Show 286 Using Time to Mange Anxiety Symptoms

Anxiety symptoms are pesky. We spend a lot of time trying to deal with them. 

In addition to our daily task duties and responsibilities. 

In this episode, I want to share a few tips that can restore a sense of stability and calm. 

I don't want to turn anyone into a time robot. 

There are some evil time technological oppressors that are rising in the workforce or the corporate marketplace. 

Those buggers are trying to find ways to micro manage folks working from home. This episode is about using time to help you get things done.

What I am talking about is finding the shift necessary to make you existence calmer or more relaxed.

These are concepts, not instructions. 

It is how to eat the elephant of work you have to do in smaller pieces of time. Work on a task for five minutes a day, five days a week is 25 minutes a week. This could be much better than trying to crunch it the last day that it is due.

It is about reframing time to match your needs.

Resources Mentioned: 

Bearable, an app that helps you to track not only your symptoms, but food, activity, and sleep patterns. You get a visible display on how you are doing.  Runs on Android and iOs

Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman. Sure, buy the book but you can get a lot of good info at her website.

Jim Donovan's Rhythmic Stress Relief: Stopwatch Tap Technique Bone easy to do and will help you to bring your anxiety down a notch or two.

From Very Well Mind, Find More Time in a Busy Schedule for Less Stress. The word "no" is very important.

If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

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This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Show 285 Anxiety Symptoms and Dreams

This is a pebble in the road about the definitions of dreams, bad dreams and nightmares. 

If you are an highly anxious person this is one of many possible symptoms of stress and anxiety that you might experienced. 

Vivid dreams and nightmares can be a sign of anxiety symptom. Or not. 

It could be just your brains way of taking out the neural trash floating around the joint. 

But you might have a different cultural or social way of understanding dreams. That is ok. It is important to recognize that your relationship with dreams and nightmares are your experience.

How you deal with them is also your experience. One that with the right information and context might give you the tools to control there appearance or doing the work on finding an effective treatment.

This episode only deals with what dreams and nightmares are, potential causes and triggers of the rascals and a resource or two to help you learn more about it.

If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

Resources Mentioned: 

Brain Basics Understanding Sleep National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Dreams: What They Mean & Psychology Behind Them via Sleep Association.org

Nightmares: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Sleep Diary and Journals

National Sleep Foundation Sleep Diary

National Health Service (UK) Sleep Diary 

MyHealth/Alberta, Canada Sleep Journal

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Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements. 

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Show 284 Self-Directed Anxiety Workbooks

Not all anxiety, workbooks are created equal or even readable. 

Many of them are designed to be used with a therapist or our therapist directed. If you flip to a random page and can't figure out or understand what the heck they're talking about, that might not be the right workbook.

There are a number self-directed anxiety workbooks that are specifically designed so that you, as the consumer can work through your issue without a therapist.

You can gain similar information as if you were in a therapy session. But only if you actually use the workbook. Owning it and looking at it from time to time will not work.

Some of the workbooks are pretty bad. Some of them are okay. 

And some of them actually achieve the goal of being able to convey information in plain English and have a workable means of you trying to deal with your problems by yourself. 

So I have three anxiety workbooks to share with you. 

If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741.

Resources Mentioned: 

Your Anxiety Beast and You: A Compassionate Guide to Living in an Increasingly Anxious World 

Eric Goodman, Ph.D You also can find the workbook on many online book vendors. 

There is a preview version at Google Books.

The Anxiety Skills Workbook Simple CBT and Mindfulness Strategies for Overcoming Anxiety, Fear, and Worry by Stefan G. Hofmann. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools and techniques. You can read a sample chapter of the workbook on Google Books.

Don't F-cking Panic by Kelsey Darragh, published by Thought Catalog Books. This is a workbook from one of the folks on the road, trying to helps the newbies and tried so many times what is the point folks. Plain English and sometimes profane English. If cussing bothers you, this isn't the book for you.

Disclaimer: 

Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements. 

Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder.

This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.