Tag Anxiety
As a substance abuse counselor, I try to stay on top of research. Especially when it covers trigger/anxiety management. Usually, triggers and anxiety are like peas and carrots and are almost always found together. In my experience, if we can… Continue Reading →
Like most people nowadays, I find myself in the middle of a hundred storms, all raging at once. It would have been nice if any single storm happened on its own, but that’s just not the way cards are dealt… Continue Reading →
There’s a societal wall that keeps day to day life functional. On one side of the wall are people who suffer with poverty, illness, addictions and other forms of socio-cultural trauma. On the other side of the wall are those… Continue Reading →
When I became a licensed substance abuse counselor and started writing about Addiction Treatment, I believed my work would find its audience. But I was wrong. Now, while my book, 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction did win an… Continue Reading →
I have no idea when this crappy lockdown will end. That’s right, I think it’s crappy. It sucks to be away from normal life. It sucks to have to be isolated from people I love and it’s really crappy to… Continue Reading →
I’ve studied Anxiety Disorders (AD) for many years. Recently, I decided to earn a certification to treat AD; not because I have any definitive answers, but because I think everybody has the capacity to find the answers in themselves. In… Continue Reading →
In these days of negative reporting and social media trolls, it’s easy to become triggered into anxiety symptoms. I believe in the power of the pen to combat these symptoms because as my dad used to say, we can’t fix… Continue Reading →
I think I can say, with some degree of certainty, that I fully understand how Candace from Phineas and Ferb feels. Her goal in life is to bust her brothers during one of their fantastic adventures. Regardless of whatever they… Continue Reading →
In these isolated days, I am certain that anxiety symptoms and trauma triggers are rising in frequency. Life presents enough challenges in “normal” times, but these are anything but normal times. Really, for all of us, our own minds are… Continue Reading →
I’ve taught the diagram above in several different contexts. It illustrates the process of either developing or full-blown Addiction. The six steps are consistent with what I consider as the foundational “Three C’s of Addiction”: Control, Consequence, and Compulsion. The… Continue Reading →
