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Hi, I'm Paul Dooley. I am a licensed therapist and creator of Anxietyguru.net. My ability to relate to you comes from my own 10-year struggle with anxiety which began when I was just a teen. I can still remember how confusing and scary those times were for me. If you're feeling nervous, worried about your health, living with weird physical symptoms, or dealing with a recent relapse of..
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5M ago
Picture standing at the edge of an open airplane door, wind blowing past, with nothing but the huge sky below. This is the start of training for many paratroopers. The first jump is intense – your body feels nervous, and your stomach is in knots. Your mind is also scared, warning you about the danger
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7M ago
Anxiety is something we all know about. It’s that feeling you get before a big presentation, your heart racing during a tough conversation, or that constant worry that never seems to go away. Most of the time, we think of anxiety as something that happens in our heads and makes us feel bad emotionally. But
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7M ago
In life, we all face moments when we have to step away from its demands. It’s a silent truth we confront sooner or later—a truth that whispers or shouts: “I need a break.” In these moments of rest, we can find peace from anxiety and everything that comes with it. I have witnessed and experienced
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7M ago
Once, I would have cautioned those grappling with anxiety to steer clear of medications. In retrospect, I can admit my lack of knowledge about meds. Those little wonders, they can do some real good. That’s why you might be surprised to hear that I was firmly against them for a long time. But, after a
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1y ago
Anxiety is incongruent. It promises the worst and never delivers. If anxiety were a person it would promise you the moon and give you a drawing of it instead. It’s a liar. The fact that people feel anxiety deeply, well that I understand. It can wreak havoc on your mind and body if you let
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The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.” -Seneca Over the summer I released a podcast episode called What History Can Teach You About Your Anxiety. It was an okay podcast episode about how anxiety was understood in antiquity. But instead
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