Anxiety Expert Jerry Kennard shares Anxiety management news and commentary at AnxietyConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950 http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950 http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/43977/stressed-financial Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:09:23 -0000 Jerry Kennard Almost everyone has concerns about the state of the Nation's economy but results from a recent Stress survey, released by the American Psychological Association, shows women are feeling the most stressed.   Almost half of the 7,000 Americans who responded to a survey say they are increasingly stressed about their ability to provide the basics for their family. Eighty percent cited the economy as a significant stressor. Women say they are... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/43977/stressed-financial http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/43373/assertion-matters Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:53:36 -0000 Jerry Kennard Some people are so anxious they allow others to walk all over them. By contrast, some people are so anxious not to allow this to happen, they send out ‘keep your distance' signals and can appear, aloof, aggressive and unapproachable. Between these extremes is assertiveness behavior. Think of assertion as a more appropriate form of behavior that allows you to stand up for your own rights without violating the rights of... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/43373/assertion-matters http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/43204/coping-anxiety-work Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:38:00 -0000 Jerry Kennard When it comes to anxiety the world of work can be an unforgiving place. Everyone accepts a little nervousness, but people who experience anxiety during business interactions, presentations, or social exchanges often send out the wrong message. If anxiety is the cause of obstinacy, defensiveness, rudeness or aggression in yourself or someone else, something needs to be done.   In most work environments people follow a code of behavior... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/43204/coping-anxiety-work http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/42086/reflections-fear Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0000 Jerry Kennard We all have fears. Fear is a universal and common emotional reaction, but it's also something of a puzzle. Fear varies in terms of its severity and its frequency. There appears to be different types and degrees of fear. As anyone with anxiety knows, it is fear that drives the emotion. So, I thought I'd use this SharePost to explore fear and its varieties a little further.   There's nothing quite like a war to study fear. You won't be... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/42086/reflections-fear http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/41377/predicting-anxiety Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:31:33 -0000 Jerry Kennard Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, are chronic conditions that persist if left untreated. Now, in the most detailed study of its kind, psychologists are starting to unravel the mechanisms underlying neuroticism that can eventually lead to anxiety disorders. UCLA Professor Michelle Craske and colleagues are half way into an evaluation of 650 students who were just 16 years old when the study began... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/41377/predicting-anxiety http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/41071/don-mirror Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:57:58 -0000 Jerry Kennard When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Let's put it another way, what do you focus on? According to Professor Kieron O'Connor of the University of Montreal, many thousands of people have such an unhealthy and illogical preoccupation with a part of their body that it affects all aspects of their life. "Sufferers are convinced that part of their body is abnormal... they have difficulty separating what is real from what is... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/41071/don-mirror http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/38509/schizophrenia Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:05:26 -0000 Jerry Kennard   Pregnant women exposed to high stress situations are more likely to have children who go on to develop schizophrenia. Stress of the type endured during natural disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes is as devastating as that experienced in a war zone, according to the latest research.   Professor Delores Malaspina, of New York University School of Medicine and colleagues, reviewed data from over 88,000 medical records of... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/38509/schizophrenia http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/36995/beat-panic-attacks Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:20:00 -0000 Jerry Kennard Having faithfully and diligently followed my advice in part 1 of the program, you now have a full four weeks of material to review and make sense of. The purpose of the exercise was to reveal something about your thoughts, your actions, your feelings and what you or others do to help your symptoms subside.   Let's focus on how you cope with a panic episode. By ‘cope', I simply mean how you dealt with the situation, not necessarily... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/36995/beat-panic-attacks http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/36863/exercise-depression Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:20:30 -0000 Jerry Kennard It what appears to reverse the accepted relationship between exercise and the relief of anxiety or depressive symptoms, researchers from the Netherlands have found no evidence that symptom relief comes about as a result of voluntary exercise.   Marlene H. M. De Moor, of VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands and colleagues, were interested in the fact that all research to date on the association between exercise and symptom relief had... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/36863/exercise-depression http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/36093/beijing-confidence Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:39:00 -0000 Jerry Kennard   The sight of the ‘birds nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing is about to become a daily feature of our lives as the global media prepare to report on the games. For the participants, the difference between winning and losing could be measured in milliseconds. Records will be broken and World Class athletes will weep with joy as they stand on the podium to receive their much deserved medals. But when all other things appear equal, what... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1950/36093/beijing-confidence