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Not The Usual Suspects: Aspects Of Everyday Life That Affect Anxiety

Categories: dating, fun stuff, social, social events | December 6th, 2004 | by Admin | no comments

By Ben Needles

  There are numerous reasons why you might be feeling anxious. While it might be anxiety-provoking in itself for you to begin thinking about the reasons for your anxiety, the bonus in doing so is that you might be able to make some quick changes in your lifestyle in order to have some immediate effects upon your anxiety. Even if you are not able to make any lifestyle changes at this time, just being able to recognize aspects of your life that exacerbate your symptoms or mimic anxiety can actually help to change how you interpret your symptoms (in other words, it might make your symptoms feel less intimidating or out of the blue). In turn, you may find a decrease your anxiety. See below to find out if any of the following might describe you:

1) Caffeine intake or energy drinks. Perhaps caffeine helps you stay awake throughout the day… but did you know that drinking a lot of caffeine can exacerbate your anxiety? Even drinking a little bit of caffeine can make your anxiety worse if you are sensitive to caffeine or drink it on an empty stomach. Consider monitoring and lowering your caffeine intake. Be sure to not only count your cups of coffee, but also caffeinated teas and energy drinks (which can contain caffeine and other stimulants). If you are a heavy caffeine drinker, you might need to gradually decrease your intake in order to offset your reliance upon it.

2) Low blood sugar. Be sure to eat regularly. Going without eating for long periods of time or skipping meals can cause you to have low blood sugar. In turn, this can mimic some symptoms of anxiety. Some people find that they feel nauseous. Others describe feeling light-headed or even feeling shaky. You might even have difficulty concentrating. All of these symptoms can feel like physical symptoms of anxiety and may lead you to believe that you are feeling anxious, despite the fact that the symptoms are actually caused by low blood sugar. Be sure to eat regularly.

3) Medications. Many kinds of medications can make you feel anxious. Check the list of side-effects on your medications. Medications can cause you to feel anxious when you are just beginning to take them (while you body gets used to the medication), when youve been taking them for a while (when the medication is fully in your system), or even when youve stopped taking them (as you body adjusts to not having the medication in your system). As a side note, even anti-anxiety medications can sometimes have side effects that mimic anxiety symptoms.

4) Lack of sleep. Getting very little sleep may make you prone to feeling anxious. Not only can the lack of sleep mimic symptoms of anxiety, but your zapped energy might also decrease your ability to use your usual resources in coping with your anxiety. We all suffer from lack of sleep at some point or another, and its not that you need to prevent every sleepless night. Rather, just having the awareness of the source of the anxiety can help you feel less anxious!

This is only a short list of everyday aspects of life that might exacerbate or even cause you to feel anxious. The key is to be conscious of these aspects, as the awareness will help you to better understand your body, and thus, help you to feel less anxious.

There are numerous reasons why you might be tone anxious. While it might be anxiety-provoking in itself for you to begin thought about the reasons for your anxiety, the bonus in doing so is that you might be able to make some quick changes in your life-style in order to have some immediate effects upon your anxiety. Even if you are not able to make any lifestyle changes at this time, just being able to recognize aspects of your life that exacerbate your symptoms or mimic anxiety can actually help to change how you translate your symptoms (in other words, it might make your symptoms feel less daunting or out of the blue). In turn, you may find a decrease your anxiety. See below to find out if any of the next might discover you:

1) Caffeine uptake or energy drinks. perchance caffeine helps you stay awake throughout the day… but did you know that drinking a lot of caffeine can worsen your anxiety? Even drinking a little bit of caffeine can make your anxiety worse if you are sensible to caffeine or drink it on an empty stomach. See monitoring and lowering your caffeine intake. Be sure to not only count your cups of coffee, but also caffeinated teas and energy drinks (which can incorporate caffeine and other stimulants). If you are a heavy caffein drinker, you might need to bit by bit decrease your uptake in order to outset your trust upon it.

2) Low blood sugar. Be sure to eat regularly. Going without eating for long periods of time or skipping meals can cause you to have low blood sugar. In turn, this can mimic some symptoms of anxiety. Some domiciliate find that they feel nauseous. Others line spirit silly or even feeling shaky. You might even have difficulty concentrating. All of these symptoms can feel like physical symptoms of anxiety and may lead you to believe that you are feeling anxious, despite the fact that the symptoms are actually caused by low blood sugar. Be sure to eat regularly.

3) Medications. Many kinds of medications can make you feel anxious. Check the list of side-effects on your medications. Medications can cause you to feel nervous when you are just beginning to take them (while you body gets used to the medication), when youve been taking them for a while (when the medication is fully in your system), or even when youve stopped pickings them (as you body adjusts to not having the medication in your system). As a side note, even anti-anxiety medications can sometimes have side effects that mimic anxiety symptoms.

