The Anxiety Disorder
How To Get Help For Your Bipolar Disorder
It can be very difficult to manage your bipolar disorder and other problems. Getting help from a counselor or other professional is very important and can provide you with much help and insights in dealing with your current problem. Here are some techniques a person can use to help manage their bipolar disorder.
Learn to take it one day at a time. Instead of worrying about how you will get through the rest of the week or coming month, try to focus on today. Each day can provide us with different opportunities to learn new things and that includes learning how to deal with your problems. Focus on the present and stop trying to predict what may happen next week. Next week will take care of itself.
A good way to manage your fear is to challenge your negative thinking with positive statements and realistic thinking. When encountering thoughts that make your fearful or anxious, challenge those thoughts by asking yourself questions that will maintain objectivity and common sense.
Sometimes, we may be nervous doing a certain task that may be scary. When this happens, visualize yourself doing the task in your mind. For instance, you and your team have to play in the championship game in front of a large group of people in the next few days. Before the big day comes, imagine yourself playing the game in your mind. Imagine that you are playing in front of a large audience. By playing the game in your mind, you will be better prepared to perform for real when the time comes. Self-Visualization is a great way to reduce the fear and stress of a coming situation.
Remember that no one can predict the future with one hundred percent certainty. Even if the thing that you feared does happen there are circumstances and factors that you can not predict which can be used to your advantage. For instance, you miss the deadline for a project you have been working on for the last few months. Everything you feared is coming true. Suddenly, your boss comes to your office and tells you that the deadline is extended and that he forgot to tell you the day before. This unknown factor changes everything. Remember: we may be ninety-nine percent correct in predicting the future, but all it takes is for that one percent to make a world of difference.
Be smart in how you deal with your fears. Do not try to tackle everything all at once. When facing a current or upcoming task that overwhelms you with a lot of anxiety, break the task into a series of smaller steps. Completing these smaller tasks one at a time will make the stress more manageable and increases your chances of success.
The important thing is to get the proper help by seeing a professional. Avoiding your problem will do nothing in the long run. Managing your bipolar disorder and your fears will take some hard work. Be patience, persistent and stay committed in trying to solve your problem.
How should Tell my parents that i have been Diagnosed with Generalized anxiety disorder?
I have been recently diagnosed w/ generalized anxiety disorder and havent told my parents yet(16), how should I tell them?
Be sure that you are well educated on your disorder so that when you say "Ma. Dad. I have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder" you will be able to answer any questions that they might have. Also, include them in your treatment plans.
Getting Anxious Over Anxiety And Depression?
A lot of people who are exerting too much of their brain power usually exhaust not only their physical strength when engaging in various multi-tasking activities, they also tend to over extend their brains up to the point when it plainly needs some good old time for relaxation. A lot of busy people who seem to cannot fathom the idea of relaxing and taking time of from work, as well as their worries, tend to actually start having nervous breakdowns, anxiety depression and all sorts of mental illnesses that can cause a person’s sanity to go haywire, fortunately, if you’re one of those poor unfortunate ones who are unable to distress and is constantly worried and fussing over things, there are actually available cures and various treatments for treating anxiety depression.
Anxiety depression is actually characterized by all sorts of irregularities and erratic behavior from the person who is suffering from it, this is usuallu due to certain stress triggers that may tend to easily cause a person undue jitters and stress. Also, a lot of people who tend to get easily nervous over stressful activities are actually prone to having anxiety depression, its just a matter of being strong-willed when it comes to facing difficult and stress-prone activities. It may be pretty hard to overcome at first, but trying to be calm and cool in times of extreme pressure is what’ll actually save your mental health from going totally downward spiral.
When it comes to effectively curing one’s self from a mental illness, one must keep in mind that you have to be actually honest with yourself and assess what kind of depression or mental illness you actually have, go to reputable psychiatrist to get yourself diagnosed correctly as well as be able to get the right depression treatment for yourself. Here are the various types of depression:
Manic or Bipolar depression characterized by sudden and extreme changes in one’s mood wherein one minute he or she is in an elevated state of euphoria while the
next minute (day or week) he or she is feeling to be in a personal hell.
Postpartum depression characterized by a prolonged sadness and a feeling of emptiness by a new mother wherein physical stress during child birth, an uncertain sense of responsibility towards the new born baby can be just some of the possible factors why some new mother go through this.
