Month: May 2023

Normal Anxiety vs. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

As mentioned above, it’s normal to experience anxiety from time to time, and feeling anxious or worried in certain situations doesn’t mean that you have an anxiety disorder.

Generalized anxiety disorder is when your worrying is persistent, intrusive, out of proportion to the specific event and disruptive to your life. For example:

  • You may feel worried about certain things. If you have GAD, this worrying may disrupt your ability to maintain your normal work or educational performance, spend time with your friends and family, or take part in normal activities.
  • Normally, you only worry about certain, specific things, such as an exam score or work assignment. If you have GAD, you may worry about a large variety of unrelated topics and assume negative outcomes.
  • Normally, you can control your worrying to some extent, preventing it from causing you to experience distress. If you have GAD, you may be unable to effectively control your worrying, resulting in significant personal distress and unhappiness.

Another key difference between “normal” anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder is the total amount of time that symptoms occur.

It’s normal to worry for short, reasonable periods of time. However, if you have GAD, you may worry about certain things every day for a period of six months or longer.

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Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

The precise symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder can vary from person to person, both in type and severity. They can also vary based on a person’s age. For example, younger people may feel anxiety regarding different things than older people affected by GAD.

Generalized anxiety disorder can cause symptoms that affect your emotions, your behavior and your physical health. Emotional symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder can include:

  • Worrying excessively about common, everyday events, tasks and occurrences
  • Finding it difficult to control feelings of nervousness, anxiety and worry
  • Intrusive thoughts that cause anxiety and are difficult to get out of your mind
  • Persistent, ubiquitous thoughts of apprehension and worry
  • Needing to know what’s going on in any situation, or in the future
  • Difficulty dealing with uncertainty and unpredictability

Behavioral symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder can include:

  • Finding it difficult to relax, even in quiet, peaceful situations
  • Planning excessively for certain situations
  • Difficulty concentrating on specific tasks
  • Struggling to make decisions, or worrying about making the wrong decision
  • Avoiding certain situations due to worry and anxiety
  • Delaying or avoiding certain tasks

Physical symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder include:

  • Fatigue or a general, ongoing lack of energy
  • Feelings of light-headedness
  • Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
  • Headaches and other unexplained pains
  • Trembling, twitching and generally feeling jumpy
  • Diarrhea, nausea and irritable bowel syndrome
  • Needing to use the bathroom more than normal
  • Muscle aches and tension
  • Difficulty swallowing

In younger people, generalized anxiety symptoms may include excessive anxiety about school or college, their performance in sports, relationships or other factors. Some young people may experience significant anxiety regarding catastrophic events.

Younger people with generalized anxiety disorder, such as children and teens, may exhibit the following symptoms and behaviors:

  • Lacking confidence and requiring reassurance about themselves
  • Striving for approval from other people
  • Feelings of perfectionism, or a need to repeatedly redo tasks until they’re perfect
  • Excessively doing homework and other school-related tasks
  • Avoiding school and other situations that require them to socialize

In adults, symptoms often revolve around everyday events and concerns, such as physical and mental health, careers, finances, household tasks, relationships and their families.

The symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder may vary in severity from one specific moment to another.

Some people with GAD may experience worse symptoms in stressful periods, such as during a personal conflict, or during an education or career-related crunch time.

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What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?

Generalized anxiety disorder is a type of anxiety disorder that can cause people to experience excessive, persistent anxiety about a variety of things, including everyday events.

It’s absolutely normal to experience anxiety from time to time. You may feel anxious when you prepare for a speech, exam, presentation or any other situation that requires you to perform in front of others.

Or, you may feel worry and anxiety during a stressful situation involving family members, money or your physical or mental health.

Experiencing occasional anxiety doesn’t mean that you have generalized anxiety disorder. It’s a very normal, routine part of life that occurs for everyone.

People with generalized anxiety disorder feel excessively nervous and worried in situations that wouldn’t normally cause these feelings. They often experience anxiety when there’s no reason to feel stressed or nervous.

For example, people with generalized anxiety disorder may anticipate disaster after a relatively small, inconsequential event. They might expect the worst in certain situations and worry about a certain, negative outcome more than seems reasonable.

For some people, this ongoing anxiety can interfere with everyday activities and make it difficult to live a normal life.

