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Cell Phones, Teenagers and Anxious Attachment

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Panic Attacks, Transitional Objects, Flirting, Sex Addiction, Smartphones, Tweens, Psychology, Media, Parenting, Self-Soothing, Facebook, Texting, Stress, Friendships, Education, College, High School, Cell Phones, Teachers, Anxiety, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

We are raising a cohort of teens whose cell phones have replaced their favorite blankets or stuffed animals.

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The Elder Care Blues: Waking Up Dead

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Anxiety, The Elder Care Blues, Cataract Surgery, Panic Attacks, Janice Taylor, Death and Dying, Panic Disorder, Elder-Care, Geriatrics, Caregiving, Healthy Living News
Janice Taylor

I do my best to keep things in perspective, acknowledging that Harriet is not in pain, that we are not talking about a major illness here -- no heart problems, no cancer, so much to be grateful for at 95. But even this -- a simple cataract operation -- is unbelievably stressful and complicated.

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Panic Attacks And Other Jokes: Agorafabulous! Depicts Mental Illness on Its Own, Goofy Terms

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Agorafabulous, Panic Attacks, AGORAFABULOUS! Dispatches From My Bedroom, Agoraphobia, Sara Benincasa, Comedy, Prozac, Xanax, Books News
Kaitlin Bell Barnett

Agorafabulous! manages the rather sneaky feat of making what Sara Benincasa astutely calls "the wrong kind of different" seem not so wrong at all.

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Sara Benincasa: She's Delightful, She's Delicious, She's Agorafabulous!

Holly Cara Price | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sex and Other Human Activities, Panic Attacks, AGORAFABULOUS! Dispatches From My Bedroom, Sara Benincasa, Valentines Day, Panic Disorder, The Yes Men, Books News
Holly Cara Price

In case you are not familiar with Sara Benincasa, she is an award-winning comedian, writer, blogger, and all around hilarious person. I spoke with her last week about her first book, Agorafabulous!

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Just Do It Because I Say So

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Iyengar-Yoga, Yoga, Panic Attacks, Bks-Iyengar, Poetry, Hinduism, Asana, Authority-Figure-Hubris, Middle Age, Francis W. Parker School, Fifties, Performance Anxiety, Patanjali, Sixties, Anxiety, Chicago Grammar Schools, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring

I was 12 years old, and there was no way one could "get out of" the eighth grade at the Francis W. Parker School of Chicago without memorizing and reciting the poem. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment," to be precise.

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The D-word: Not Death. Not Divorce. The Other One.

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Jeans, Tiara, Shopping, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Dating, Leopard Print, Soho, Fifty News
Susan McCorkindale

Should he really push a pair of hot but definitely just-this-side-of-snug jeans on a widow when there's probably a perfectly good nun's habit available on eBay?

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Too Panicky to Push

Carol Tobin | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Panic-Attacks, Victoria Beckham Baby, Too Posh to Push, Harper-Seven-Beckham, Childbirth, Comedy News
Carol Tobin

For years I have declared that I never wanted kids. The thoughts of myself having a natural labor manifest itself as my right leg firmly crossing my left leg.

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Do You Ever Feel Like You're Going Crazy?

Carol W. Berman, M.D. | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder, Phobias, Healthy Living News
Carol W. Berman, M.D.

Do you ever feel like you're going crazy? Does your heart suddenly beat rapidly? Do you get the sweats waiting for a bus or the train? Do you feel impending doom when nothing is wrong?

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Navigating The Underworld Of Anxiety

Kari Henley | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Depression, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Dealing With Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Coping With Anxiety, Healthy Living News
Kari Henley

Psychiatric issues remain in the hazy, murky places that stay under the surface of acceptable illnesses. I had no idea how isolating it can be.

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What Would You Call It?

Katrina Alcorn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Disorders, Insomnia, Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, Nervous Breakdown, Panic Attacks, Healthy Living News
Katrina Alcorn

I don't know when I decided to call it a nervous breakdown. Some can't even have this conversation because it would mean looking at things they're trying not to see. I know how they feel because two years ago, I was one of them.

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The Agorafabulous Life of Sara Benincasa

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Westchester, Comedienne, Alaska, Agorafabulous, Mustache, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Sara Benincasa, Sketch, Sarah Palin, 30 Rock, Sex, Radio, Two-and-a-Half Men, Cosmo, Snl, Auntie Sara, Tina Fey, Comedy, Talk Show Host, Siriusxm, Comedy News
Jon Chattman

I spoke with Sara Benincasa late last month, and covered everything from the upcoming mustache benefit she's hosting to her rise among the comedic ranks.

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