don’t Stress Over Stress – Care2.com

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When you hear the word “stress” you can almost feel it – that sensation of being overwhelmed, of being unsure of what your next step should be, of frustration. But not all stress is bad. In fact, in the right doses it can help us achieve success. The key is to be able to identify our stress and manage it in a healthy way.

So I guess the gist of this post is to a) make sure that we’re talking about managing stress and other problems, on top of relieving stress, overcoming anxiety, defeating panic attacks etc, and b) to list out a couple of stress management techniques, which were mentioned a bit above:
  • Find a way to unplug and get away from the rigors of the day every couple of days for an hour or two, at least.
  • Take up an exercise or other physical activity if you are healthy enough.
  • Stop stressing about being stress.

That’s about it for the day.  This turned out to be a bit more of a free write of sorts, but hopefully there was something here of interest to you.

What’s The Difference Between Shy and Social Anxiety Disorder?

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At some point, most of us have experienced what it’s like to feel incredibly shy.  Shy to the point that we just may as well become a part of the wall when we’re at a party or in a new social situation.  Not everyone, but quite a few of us have experienced this.  Some get [...] Read more »

2 Links: Smartphone App For Anxiety Again and No Smell = Depression?

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There have been at least two posts up here on the blog about a smartphone app for anxiety that has been tested and discussed a couple of times.  It is an incredibly interesting concept, even though quite a few readers had shown a bit of unease with the idea of people trying to download an [...] Read more »

Less Stress and Anxiety With More Sleep?

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Yesterday, you may have seen the post on the link between depression, anxiety and insomnia.  If not, you can read it through that link right there to the left.  Anyway, it got a fair number of views, so it seemed like expanding on the article a little bit was a good enough idea.  So, the [...] Read more »