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A Complete Guide to Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Kristin Hall, FNP Medically reviewed by Kristin Hall, FNP Written by Our Editorial Team Last updated 11/16/2020

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that can cause people to constantly and persistently experience feelings of anxiety, worry, tension and nervousness.

It’s worthy to note that GAD is unlike a phobia, because a phobia is connected to a specific object or situation, whereas the anxiety from GAD is a general, all-encompassing feeling of persistent dread and unease.

People who have generalized anxiety disorder typically feel nervous and stressed, even when there’s no logical reason for this. For example, they may feel anxious in a common, everyday situation, with no clear cause.

Generalized anxiety disorder is a common disorder, affecting approximately 5.7 percent of US adults at some point in life. Like other anxiety disorders, it can vary in severity, causing severe symptoms for some and less significant symptoms for others.

Luckily, generalized anxiety disorder is treatable.

Today, a range of treatment options, including medication and therapy, are available to manage the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and allow people affected by GAD to live normal lives.

Below, we’ve explained what generalized anxiety disorder is, as well as the symptoms you may experience if you have GAD.

We’ve also listed and explained the causes and major risk factors that can contribute to anxiety disorders such as GAD.

Finally, we’ve explained how generalized anxiety disorder can be treated and managed using a range of options, including medication, therapy and changes to your lifestyle.

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Believe in yourself, you CAN get out of dark world of depression/anxiety by Vedant Vyas

I had done various kinds of blood tests but mostly everything was coming normal except Vitamin D. I took OTC Vitamin D but provided no relief and it worsened my health. I then started seeing a therapist for CBT but still had no relief in physical symptoms. I then started seeing a psychiatrist and was put on antidepressants. A couple of antidepressants didn’t work and, on the contrary, made me feel worse. I started having body pains all over my body, had low libido, no motivation to do any work, and difficulty getting up and going to work. I was also given anti-seizure meds, pain reliever meds, nerve damage meds, and so many other meds but nothing worked.

I was the only bread earner in my family and I had to feed my wife and child. Despite all these difficulties, I still went to work every day to feed my family. At my workplace people didn’t care much about me. Unfortunately, my parents, my wife, my brother and his wife provided absolutely no help to me. They did not understand my condition and what mental health does to the body and mind. I had even been mocked by my own parents a couple of times, saying that I had become a negative person and that they would provide no help in raising my children. I was against the whole world and no one was with me.

Instead, my parents continued supporting my brother’s family and everyone in my family pretty much broke relations with me. My in-laws live nearby and instead of providing help and understanding the situation, they did little as well. Despite me begging my wife to get some help from her parents as they were nearby and in good health, she did not reach out to them because she wanted her parents to enjoy their life instead and not bothered about our situation. My family failed to understand that if I died, who would take care of others in the family and my children?

Despite seeing so many doctors, nothing concrete was coming out in the medical diagnosis except that I also have IBS and there is no medicine to help it.  I have always been good my entire life, why did all these sufferings happen in my life? I don’t have an answer to this question, and none of us ever will find an answer to that question.

However, in this whole experience, I became a spiritual person. I started praying to God. I participated in a couple of webinars offered by ADAA. In therapy, I often heard that family and friends are the best resources to reach out first. But what happens when your own family and friends ditch you? It creates even more shock to the patient and worsens the situation. I learned that people move on as a situation changes but only I can help myself.

Slowly and steadily, I crafted a strategy to fight the situation. I believed that all these negativities around me can be overcome by positivity and focusing on the good things. I read motivational books, change how I perceive things, accept the bad days but don’t let it take over me but instead I learn to swim out of it, do my prayers, etc. The bad days are not over yet, but I am a more capable person than before to tackle the challenges.

Today I would like to shout out to those strong people out there who struggle every day in their life and no one is with them, not even their family and friends stay with them unfortunately. Stay strong, believe in yourself, and believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Good days will come!!

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Housing advocates warn GOP spending plan would be ‘disastrous’

In this June 9, 2021, photo, people hold a sign during a rally in Boston protesting housing eviction. Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling, warning that struggling families could lose access to rental aid. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling, warning rental aid would be stripped from hundreds of thousands of struggling families who could face eviction and possible homelessness at a time when rents remain high.

