Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) consists of severe, ongoing anxiety that interferes with daily activities. Symptoms include constant worry, restlessness, and trouble with concentration, among others. While occasional anxiety is a normal part of life, people with GAD feel extremely worried or nervous more frequently than those who don't, even when there is little to no reason to worry about them.
Panic Disorder is when people have frequent and unexpected panic attacks, feel out of control and have intense worry, and may fear or avoid places where panic attacks have occurred in the past. Not everyone who has panic attacks has a panic disorder; it occurs specifically when panic attacks become frequent enough to negatively influence somebody's life.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder occurs when individuals experience uncontrollable and recurring thoughts and repetitive behaviors. These thoughts and behaviors, or obsessions and compulsions, interfere in their daily lives. They can cause depression, anxiety, panic, and other similar symptoms.
The Anatomy of Anxiety by
In The Anatomy of Anxiety, holistic psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora offers nothing less than a paradigm shift in our understanding of anxiety and mental health, suggesting that anxiety is not simply a brain disorder but a whole-body condition. In her clinical work, Dr. Vora has found time and again that the symptoms of anxiety can often be traced to imbalances in the body. The emotional and physical discomfort we experience—sleeplessness, brain fog, stomach pain, jitters—is a result of the body’s stress response. Once the body’s needs are addressed, Dr. Vora reframes any remaining symptoms not as a disorder but rather as an urgent plea from within. This “true anxiety” is a signal that something else is out of balance—in our lives, in our relationships, in the world.
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by
This fully revised and updated seventh edition of the best-seller offers powerful, step-by-step treatment strategies for panic disorders, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), worry, and fear. Readers will also find new information on relapse prevention after successful treatment, and updates on medication, marijuana derivatives, exposure, and nutrition.
Can't Stop Thinking by
How do you break the cycle of negative thinking? This book offers much-needed relief to "chronic overthinkers" using a powerful combination of mindfulness, acceptance, and awareness. With this unique guide, readers will discover the key to breaking free from the negative thinking that keeps them stressed out, anxious, worried, and generally unhappy. Using the powerful, evidence-based tools in this book, readers will find a way out of their own head and into a world of freedom and the possibility of lasting happiness.
Is Fred in the Refrigerator? by
Even at nine years old, Shala Nicely knew there was nothing normal about the horrifying thoughts that tormented her at bedtime— or the nightly rituals she summoned to beat them back. More importantly, she knew to obey her mind’s Rule #1: keep its secret, or risk losing everything and everyone she loved. It would be almost two decades before she learned the name of the menacing monster holding her hostage: obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It would take years longer to piece together the keys to recovery that would change her life forever— beginning with the day she broke her monster’s silence.
Needing to Know for Sure by
Needing constant reassurance is a hidden struggle for many who fear the unknown. In this guide, readers will find evidence-based skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help them tolerate uncertainty, face specific worrying scenarios, and gradually reduce the compulsion to incessantly seek reassurance.
No Time to Panic by
Matt Gutman can tell you the precise moment when his life was upended. Reporting live on a huge story in January 2020, he found himself in the throes of an on-air panic attack--and not for the first time. The truth is that Gutman had been enduring panic attacks in secret for twenty years: soul-bruising episodes that left his vision constricted, his body damp, his nerves shot. Mid-panic, Gutman misstated the facts of a story, a blunder that led to a monthlong suspension, not to mention public shame and personal regret. It was a reckoning. Gutman's panic attacks had become too much for him to bear in secret. He needed help. So begins a personal journey into the science and treatment of panic attacks. Gutman would talk to the world's foremost scholars on panic and anxiety, who showed him that his mind wasn't broken; it's our perception of panic that needs recalibration.
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by
People who experience unwanted, intrusive, or frightening thoughts often suffer shamefully and struggle silently for fear of what the thoughts might mean about them. In this powerful book, two anxiety disorder experts offer powerful and proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help readers get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome intense shame, and reduce anxiety.
Unwinding Anxiety by
Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work.
Anxiety Disorders cause excessive worry that affects thoughts, feelings, and causes problems in a person’s life for at least 6 months. This video gives a brief overview of what anxiety is, its symptoms, and potential treatments.
A legitimate, thorough understanding of anxiety is crucial right now in maintaining your mental health. This video sheds light on when to know if anxiety becomes clinical, and how to cope with it.
How does the mind of someone with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) work and what can be done to treat this problem? This video includes OCD stereotypes, symptoms, diagnosis, and potential treatments.
Host Jade talks about behaviours we might do at work to manage OCD and how you can make your time at work better.
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