I stutter when I have a lot of anxiety in a given situation. The biggest problem I, myself is the introduction of new people. I have a very hard time saying my name. The problem is at its peak when there a little something I have to say, as when he introduces you always by name. Answering the phone can be a challenge too. It also comes in waves. Some weeks are weeks are good and some bad. I am 24 and this started probably around 19. I would say it has worsened. I'm not sure I can get a solution. What kind of doctor would be able to help. I know there a correlation between anxiety and stuttering. Can anyone help?
that have helped our family was the most "Self Therapy for stuttering" by Malcolm Fraser, who founded the Stuttering Foundation of America. The book is available in your online shop for www.stutteringhelp.org, on Amazon.com, and some public libraries. This is not a book to read, even if you have to work through it step by step. Check out these blogs and http://notesonstuttering.blogspot.com/ http://stutteringselfhelp-stutteringselfhelp.blogspot.com/ and meet other people who stutter http://groups.myspace.com/stutteringfoundation here
Why does religion make my stomach hurt? Why do “Bible studies” cause me such anxiety?
Reading the Bible and studying the scriptures I find to be well worth my time, but add a religious setting and flavor and nausea follows.
Because it is all a bunch a crap to make you think ” Oh I better listen to someone else because my thoughts are wrong. People want to control other people why trying to scare them with bible writings .The bible and religion has caused much hatred And sins over the years and some people will kill you if you do not believe the Christian ways. Look what white man did to the American Indian. Look what it has caused people to become in other countries.What is important is that you live a clean life and take care of your family and be good to the earth and animals.Do you really think Bush is a God fearing man, ” If he was he would not have sent people to the electric chair or sent our boys over seas to kill other people for oil. We have plenty of oil and need to find other ways for energy which in fact we have but the oil business is afraid to lose money.I wonder if any of the men that were sentenced to death were innocent.
Anyone female had the fibroptic cystoscope test at the urologist?
Has anyone had this test ran? I had it done with a rigid scope years ago and it hurt like hell. I need it done again but this dr. has a fibro-optic scope which they say is better. I am really not wanting to do this and have great anxiety after my last ordeal. Any good stories or horror stoires to share?
sorry, no good stories to tell you. but i’m sure with the fibro-optic scope, it won’t be anything like what you had done years ago. it’s amazing the new technology that comes along each year……you’ll be fine & i’m sure pain free.
i wish you good luck.
PS what antsy says below…….don’t forget she had it 4 years ago…………a lot of improvement has been made in 4 years.
the basic idea here is that our fear is caused by the things we say to ourslves.anxiety arises because we interpret as stimulus threatening-the interpretation is more important thanthe actual stimulus.
How is it that “things we say to ourselves” is genetic? It is a little more then that.
“because we interpret a stimuli as threatening”…well, yes. Externally, anxiety can be triggered.
“more important than the actual stimuli?” Of course it is. You look at fire and you can think…get burn…or you can think it as a tool. We all have automatic thoughts. Those who suffer with anxiety do associate a thought, word, object, e.t.c. with a negative and threatening value.
A. Not be able to recognize their automatic thoughts and decode them(in which cognitive behavioral therapy would help)
or…
B. Have a few neurotransmitter out of whack and need action therapy.
BTW, in most cases, action therapy only works with some other form of therapy applying the idea of reconditioning the thought process.
Put another way, social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression. If a person usually becomes anxious in social situations, but seems fine when they are alone, then “social anxiety” may be the problem.
Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is a much more common problem than past estimates have led us to believe. Millions of people all over the world suffer from this devastating and traumatic problem every day of their lives, either from a specific social phobia or from a more generalized social phobia. In the United States, epidemiological studies have recently pegged social anxiety disorder as the third largest psychological disorder in the country.
A specific social phobia would be the fear of speaking in front of groups, whereas generalized social anxiety indicates that the person is anxious, nervous, and uncomfortable in almost all (or the majority of) social situations.
People with social anxiety disorder usually experience significant emotional distress in the following situations:
Common anxiety provoking social situations include:
a) talking with people in authority
b) dating and developing close relationships
c) making a phone call or answering the phone
d) interviewing
e) attending and participating in class
f) speaking with strangers
g) meeting new people
h) eating, drinking, or writing in public
i) using public bathrooms
j) driving
k) shopping
Physical symptoms that may occur during, or in anticipation of, the situation include:
a) rapid heartbeat
b) sweating
c) muscle tension
d) upset stomach
e) trembling
f) shaky voice
g) dry mouth
h) blushing
i) queasiness
j) ticks
k) hyper ventilation
l) difficulty making eye contact.
