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On Anxiety as your greatest strength

There Is More Than Just One Name

BY Steve Rector

Anxiety is a powerful name. It is a name that affects 40 million adults in the United States every year (roughly 18% of the population), and a name that is known to everyone, ...READ MORE

Anxiety is a powerful name. It is a name that affects 40 million adults in t...

Tags: Agoraphobia, Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety
Excerpt:
“...first panic attack. MY ANXIETY WAS THE CATALYST THAT...”
On Equine Therapy

Daylight in Wyoming

BY Fran Tirado

It’s a cold one today in Hyattville, Wyoming. Four prepubescent boys pile out of a trailer to the edge of a neatly kept arena where, inside, four horses wait....READ MORE

It’s a cold one today in Hyattville, Wyoming. Four prepubescent boys pile ou...

Tags: Anxiety, Childhood, Community, Family
Excerpt:
“...UNDENIABLE AIR OF ANXIETY CLOUDING EACH BOY HERE. One refrains...”
On Therapy Shaming

It-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named

BY Natalie Rodriguez

I thought I was crazy for being in therapy. Three years ago, I experienced my first panic attack, which led to acute depression as a junior in college. When I had first starte...READ MORE

I thought I was crazy for being in therapy. Three years ago, I experienced m...

Excerpt:
“...better? What if my anxiety prevents me from taking...”
On Acknowledging All Parts Of Yourself

Why I'll Never Be "Cured" Of Mental Illness

BY Susie Garrard

Sitting across from me at a slightly bizarre Lebanese restaurant, surrounded by intermittent belly dancers soliciting patrons to get up and dance, Daniel told me how he was an...READ MORE

Sitting across from me at a slightly bizarre Lebanese restaurant, surrounded...

Tags: Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Generalized
Excerpt:
“...that fed a chronic anxiety disorder, manifesting in crippling panic...”
On finding healing through nature

A Wolf's Journey

BY Randall Sims

Up until April 24, 2014, I had never slept a single night without anxiety, fear, or anger in my life. That day was significant because it was my first ever attempt at an ultra...READ MORE

Up until April 24, 2014, I had never slept a single night without anxiety, f...

Tags: Social Anxiety Disorder
Excerpt:
“...single night without anxiety, fear, or anger in my life...”
ON THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE

Alex

BY Chloe Gordon

All through my high school years, I thought my little brother might die. He had Type 1 diabetes and epilepsy, both diagnosed in adolescence. Managing the two conditions...READ MORE

All through my high school years, I thought my little brother might die. He ...

Tags: Anxiety, Childhood, Epilepsy, Grief
Excerpt:
“...root of my anxieties in a childhood that was unstable...”
On Xanax Withdrawals & Suicidal Thoughts

Room 101

BY Patrick Tobin

Five years ago, I was addicted to Xanax. It was like, one day I was popping the occasional .25 mg tablet to take the edge off and before I knew it I was taking twenty times...READ MORE

Five years ago, I was addicted to Xanax. It was like, one day I was popping ...

Tags: Antidepressants, Anxiety, Marriage, Mental
Excerpt:
“...with this plan. The anxiety started to come back...”
On Overcoming PTSD With MDMA-Assisted Therapy

Did We Get MDMA All Wrong?

BY Robyn Carey Sanyal

The subjects of our short-documentary, MDMA: Stories of Treatment, return in an interview on life and perspective after MDMA-assisted therapy....READ MORE

The subjects of our short-documentary, MDMA: Stories of Treatment, return in...

Excerpt:
“...those situations, your anxiety, fear, etc., keeps rising and elevating...”
On Finding Peace in the Waiting Room

Over Lotusland

BY Ouida Biddle

The waiting room of a doctor’s office if often a source of anxiety and dread for patients awaiting news. Artist and battler of her own illnesses, Ouida Biddle reimagines the w...READ MORE

The waiting room of a doctor’s office if often a source of anxiety and dread...

Tags: Anxiety, Healing Tools, Hope
Excerpt:
“...often a source of anxiety and dread for patients awaiting...”
On Overcoming Agoraphobia

Pat's Diary

BY Grace Gregory

This diary is about Pat’s experience living with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by a fear and avoidance of places or situations that migh...READ MORE

This diary is about Pat’s experience living with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is...

Excerpt:
“...type of anxiety disorder characterized by a fear and avoidance...”