Information and opinions on health from Alex at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/5332/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5332/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5332/index http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/5332/9806/heres-book Fri, 25 May 2007 06:41:00 -0400 Alex I've been reading this book called HAPPINESS NOW! by Robert Holden. It's a wonderful read and Holden provides practical advice on being happy. He does this with anecdotes, stories, personal experience (his own and people he's helped)  and by explaining why so many of us fall into depressive and anxious states of mind. The book is not filled with a bunch of hard to understand clinical terms or over simplified ways "to get over it,"... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/5332/9806/heres-book http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/5332/9805/happened Fri, 25 May 2007 06:15:00 -0400 Alex I don't know exactly what happened to me, but about three years ago I started having anxiety issues. At first, they weren't too bad but, now at age 36, they seem to be escalating.  Coming from a background that was anything but ordinary, I've realized that I accomplished many things that seemed impossible at one time.   My parents divorced when I was 11 and I stayed in the custody of my mother. Well, she was a complusive gambler... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/5332/9805/happened