House Republicans narrowly passed a sweeping measure last month that would roll back non-defense spending to 2022 levels — a proposal the National Low Income Housing Coalition said would slash housing and homelessness programs by 23%, a significant blow to the Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance program that around 2.3 million families rely on to cover rent.

“House Republicans’ plan would have drastic negative impacts on communities’ abilities to address homelessness and the housing crisis,” Diane Yentel, the coalition’s CEO and president, told The Associated Press. “If these proposals were enacted, it would mean communities would have to take away housing assistance from people who already have it, and need it.”

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Activating 5G towers could KILL people who took COVID-19 vaccines, analysts warn

Telecommunications megacorporations are poised to launch their “upgraded” 5G networks in the United States this January. This is despite the fact that there is plenty of evidence that such a rollout would lead to catastrophe and deaths, especially among Americans who are fully vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).

Sean, the host of SGT Report’s online show, pointed out that there is evidence of 5G towers emitting some kind of electromagnetic waves that directly attack people’s bodies. As evidence, he provided a video released to the public by La Quinta Columna.

La Quinta Columna, a Spanish-language media outlet, is notable for being one of the first independent outlets to report that the COVID-19 vaccines contain the toxic substance graphene oxide. (Related: Study: 5G exposure a “significant factor” in higher covid cases, deaths.)

The Spanish media outlet played a short clip on one of its recent livestreams of a man who parks his bike right next to a 5G tower for a few seconds and then suddenly collapsing out of nowhere. Ricardo Delgado Martin, founder of La Quinta Columna and host of the media outlet’s show, pointed out that the CCTV camera that captured the man’s sudden collapse experienced a glitch in its video feed less than a second before the incident occurred.

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Zinc can help in the COVID-19 fight – but only if you pair it with a zinc ionophore

Early in the pandemic, it became clear that zinc was a valuable tool in fighting COVID-19. However, it is important to note that although it may be effective when it comes to killing the virus, zinc doesn’t always have an easy time getting where it needs to be to have this effect.

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko has been one of the leading voices in the use of zinc in fighting the virus, and he found success by pairing it with hydroxychloroquine. As a zinc ionophore, the drug helps zinc get inside the cells so that it can work its magic.

However, for reasons that are mostly political, hydroxychloroquine was essentially demonized by the press and many people were falsely led to believe that it was dangerous. Doctors were threatened with losing their licenses for prescribing it to patients, and many pharmacies refused to dispense it to people.

This prompted Dr. Zelenko to search for alternatives. Ivermectin is also a zinc ionophore, but like HCQ, Big Pharma’s pricey solutions and vaccines are so threatened by these cheap treatments that they have carried out a successful campaign, in conjunction with the mainstream media they sponsor and their government cronies, to deride and mock those who dare to discuss the success they’ve had with these treatments.

Thankfully, Dr. Zelenko has found a natural substance with a similar effect in the form of quercetin. Dr. Zelenko admitted that he hadn’t even heard of this antioxidant prior to researching the National Institutes of Health’s servers for zinc ionophores.

He said: “That was one of the most significant realizations in my life and probably in humanity. Why do I say that? Because now there was a cure for tyranny. There are two risk factors for dying from COVID: It’s the doctor you choose and the government you live under. Besides that, there’s no reason a person should die from COVID.”

In other words, thanks to quercetin, there is no need to visit a doctor or get permission from the government as anyone can go to a supermarket or pharmacy and buy quercetin and zinc over the counter.

Dr. Zelenko recommends combining them with vitamins C and D to create a powerful immune booster. Although the FDA does not allow him to make any claims beyond calling this combination a nutritional supplement and immune booster, it’s clear that this combination ticks all the right boxes.

Dr. Zelenko says that zinc and zinc ionophores such as quercetin, Ivermectin and HCQ can be thought of as a “bullet and gun” approach.

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Inside creepy abandoned hospital with HUMAN BLOOD samples still in the fridge and ‘HELP’ written on the walls

EERIE new images of an abandoned hospital show blood vials still in the fridge and “help” written on walls.

Urban explorer Sonny, 25, stumbled across the deserted facility and spent six hours wading through the forgotten-in-time building.

Eerie images show an abandoned hospital left in disrepairCredit: Jam Press

Sonny, an urban explorer, found blood samples in the hospital fridge Credit: Jam Press

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