I have had anxiety for as long as I can remember. I can recall having that disassociation or whatever it's called feeling when I was little. It was rare back then though as it never happened that often. Basically it had gotten worse after graduating high school. And, after having gone to college num...

I just wanted to say something quick, The Lord is showing me piece by piece about sufferings, through my life. I speak of not just OCD but rather things such as persecutions and things I care not to say. I have spend a great deal of time in this forum with speaking to many of you, about your sufferi...

How do I begin to deal with what appears to be generalized anxiety disorder? I am wondering about experiences with anxiety medication... Help me fix my whacked out body! In the last year, my stress has gone from just being stress to anxiety of varying magnitudes. I'm looking to deal with this, and I...

Day 1: Bessel van der Kolk is lovely. He's humble, he's funny, and he is the premiere researcher on the neurobiology and/or efficacy of trauma treatments in the world. And cute and brilliant, of course. Here are nearly random gems from 3 hours of notes: With trauma, there are no stories, onl...

Yesterday I held my new book in my hands. It's hard for me to make meaning of 14 months of work being encapsulated in a 1 1/2 pound book. As I paged through it, I recalled the process of writing; my appreciation of the content of other people's chapters; editing squabbles; waiting, waiting, ...

This morning, I found myself in a discussion on Twitter with others interested in medical topics as a result of an “Analysis” commentary in the journal BMJ - “Breast screening: the facts—or maybe not.” In the piece, the authors critique a UK leaflet on breast screening, and...

In a perfect world, nobody suffers over anything. There is no such thing as anxiety disorder, depression, anger, resentment or any other emotion that could possibly push us out on a ledge somewhere hoping someone, somewhere will save us; a cry for help or just a need for someone to realize: “Hey, ...

As reported by The New York Times, people with bipolar disorder have a higher risk of suffering from fatal illness according to a study (that reviewed 17 other studies involving more than 331,000 people) reported in the February issue of......

Guys and Gals I've been thru many trails in my life as a christian but it seems I keep sinking deeper into a hole of drug addiction again. Not because I want to get High but just feel normal. Even though I've came along way from where I was a year ago when my ocd really started it seems another prob...

It’s not just girls, boys want to keep up with the latest trends too. We can use lessons from the workplace to help teens with homework. A new study found a link between degrading lyrics and teen sex. Teen obesity is just as deadly as teen smoking. R-rated movies are prompting teens to smoke. ...