People with social anxiety disorder may never know that their anxiety is irrational and does not make “head” sense. Nevertheless, “knowing” something is never the same as “believing” and “feeling” something. Thus, in people with social anxiety, thoughts and feelings of anxiety persist and show no signs of going away. It’s in such cases that On-line forums become handy.
The internet offers many sites that focus on the topic of social anxiety and have forums on these issues. This in an excellent opportunity, especially for individuals with this condition to get together and articulate their fears and feelings. These forums are purposely created to offer people with social phobia a chance of meeting similar individuals without feeling self-restricted and conscious. These on-line social forums are ideal for most people, because it gives them sufficient time to type or speak whatever they have in mind.
Relaxation is a very important thing to the patients of social anxiety and these on-line forums provides then with that much needed environment, where they need to feel comfortable. Different resources that may be of interest to sufferers of social anxiety disorders are all offered to them. It also makes communication to individuals with similar conditions easy. The social anxiety forums also offer a good environment to meet new people from various parts of the world and make friends, other than just learning about their experience with social anxiety. You can also learn new tricks of managing the condition and also share tips of your own.
The number of social anxiety on-line forums is growing fast, so you are sure to find many. They may be all similar but offering different content. They provide chat capability where instant communication is possible in addition to forum boxes, where you can leave your comment, and it can be answered immediately or when someone logs into the site. It therefore pays to check on-line for these social anxiety forums if you are a sufferer of anxiety. AND Who knows; you might just find the right help.
I did a statistics test today and at the time I thought I did really well but when I came out of the exam people were saying about the answers they got for a regression question, and my answers were different. Should I really be this worried? All day i’ve been feeling like an idiot and thinking really negative thoughts about myself.
Don’t be such a wimp.
Wait for the results and if you muffed it, just take it again.
A troubled time comes. Economic crisis, together with the fear, anxiety, stress of unemployment, is becoming one of the hottest among everyday topics currently. Then, how can we ward off the ugly feelings to rebuild our missing confidence? The ways may vary, yet the essence keeps the same: Help and Share. Since all of us are closely connected, regardless of color and region, no one can stand alone in face of this great depression. Thus the first lesson we have to learn is to help each other and share more.
As a PowerPoint addict, I would take presentation as media of Help. My suggestion is that we make a presentation about love and care and share it on a home TV with family or friends. I believe that it can relieve the crisis sufferings to some extent. Here I will explain how it works.
Let’s begin with the amazing authoring tool PowerPoint. The charm of contents in form of PowerPoint is evident to almost every computer literate. To move your dear audience, an animated PowerPoint presentation with soft music and lovely pictures does work wonder. Generally, audiences are apt to such visual display rather than a plain text of a course, a promotion, or even a photo album. A presentation of joy integrated with a live video, a nice photo and a host of wipes is a cute cure of fear and stress that can utterly mirror how close you are to your family and friends.
Note: It is recommended to make your presentation brief and illustrative. Never be too long, or it will spoil the viewing fun.
Once finished the presentation, you have to share it somewhere. As to the topic of emotion tie, a home TV could be no more than the best choice. You can direct a TV-style slide show as if a real program maker, neither technical skills nor large expenses are required. All that you need are two simple devices: a PowerPoint-to-DVD burner and a DVD player, one for burning the PowerPoint presentation into TV compliant DVD, and the other for later watching on TV. The former serves as a bridge that turns your authoring presentation into sharing DVD. Related products like Moyea PPT to DVD Burnerfocus on such conversion and do a lot more than that.
When the presentation is converted to the ubiquitous DVD, connect it to your DVD player.
Turn on the home entertainment, every one sit back, unfetter fear or press, enjoy and escape to the exciting TV show of family love!
Alone, Confused, Scared – Learn How To Be Anxiety Free
Are you feeling alone, confused and scared all the time, is this how you meet your day, you probably have many people around you but I’m sure you still feel very much alone. Is this feeling starting to affect your everyday functions, do you feel like a prisoner of your own emotions. Do you feel that you are suffering such a weird disorder that it is setting you apart from the rest of the world, in such a way don’t you feel that that any body will understand what you are going through. You just feel there is no way that you are ever going to learn how to be anxiety free.
