Comments on: Anxiety: Why Me? http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evelyn Goodman http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24110 Evelyn Goodman Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:53:36 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24110 Letting him know how his untreated anxiety problem affects you and how it affects how you feel about the relationship is the best approach for you to take. He can then decide how to deal with that. Ultimately it's his decision to acknowledge or change some aspect of himself. Letting him know how his untreated anxiety problem affects you and how it affects how you feel about the relationship is the best approach for you to take. He can then decide how to deal with that. Ultimately it’s his decision to acknowledge or change some aspect of himself.

]]> By: Laurel http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24097 Laurel Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:32:14 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24097 Hello - Do you have any advice about how to deal with a relationship with a person who has symptoms of anxiety but who has not accepted or acknowledged that there are any problems? I am dating such a person and his anxiety is getting in the way of sustained intimacy or relationship growth, but I don't know how to help him become more aware of this. Thank you. Hello – Do you have any advice about how to deal with a relationship with a person who has symptoms of anxiety but who has not accepted or acknowledged that there are any problems? I am dating such a person and his anxiety is getting in the way of sustained intimacy or relationship growth, but I don’t know how to help him become more aware of this. Thank you.

]]> By: Evelyn Goodman http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24051 Evelyn Goodman Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:53:47 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24051 Counseling of psychotherapy can be very helpful when you are going through a very stressful time or when caught in the grip of an anxiety disorder. Understanding why and how you got to where you are is the first step. It also gives you some idea of what you may need to work on. Counseling of psychotherapy can be very helpful when you are going through a very stressful time or when caught in the grip of an anxiety disorder. Understanding why and how you got to where you are is the first step. It also gives you some idea of what you may need to work on.

]]> By: Amy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24027 Amy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:56:25 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24027 If the physical aspects of a human are complex, the psychological and mental aspects are much more complex. There is no single reason for making a person have a fear about something or to make a person react in a particular manner in a particular situation. There are plenty of reasons for each action and reaction of a person, and although learning everything is a very daunting task, understanding atleast a little of it can help us. If the physical aspects of a human are complex, the psychological and mental aspects are much more complex. There is no single reason for making a person have a fear about something or to make a person react in a particular manner in a particular situation. There are plenty of reasons for each action and reaction of a person, and although learning everything is a very daunting task, understanding atleast a little of it can help us.

]]> By: Tawny http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24014 Tawny Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:50:39 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24014 Loved the article- makes a great deal of sense. Goes to show that something like this can't be broken down into simple nature versus nurture problems. This is a combination of a lot of different factors and a lot of it boils down to the coping mechanisms that people have and how they are able to deal with and manage stressful situations. Loved the article- makes a great deal of sense. Goes to show that something like this can’t be broken down into simple nature versus nurture problems. This is a combination of a lot of different factors and a lot of it boils down to the coping mechanisms that people have and how they are able to deal with and manage stressful situations.

]]> By: jason http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24005 jason Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:20:53 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24005 A series of events may trigger the onset of anxiety and stress in a person and these events are mostly negative and any person, when in a negative situation, does experience feelings that are very new and are bound to push him into such a feeling of anxiety or stress. A series of events may trigger the onset of anxiety and stress in a person and these events are mostly negative and any person, when in a negative situation, does experience feelings that are very new and are bound to push him into such a feeling of anxiety or stress.

]]> By: beaty http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-24001 beaty Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:06:01 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-24001 While the article is from an expert, I would say timely counseling can solve the problems of anxiety and stress. I got laid-off from my job about an year ago, and had difficulties even paying my bills... I developed a lot of stress in that period and thanks to a friend, went in for counseling and although I am in a much less-paying job today, I feel content and happy and I'm not stressed at all. While the article is from an expert, I would say timely counseling can solve the problems of anxiety and stress. I got laid-off from my job about an year ago, and had difficulties even paying my bills… I developed a lot of stress in that period and thanks to a friend, went in for counseling and although I am in a much less-paying job today, I feel content and happy and I’m not stressed at all.

]]> By: Evelyn Goodman http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-23986 Evelyn Goodman Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:18:43 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-23986 Elizabeth, An anxiety disorder is a stress-related condition. Chronic stress can affect us in many different ways, anxiety being one manifestation, depression is another. From what you've written, it seems that you have a way of coping where you distance yourself from what's going on. I can't tell from what you've written whether this is helpful to you or not. Elizabeth,
An anxiety disorder is a stress-related condition. Chronic stress can affect us in many different ways, anxiety being one manifestation, depression is another. From what you’ve written, it seems that you have a way of coping where you distance yourself from what’s going on. I can’t tell from what you’ve written whether this is helpful to you or not.

]]> By: Evelyn Goodman http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-23983 Evelyn Goodman Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:08:28 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-23983 Thanks for the feedback. I don't think one area of contribution is more significant than another. They work together in a unique way in each individual. Do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks for the feedback.
I don’t think one area of contribution is more significant than another. They work together in a unique way in each
individual.
Do you have any thoughts on this?

]]> By: Elizabeth R. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-23982 Elizabeth R. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-23982 Evelyn, thank you for posting this. I don't understand the difference between a stress disorder and an anxiety disorder. When I am very very stressed I have moments when I feel like I shut down from the world around me. It's as if I'd flipped an on/off switch in my brain for a couple of minutes to give it a break from all the noise. I'm not unconscious or anything, just still. I'm aware of things going on around me. The best I can describe it is I'm looking at it all from behind a storefront pane of glass, where the sounds and goings on nearby are muffled and the volume turned low. I'm observing but not feeling. Is that anxiety then and not stress? I have a depression dx. Evelyn, thank you for posting this. I don’t understand the difference between a stress disorder and an anxiety disorder. When I am very very stressed I have moments when I feel like I shut down from the world around me. It’s as if I’d flipped an on/off switch in my brain for a couple of minutes to give it a break from all the noise. I’m not unconscious or anything, just still. I’m aware of things going on around me.

The best I can describe it is I’m looking at it all from behind a storefront pane of glass, where the sounds and goings on nearby are muffled and the volume turned low. I’m observing but not feeling. Is that anxiety then and not stress? I have a depression dx.

]]> By: Fletcher http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anxiety-why-me/#comment-23980 Fletcher Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:56:49 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5428#comment-23980 Interesting article. Thank you Evelyn. Do you feel that any one of the four components you listed there is more of a precursor to severe anxiety than another? In other words, does one carry more weight? Interesting article. Thank you Evelyn. Do you feel that any one of the four components you listed there is more of a precursor to severe anxiety than another? In other words, does one carry more weight?

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