This is why anxiety techniques don’t seem to work for many people. It’s not that the techniques themselves are ineffective—it’s how they’re being used.

I was 17, shopping for prom dresses, and ordering my cap and gown for high school graduation when the world abruptly shut ...

1. Do not focus on your fearful thinking: The first thing a person must do is not to dwell on the fear provoking thought when it comes. The more a person tries to reason out on the fear behind the ...

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD) is a serious mental health disorder. Its name is often misused to describe people who like things super-clean or arranged just so. But when you actually have ...

These thoughts tend to override other thoughts and intrude, unbidden, into your awareness. Obsessive thoughts are difficult or impossible to dismiss, or even temporarily put aside. The experience may ...

Stepping out of your thoughts by focusing on physical sensations and your body, even if momentarily, may also help with anxiety management. Similar to physical activity, grounding techniques help ...

By targeting the areas of the heart affected by these irregular signals, the technique could lead to less invasive and more energy-efficient treatments. The team developed a mathematical model that ...

or Mum's obsessive cleaning). Overwhelmed by an intense survivor's guilt, her mind was utterly invaded by anxious, intrusive thoughts, about being a bad person for not being able to save Mum.