You have no understanding as to what is happening to you, or that there are a multitude of people who are suffering just like you. The anxiety attacks you suffer come from nowhere, or that is what you believe at the time. The anxiety attacks strike while you are driving, working, eating or just walking through the shopping mall.
You constantly ask yourself “Why Me? When are these attacks ever going to stop. You are always wondering what is happening to you. The greatest fear an anxiety sufferer has is that they are going to have another attack. Anxiety Attacks can happen at any time, and not only when an anxiety sufferer is awake, yes can they happen why you are sleeping. Now you are really starting to get frightened, imagine having to wake up to that feeling.
Anxiety disorders seem to be something that is swept under the carpet, most anxiety sufferers don’t want to talk about it, feeling so embarrassed and ashamed that friends and family will think they are just crazy, so they just go on accepting their disorder and hide from it.
How Can You Battle Back?
Today, you feel very different; You now have admitted that you suffer form Anxiety Disorder. You know the condition that you have battled with year after year. You now know that if you don’t do something about this condition, and seek a solution this is how the REST OF YOUR LIFE will be.
From the very beginning you MUST understand the Anxiety Attacks for what they are and when you are having an anxiety attack you have to realize that it is not going to last forever. Most times Anxiety Attacks only last anywhere from a few minutes up to no longer that half an hour.
The key to controlling anxiety attacks is control. Whilst having an anxiety attack lie down if you are able, if not sit or squat down, this way if the anxiety attack is upsetting your balance you will not fall and hurt yourself. Now you must try to relax, close your eyes and outline the external influences that may be causing the anxiety in the first place.
Now you must try to slow down your breathing, by taking very slow deep breaths and hold them for the count of four while you breathe in and also while you exhale. Relax your mussels by starting at your toes and work your way up your body. Feel your mussels relaxing.
If you are ever going to overcome your anxiety attacks you need to redirect your train of thought. You have to have mental images in your brain of your being in control of the anxiety attacks, keep your thoughts of the fear on an oncoming attack just melt away. Keep practicing this reversal of thought, the more you do this the better you will get at managing your anxiety attack the next time you have the feeling that one is coming on.
If you are suffering from an anxiety disorder I commend you for making the choice to learn more about it by just reading this article. Learning what an anxiety disorder is and what you can expect and the steps required by you to get your anxiety under control and to finally being anxiety free. The way to achieve this is through control.
Control through;
1. Searching out your Trigger Points and what it is about them that affects you 2. Understanding and directing your Self Talk 3. Building support with loved ones and friends 4. Facing each attack knowing it will not harm you 5. Forcing uncomfortable situations on yourself 6. Facing your fears and seeing them for what they aren’t
Remember you do have feelings; it just happens that you suffer from an anxiety disorder, you deserve the right to be happy and comfortable with your life. Having a clearer understanding of what you face on a daily basis and how you can get through the tough times.
If you are suffering and battling with Anxiety, I wish you all the best that life can give you. You are a wonderful person for taking the first steps in educating yourself on this very serious illness.
Understand your condition; learn about the different methods and medications that can support you defeating your disorder. Understand all your fears and how to challenge them.
Where do I start when my anger/anxiety issues are affecting my health and relationship?
I have always had anger/anxiety issues, but recently, I have come to a point where I can no longer deal with them on my own. A friend suggested starting with a general practitioner, as I am having health issues stemming from my anger/anxiety, such as headaches, weight gain, and stomach trouble. Is this the best place to start? I’ve made an appointment for this coming Monday. What should I tell this doctor?
When to seek medical advice
Feeling shy at parties or nervous about giving a speech doesn’t necessarily mean you have social anxiety disorder. If your fears or anxieties don’t really bother you, you may not need treatment. For instance, you may not like making speeches but you do so anyway without being overwhelmed by anxiety.
What sets social anxiety disorder apart from everyday nervousness is that its symptoms are much more severe and last much longer. Social anxiety disorder disrupts your life, causes you distress and affects your daily activities.