Dysthimia characterized by a slight similarity with depression, although this time, it’s been proven to be a lot less severe, but of course with any case, should be treated immediately.
Cyclothemia characterized by a slight similarity with Manic or Bipolar depression wherein the individual suffering from this mental illness may occasionally suffer from severe changes in one’s moods.
Seasonal Affective Disorder characterized by falling in a rut only during specific seasons (i.e. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall) studies however, prove that more people
actually fall in to a rut more during the Winter and Fall seasons and lastly, Mood swings, wherein a person’s mood may shift from happy to sad to angry in just a short time.
But the type of depression that has actually been proven to be quite common among people is anxiety depression, which is actually characterized by the state of being overly anxious about things. Anxiety, a supposedly normal behavior that’ll actually help a person adjust more to a certain stressful activity like first date jitters or a grueling exam the following day. Anxiety actually helps you get psyched up towards facing certain “difficult situations”; anxiety therefore is actually a good thing. Anxiety depression however, is simply the opposite, not to be easily dismissed as a “case of the nerves”; Anxiety depression is in actuality an illness that can be caused from the biological makeup of an individual, or in other words, a hereditary illness.
Also, there are actually various types of Anxiety depression, each having its own unique characteristics. Take for example Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD, this kind of Anxiety depression is a lot more complicated than the average Anxiety depression, in spite of possibly being a day-to-day habit for those who suffer this kind of Anxiety depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder actually makes the individual quite more paranoid than usual, anxiety attacks are more frequent, even absurd at times. They can even be anxious even when there’s no apparent reason that calls for them to behave in such a way. People suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder actually shows a lot of symptoms, from lack of sleep, to being unable to relax, getting tired easily, cannot concentrate on what they’re doing and even suffering from depression. This kind of Anxiety depression is still curable; just a little work will actually do the trick.
Consult a reputable cognitive behavior therapist who’ll help give the individual the therapy that he or she needs to help him or her loosen up, also prescribed medicines are sort of a must to help these individuals battle anxiety attacks, help them calm down and relax.
Japanese Social Anxiety Disorder patient being abused
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A family hired a self-proclaimed “social worker” to take care of a 27 year-old Hikikomori (socially withdrawn) daughter who has retired herself in her parents home for 6 years.
Instead of intervening in her early stage of recluse and taking her for a psychiatrist to screen her for underlying mental diseases such as Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression, PTSD, Schizoid personality disorder, Avoidant personality disorder, Asperger syndrome, Agoraphobia, Autism spectrum disorder or Attention-Deficit-Disorder, they finally decided to take a drastic method: They handed down their responsibility to a sadistic money-greedy phony who asked her parents/sisters to hit their daughter/sister and humiliate a highly probable mentally-ill patient in front of a Japanese national television. (Later a “patient” died in her inpatient facility while being handcuffed and chained. Subsequently she was prosecuted and sentenced for 3 and a half years.)
Sadly this video demonstrates two things. 1) How poor the psychiatric literacy of an?average Japanese is.
2) The anger the family exudes against the poor girl, comes from the shame the girl brought to the family for the last 6 years. Their neighborhood, relatives, friends, coworkers would have talked against their back instead of supporting them; that their parents were spoiling her, etc. The family went thru that shame and now their lashing it out on the poor girl in front of TV to regain face.
Japanese people are highly sensitive on how they appear on other people’s eyes. This is b/c Japanese traditionally adopts scare/prohibitory tactics to teach, i.e. you must not do this b/c people will scold you. In other words they don’t care about what the fundamental problem is, but on how they appear and how to get themselves off the hook from people’s scrutiny. That’s why the Japanese are quick to apologize or smile. The mentality is to give a facade of repentance even if you don’t care, and the trouble will go; they don’t like confrontation. My take is that this attitude comes from the hierarchical system of the medieval times when Samurai (servant) used to pledge allegiance to his feudal lord. What your lord asks is imperative. Unlike Europeans for which God is the absolute moral code, that of the Japanese is other people’s random values. This type of blind allegiance is what the Europeans fought against in the French Revolution. The Japanese never had a civil revolution against the authorities to win civil rights like our European friends. We had it handed down by the Americans after the Pacific War. In fact till the U.S. Navy compelled Japan to open to the west in 1854, Japan was a closed nation (ironically like Hikikomori) for a few centuries. Now the nation only got out of its reclusive life for less than 200 years.
