Anxiety

Life Are we really so miserable?

Antidepressant use has doubled, and anxiety is at a troubling high. Blame TV, Big Pharma -- and possibly yourself
  • How can I get myself into a routine?

    If I vacuum the house on the same day every week, will that give me a feeling of order?
  • Are we born anxious?

    A NYT magazine cover story makes the case that we are. So why has my experience with anxiety been so different?
  • Shop and awe

    Christmas shopping during an economic free-fall is making me anxious: Everything is on sale, but at what cost?
  • When panic attacks!

    America is the most anxious country on the planet. So will I ever learn to live with my fear, racing heart and disaster scenarios?
  • My mother's anxiety is driving me crazy!

    Ever since her sister was attacked, and I survived cancer, she's been so anxious!
  • My business trip ended with me in four-point restraints!

    I drank some wine, took my pills, boarded the plane and woke up on a gurney!
  • Dive-bar dharma

    To attract a new generation of Buddhists, two teachers are replacing the old hippie trappings with a tattooed aesthetic and references to Jay-Z.
  • Does "problem talk" depress girls?

    Study says that talking things through causes girls greater anxiety and sadness.
  • I'm so anxious I can't think straight

    I know what the issues are, but I can't really deal with them.
  • This time the germs are real

    For sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder, a real-live anthrax scare can mean years of misery.
  • Couples in crisis

    With their last breath people wanted to reach out and say, "I love you."
  • Ashes to ashes

    As the Devil's smoke slowly drifts out of New York, fear and rage and madness walk in.
  • Born to pop pills

    I have a well-chosen capsule for every occasion.
  • We obsess, therefore we buy

    Parenting manuals multiply along with parental insecurities.
  • Debunking depression

    Many people who claim they are clinically depressed may only be disgruntled
  • Mental medicine

    Prescriptions and divorces are granted freely, but there are taboos against both.
  • Sisters of seizure

    Beliefs fly out the window when crisis walks in the door.
  • A sense of threat

    Despite a lifelong love affair with death, getting breast cancer makes it clear that it is a very different love that I truly crave.
  • Time for One Thing: Anxiety

    That persistent, gnawing sense that something, somewhere, is not quite right actually serves a purpose -- it gets me out of bed.

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