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Kick Your Anxiety to the Curb!
What Exactly is Anxiety? Let’s just admit it; most of us experience anxiety from time to time. It’s expressed through tension, uncertainty, and sometimes through fear. When it hits us, these worries can affect our sleep, our appetite and our ability to concentrate. Let’s talk a bit about it and about how to lose your anxiety. The reality is that anxiety and fear are important for your survival because they act to protect your body against stress or danger. They trigger the release of hormones like adrenalin and cortisol. As a result of the release of those stress hormones, you breathe more quickly which increases your energy and helps you…
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Mistake or Miracle…How I “Disappeared” My Chronic Depression
Mistake or Miracle…How I “Disappeared” My Chronic Depression I knew a young girl who suffered with chronic depression. She became depressed at the age of twelve and lived that way for the next forty years. She cried all the time, and no one could figure out what was wrong with her. Her parents tried to reason with her, but there was no consoling her. Eventually, not knowing what to do, her parents punished her for crying and for being sad. This made her hide her sadness, but it didn’t make her less sad. That young girl was me. I wasn’t like the other kids in school because I couldn’t be…





