by John Ballew | Apr 13, 2014 | Depression, Overcoming anxiety, Uncategorized
Why do conditions like depression and anxiety – and troubled relationships, often – cause us such intense suffering? We find ourselves feeling trapped and helpless, unable to pull ourselves out a spiral that feels miserable and beyond our power to change. A recent... 
by John Ballew | Oct 30, 2013 | Emotional health, Overcoming anxiety
Most of us experience it from time to time: the sense that our level of stress has exceeded our capacity for coping. People vary in their capacities to deal with stress, of course. Some people are able to soldier on through great difficulties without feeling... 
by John Ballew | Jan 4, 2013 | Emotional health, getting unstuck, Overcoming anxiety
Depression is a miserable experience for many reasons. It robs us of perspective, particularly the perspective that things will change and we won’t always feel as we are now feeling. And for many people, it causes the committee meeting of voices in our head to turn... 
by John Ballew | Sep 29, 2012 | Emotional health, Overcoming anxiety, single life, Uncategorized
Feeling lonely is one of life’s more unpleasant experiences. Like most other mammals, we find being part of a pair or a pack a way that our bodies and emotions regulate themselves. When we don’t have access to others for one reason or another, we are more prone to... 
by John Ballew | Sep 13, 2012 | Overcoming anxiety, single life, successful dating
Few things are as disliked as small talk — especially by people who are socially anxious or shy. The feeling of being out there on your own without a clue to get the conversational ball rolling can feel a bit overwhelming. But the ability to make small talk is... 
by John Ballew | Jun 21, 2012 | Emotional health, Health issues, Overcoming anxiety
From PsychCentral, these are the medications most frequently prescribed last year in the U.S: Xanax (for anxiety) 48,000,000 prescriptions Celexa (depression, anxiety) 38,000,000 Zoloft (depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD) 37,000,000 Ativan (anxiety, panic disorder)...