Anxiety

Mortgage Crisis Suicide? Wife and Mother on Verge of Losing Home Kills Herself

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Suicide, Housing Crisis, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Economy, Economic Anxiety, Psychology, Anxiety, Economic Instability, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Police in Taunton, Mass., report today that Carlene Balderrama, 53 shot herself to death Tuesday afternoon -- 90 minutes before her foreclosed home was scheduled to be sold at auction.

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Why Do I Scare Myself Silly Before I Travel?

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Travel, The Inner Life, Anxiety, Travel Anxiety, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

I start off by reading the crime statistics of the place I'm to travel to, but then I progress to general crime. For scare-yourself-silly game inspiration, you can't beat the State Department's Bureau of Consular affairs.

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Is Human Life a Mental Illness?

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Health, Tibetan Culture, The Futurological Convention, Healing, Living Healthy, Original Sin, Buddhism, Dukkha, Anxiety, Living News
Karen Kisslinger

Gregory Bateson once cautioned us young people that if we were ever going to have a psychotic episode, we should try not to do it while in America, lest we get swept into its so-called Mental Health system and never return.

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Try a Bit of Therapy or Twelve Step Support With Your Exercise?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Depression, The Balanced Life, Antidepressants, Exercise, Anxiety, Stress Reduction, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

We have to move to activate the "feel good" body chemicals that are built into us as nature's mood stabilizers and mood elevators.

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Exercise: The Best Antidepressant Ever?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Anxiety, Depression, Stress Reduction, Antidepressants, Exercise, The Balanced Life, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

The science behind just how and why exercise can help to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression has been a much studied topic over the last two dec...

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Sex and the City Converts a Skeptic of the Show

Misa Dayson | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Money, Sex and the City, Feminism, Anxiety, New York City, Entertainment News
Misa Dayson

I could never accept that Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte represented the modern New York woman. But I still left Sex and the City: The Movie laughing and entertained.

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Election Mania

Caroline Presno | Posted 05.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Therapy, Depression, Post-Election Disorder, Tim Russert, Hillary Clinton, Election Mania, 2008 Election, Anxiety, Chris Matthews, Psychology, Living News
Caroline Presno

I'm seeimg an interesting trend in my clients during their therapy sessions -- if there were actual diagnoses for this trend, we might use terms like "election mania" or "post-election disorder."

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Is Your Birth Control Pill Driving You Bananas?

Doug Bremner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Contraception, Ocp, Birth Control Pills, Depression, Drugs, Medication, Anxiety, Yasmin, Living News
Doug Bremner

A collective howl is going up amongst women over at medications.com over the birth control pill, Yasmin.

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If Prescription Meds Don't Kill You They Might Drive You Crazy

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Zyflo, Montelukast, Accolate, Side Effects, Singulair, Asthma, Suicide, Zafirlukast, Anxiety, Living News
Doug Bremner

It's bad enough that it can drive you crazy trying to get your prescription medications filled, but now it looks like sometimes your prescription meds themselves can make you, well... nuts.

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Seventeen Tips for Conquering Stage Fright.

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Stagefright, Fear, Stage Fright, Daily Life, Anxiety, Performance, Happiness, Home News
Gretchen Rubin

One of the most common fears is stage fright. I was so nervous before giving my school report on coral in fifth grade that I remember it vividly, to t...

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Ashcroft Assailed By Protesters, Backpedals On Waterboarding

Think Progress | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, John Ashcroft, Ptsd, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Anxiety, Breaking Politics News, Depression, Politics News

Last night, John Ashcroft delivered an address on the Cornell University campus "in the face of shouting dissenters and shrouded protesters." At his l...

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John Ashcroft: I'm Willing To Be Waterboarded

Think Progress | Faiz | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, Ptsd, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Anxiety, Breaking Politics News, John Ashcroft, Depression, Politics News

Last night, former Attorney General John Ashcroft delivered an address on national security at the University of Colorado. The event was marked by hea...

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Waterboarding America

Bob Burnett | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Depression, Waterboarding, Ptsd, Anxiety, George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, Politics News
Bob Burnett

During his confirmation hearing for Attorney General Michael Mukasey, equivocated on the legality of waterboarding. Nonetheless, it's apparent that w...

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