News of Anxiety Disorders

hi, im 19f from yorks. just a few questions.
I went to see a pyschotherapist recently coz of all the problems i've been having. I was diagnosed with social phobia but no one can really tell if i have depression too. they keep changing their minds, i only get depressed when i go to bed at night, and i have nightmares all the time. when im with my family, usually im happy enough. it usally ...

hi i have always been single and i am suicidal over this

Defined
The anxiety disorder pure obsessional OCD, commonly called Pure O, is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is distinct from traditional OCD in that it features no outward manifestations; instead, both the anxiety-inducing obsessions and relief-seeking compulsions of OCD take place in the mind.

With standard OCD, the compulsions manifest as physical rituals: excessive hand-washing, checking, cleaning. With Pure O, the compulsions manifest as unseen mental rituals, but they are compulsions nonetheless, which is ...

I am very surprised to see that so many people suffer from social anxiety. It is indeed very depressing, especially when one is friendly/nice person but cannot face people.
I've been suffering from social anxiety for a couple of years and avoid any social gatherings,or where I know many people will be. But my problem is an odd one, because I cannot make eye contact because I am afraid of staring at people's noses, which ...

There have been many studies that suggest that exercise has a direct correlation with reducing stress. Just by exercising several times a week for about a half hour at a time can lower stress levels. Whether you lift weights, do the stairmaster or just walk for half an hour it all goes into channelising your energies into something constructive, takes off the mind from our anxieties for a while and ventilates the system thereby refreshing ...

This is a pretty dangerous and potent disorder. I think more people need to understand about anxiety disorders because it is very common and I occasionally get so overwhelmed that I begin having harmful thoughts because of the almost fight or flight response that I get. I don't act on it because I always realize deep inside that it's only anxiety that causes everything that's going on. But I had been reading about psychiatric disorders ...

I have OCD really bad. I pick the skin around my finger nails and end up making them bleed and left very painful. I also have a place on my forehead that I pick with tweezers everyday. I notice tonight I spend 1 hr. 1/2 between my face and fingers. I am so out of control. I am on medication but believe I need a really good self help book to help me stop this ...

Hi, ever since about 3 months ago I suddenly developed a new phobia..It's completly unrational, it makes no sense..I don't want to say what it is, I'll only say that it has to do with being scared that I can't stop something.. But since that day it has been in my mind, ALL day, & I can't get it out of my head. I guess what I'm asking is does this sound like a phobia ...

over the past 3 and 1/2 years i have been diagnosed with personality disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders. although i have been diagnosed with ocd in the past, other psychiatrists have debated this diagnosis. i ignored it until recently when a psychiatrist at a psych evaluation and a therapist suggested it.

i tend to overthink. my thoughts snowball causing increased depression and suicidality, such as: i just said something stupid so that ...

I've been struggling for months (years in fact) with Social Phobia, Agoraphobia, OCD, oversensitivity and other things that have caused me to become depressed, in this time..
I've really been battling with negative thoughts. Although it's been hard to think and feel very positive about anything in my life I've tried not to dwell on the bad points so much in my life.
My S.A has got a bit worse over the last couple of ...