Common, everyday experiences that may be difficult to endure when you have social anxiety disorder include:
?Using a public restroom or telephone
?Returning items to a store
?Interacting with strangers
?Writing in front of others
?Making eye contact
?Entering a room in which people are already seated
?Ordering food in a restaurant
?Being introduced to strangers
?Initiating conversations
Social anxiety disorder symptoms can change over time. They may flare up if you’re facing a lot of stress or demands. Or if you completely avoid situations that would usually make you anxious, you may not have symptoms. Although avoidance may allow you to feel better in the short term, your anxiety is likely to persist over the long term if you don’t get treatment.
Tests and diagnosis
When you decide to seek treatment for symptoms of possible social anxiety disorder, you may have both a physical and psychological evaluation. The physical exam can determine if there may be any physical causes triggering your symptoms.
There’s no laboratory test to diagnose social anxiety disorder, however. Your doctor or mental health provider will ask you to describe your signs and symptoms, how often they occur and in what situations. He or she may review a list of situations to see if they make you anxious or have you fill out psychological questionnaires or self-assessments to help pinpoint a diagnosis.
To be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, someone must meet criteria spelled out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is used by mental health professionals to diagnose mental conditions and by insurance companies to reimburse for treatment.
Criteria for social anxiety disorder to be diagnosed include:
?A persistent fear of social situations in which you believe you may be scrutinized or act in a way that’s embarrassing or humiliating
?These social situations cause you a great deal of anxiety
?You recognize your anxiety level is excessive or out of proportion for the situation
?You avoid anxiety-producing social situations
?Your anxiety or distress interfere with your daily living
Fear, What Are You Afraid of, The Psychology of Fear & Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder. It can make life very lonely . It is a crippling fear of being humiliated in everyday life . People with this disease fear that the way that they behave
will lead to being judged negatively by others and they know that it doesn’t make sense.
Almost everyone has some small social anxiety here and there.But people with social anxiety
don’t really have a social life. They are afraid to go to school,they will avoid making new
friends and they will miss advancement in their careers or jobs. Some will even avoid going
out to eat or a movie, avoid using the pubic restrooms,and writing in front of others. Some of the triggers for social anxiety are being introduced to other people,being made fun
of, having to speak in front of others,looking another in the eye,being introduced to others
in authority like the new boss,being observed while doing a job,and beiing the center of
attention.While people with social anxiety know that the fears they have are ridiculous, they still can’t help feeling that the fears are real and allow it to control their lives. Their tthought patterns are thoroughly negative and are ooften overwhelming like “I’ll look dumb” oor “I’m boring” and “They’ll think I’m strange” etc. It is very common and affects millions of americans making it the 3rd most common mental
disorder. It is an equal opportunist affecting men as well as women in the same amount of
numbers where depression affects many more women than men. Teenagers and young adults are very
likely to experience social anxiety because they are trying to fit in and they are worried about their image they project to others.A few times it can be seen in kids under 12. If they haven’t outgrown it by age 12 then they are known to grow up to be the same way as adults.
Kids are worried that the teacher will call their name in class, writing on the board,talking to adults etc.They will complain of stomach aches, be sweaty and have headaches and not want to go to school. Social Anxiety has a lot of symptoms associated with it. Heart going a 100 miles an hour,trembling and shaking, upset stomach,diarrhea, can’t talk, sweating alot and fear that others will notice your fear symptoms and fear of being judged by others. These are severe and can be so disabling that they disrupt a person’s life . Experts have said that some of the biological causes of social anxiety could be genetics. Some babies show behavior where they are upset by things that are not familiar to them and then they grow up that way.There is a part of the brain that controls fear response and it is
over stimulated in people that have social anxiety.Another theory is that the brain chemicals are out of balance. Some other theories are it is learned from interacting with others who have the disease like social anxiety ridden parents or children who get bullied in school or are teased alot.Also trauma that may have happened when a person was young or they weren’t able to form bonds with their parents as babies so they can’t calm themselves down or focus in troubling situations. Treating social anxiety has many facets to it . One therapy is exposing the person gradually to the fear until they no longer percieve it as a threat and another treatment is cognitive behavior therapy which says that your own thoughts not others or situations control your behavior.Certain meds are available to help also . There are antidepressants like zoloft and
paxil. Also valium and Xanax which are enzodiazepines but they can be addictive.Long term life style changes can also be incorporated into a person’s life . Shallow breathing and
positive self talk can reduce social anxiety.Joining support groups and taking a social skills class will also put a person back on the fast track to having a great social life.
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