Japan is no advanced country. The country has advanced industry but the people’s mindset is still limited and medieval. They never had a breakthrough revolution on their own. They had it easy. This country only has tamed humanoids with good rote memory and engineering skills. 10% are successful foreign demand firms, the rest are obsolete educators, greedy civil servants/politicians leeching on political interests, and downhill internal demand firms.
This video is the omen of the future of the ever-stagnating Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori
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Transcript:
0:01
Social Worker: Alright. Can you bring your daughter down here? (authoritative tone)
Social Worker: You can go ahead first. (and lash out at and pour water on her)
Father: Why don’t you cool your head down for once? huh?!
Daughter: …
Father: Get yourself out! I won’t let you have your way anymore!
Father: Why don’t you cool your head down some more and contemplate harder? (for what you’ve done)
Father: How is it? It’s cold huh? I’m asking you! What are you going to do? (with your life)
Social Worker: Um, can you have her clothes changed and take her downstairs? (authoritative)
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00:27
Social Worker: Hey you! Hey you! You must start talking! huh?
Social Worker: You imbecile! Isn’t your brain working? huh! huh? (corners the mute girl)
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00:47
Father: Why can’t you lash out more at your daughter and tell your feeling! (father hits his wife)
2nd eldest sister: Mom, you must show your feelings. (sobbing)
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00:55
NARRATOR: “AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT THE FAMILY’S SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS BRIMMED OVER” (the lynch starts)
2nd eldest sister: We must do it.
Mother: I hoped you’d understand without me hitting you. (snaps)
Mother: I never had hit you! (sobs)
Mother: Don’t take me for granted! You idiot!
Father: This is it. We can’t let you be anymore.
1:17
NARRATOR: “FATHER’S OUTCRY & MOTHER’S TEAR” “WOULD THE FAMILY REVIVE ITSELF?”
Duration : 0:1:20
Bipolar Disorder Is Serious
Bipolar disorder is serious. It is an illness that can affect relationships, careers, and lives. People with bipolar disorder may exhibit manic moods like high energy, being very talkative, restless or reckless one minute and being depressed showing signs of sadness, crying, and lack of energy the next minute. It is this “swing” that gives the disorder its name.
Bipolar can occur in men and women equally and currently affects over 2 million people. Symptoms of bipolar are often seen in early childhood, although the onset is usually during the early 20s. Connections have even been found between bipolar disorder (BPD) and ADHD.
BPD is hard to diagnose in young children, because BPD and ADHD have similar symptoms. It is just as difficult to diagnose adolescents due to the many hormonal changes in the overall development which cause unbalance. It is difficult to discern if the adolescent is acting normally or if the mood swings are symptoms of BPD. In adults, other problems that will most often occur in conjunction with BPD, making it easier to diagnose. Some of the problems that can occur with BPD include drugs and/or alochol use or abuse, seasonal depression and anxiety disorders.
After diagnosis, there are ways to treat BPD. The most popular methods are with mood stabilizing drugs and psychotherapy. Before taking any medications, a few considerations need to be taken. Children and young adults sometimes have higher suicidal thoughts and tendencies while on mood stabilizing drugs. Medications should be used under extreme caution, or other measures of control should be put into practice for younger people diagnosed with BPD. Continuous therapy (both drug and psycho) should be used even when the “cured” feeling sets in. In other words, the drugs and therapy may be for life or until such time as your doctor feels it is medically necessary to remove or discontinue them.
A medical doctor, psychiatrist and/or psychologist will prove to be a qualified team to affectively monitor and prevent the illness from worsening.
Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent BPD. The best thing to do is begin treatment as quickly as possible. To do that, you must be familiar with the symptoms. Symptoms of BPD include:
â?¢ Excessive happiness or hopefulness
â?¢ Restlessness coupled with a need for less sleep
â?¢ Distractibility
â?¢ Racing thoughts
â?¢ High sex drive
â?¢ Inflated self-esteem
â?¢ Tendency to make larger than attainable plans
â?¢ Change in appetite causing weight loss or gain
â?¢ Thoughts of death or suicide
â?¢ Suicide attempt
If you or someone you know may have BPD , it is important that you note the severity of the symptoms listed above and how long they last. The most telling symptom of BPD however, is in the extremity of the mood swings – extreme highs and lows that do not follow a set pattern. Do not attempt to self-diagnose BPD. If you suspect BPD, seek medical attention as soon as possible. Your medical doctor can assess your situation and help you find a psychiatrist or psychologist to aid in your treatment.