4) Lack of sleep. Getting very picayune sleep may make you prone to impression anxious. Not only can the lack of sleep mimic symptoms of anxiety, but your zapped energy might also decrease your ability to use your usual resources in coping with your anxiety. We all abide from lack of sleep at some point or another, and its not that you need to prevent every watchful night. Rather, just having the awareness of the source of the anxiety can help you feel less anxious!

This is only a short list of everyday aspects of life that might exacerbate or even cause you to feel anxious. The key is to be conscious of these aspects, as the awareness will help you to better understand your body, and thus, help you to feel less anxious.

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FaceBook is Five Years Old

Categories: dating, fun stuff, social, social events | August 17th, 2004 | by Admin | no comments

By Musa Aykac

  Facebook is the biggest growing social networking site to date. Mark Zuckerberg founded the hugely popular social networking site while he was a university student. Over the past five years Facebook has received many investments, the first being five hundred thousand dollars from the PayPal co founder Peter Thiel. A year later Facebook got a further 12.7 million dollars in venture capital from Accel Partners as well as plenty more big investments.

Over the years all the major online companies such as Yahoo and Google have approached Facebook for a buy out. Mark Zuckerberg has always remained adamant that he did not want to sell. But on October 24, 2007 Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for 240 million dollars, which ultimately meant the company was valued at around fifteen billion dollars.

But times move on and Facebook is the largest social networking site of its kind and it is now 5 years old. Facebook will be throwing huge celebrations and is going to be giving 150 million lucky users a mystery virtual gift. Facebook is now well ahead of its competition MySpace, as they have more than 20 million more active users.

Not so long ago people used to be terrified to post pictures of themselves online, I believe that is why Facebook has risen to fame in such a short space of time, simply because they have gave people a safe way to connect with family, friends and colleagues. A vast majority of people now upload images of every part of there lives including holidays, weddings, birthdays and regular days out.

Besides from the safe aspect of Facebook, another great function they have allowed is the creation of applications. We all know MySpace suffered because of the spam and people trying to promote themselves, well Facebook gives a genuine platform that webmasters can explore. You can create some create applications using the Facebook API which have the potential to go viral and brand your business.

You can just see how fast Facebook have grown, more than fifteen million users update their Facebook status bars everyday and millions upload new pictures or leave comments. On their friends profiles.

Well I applaud Facebook for being around for so long and I hope the next five years goes just as good, although it will be a lot harder as technologies develop themselves and more competitors hit the social networking bandwagon.

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The Signs Of An Anxiety Attack

Categories: dating, fun stuff, social, social events | May 17th, 2004 | by Admin | no comments

By Jocelyn Snider

  Anxiety attack symptoms are what we typically experience if we feel sudden danger is going to happen.

Anxiety attack can be a very terrifying experience. It is a period of sudden and intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting for no more than 10 minutes. Sometimes a person can experience a panic attack all of a sudden without particular reason. Most people that experience one attack will usually experience another attack, and those who have recurring attacks, or feel severe anxiety about having another are said to have panic disorder.

Various individuals report different symptoms during an anxiety attack. Some of the common anxiety attack symptoms are:

Palpitations, a pounding of heart, or an accelerated heart rate

Increased sweating

Trembling or shaking

Shortness of breath

Chest pain or discomfort

Nausea or stomach discomfort

A feeling light-headedness, or faint

A feeling of unreality

Depersonalization or a feeling of being detached from oneself

Fear of losing control or going crazy

Fear of dying

Numbness, or a tingling sensation

Chills

Feeling of impending doom

These are some of the possible anxiety attack symptoms. A normal person may experience one or more of these symptoms from time to time. Having to experience some of these anxiety attack symptoms is considered normal if you have reasonable explanations for them. But if you are experiencing them with no apparent reasons, it can be a sign of a more serious condition.

A person with phobia will usually experience an anxiety attack as a direct result of exposure to the things that trigger the phobia. These anxiety attacks are short- lived and quickly relieved once the trigger is escaped.

Usually an anxiety attack begins with an unusual bodily sensation from the anxiety attack symptoms. A person having an anxiety attack will then react, with fear that the symptoms are indicators of a much more serious threat and in turn reacts with more fear which intensified into a state of intense anxiety and panic. Cases of the possible situations where anxiety attack can occur are: when driving, on an airplane, crowded areas, or during sleep at night. Sometimes anxiety attack occurs in a situation where the person cannot exit easily from a social gathering, or in a meeting, but others may experience an incident of anxiety for no reason while in comfortable place or even in sleep. Anxiety attack symptoms are more or less the same feelings we might experience if we feel danger is about to happen. They are signs of how we usually react if we are triggered by fear, worry, and concern. But, chill out! Fortunately, anxiety attack is not an illness.

Read about anxiety disorder treatment and speech anxiety at the Health And Nutrition website.

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