Anxiety and depression differ from each other, but they both share a common trait. People who suffer from anxiety are so downcast and fell psychological discomfort as depressed ones. Natural substances and ways of treatment are preferred by far. But sometimes the problem goes far and it seems natural preparations do not work in consequence of different reasons (age, tolerance for chemicals, grave condition). Therethrough sometimes patients with anxiety and depression symptoms need...

Combat Operational Stress Control:

The Many Realms of Trauma

Bob Bornt, LMFT

UCLA conference on Trauma

During the recent “Current Approaches to the Treatment of Trauma” conference held at UCLA, reference was made to a variety of environmentalrealms of experienceandpsychophysiological statesthat can precipitate trauma and may result in PTSD. The body’s neural relationship to the brain received considerable attention -...

Driving phobia can occur when an individual undergo a traumatic event such as road accidents, near misses or even something mild (like feeling uncomfortable with high-speed freeways). Because humans have the tendency to associate familiar feelings to a particular situation, these traumatic events can slowly build into driving phobia. For example, you may feel uncomfortable about merging into highways and thus, every highway episodes will trigger memories of your initial uneasiness. Over...

Luca Bosurgi, a defining voice in the emerging field of mind-spirit therapy, transforms psychoanalysis to spiritual evolution. He has developed an original mind coaching technique: The CognitiveOS Hypnosis. For the first time he has agreed to talk about the power of the CognitiveOS Hypnosis and why it's the next step in psychoanalytical therapy.

Luca, you and Nadine Aurel are the founders of the Cognitive OS Hypnosis Institute and the initiators of the Hunab-Ku...

The biochemical basis of anxiety seems to be closely linked to the protein serotonin, exuded at the synaptic connections of neural cells. Low amounts of it lead to anxiety disorders such as social anxiety disorder, or obsessive compulsive disorder. The foremost and popular therapy for anxiety is still selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) which raise intersynaptic serotonin concentrations. Concurrently, there movement among psychiatric population to lessen dependencies on...

Explanation of panic attacks.
We humans are very advanced beings but at the same time we are also very simple.
Everything we feel and everything our bodies do, it does for a reason.
You and I are similar in many ways and mostly in our will to survive. Survival is our primary goal. It does not matter who you are, where you live or how you make your money. Survival is ingrained deep into your brain and your body.
Now why am I talking about survival and not panic...

Everybody on this planet experiences stress at some part of his or her life and the worst part of it is that stress levels are bound to increase in the coming years. The main concern about the previous sentence is that the amount of stress that is about to increase in the coming years will cause loads of problems. You might be wondering what makes the level of stress surge at such a fast rate. Think of the situation 10 years back and compare it with today. Are things the same? Every...

Most of us suffer from mental health problems, though in varying degrees. Although mental ill-health affects so many people, there is still no proper definition as to what mental health problems are and what methods are needed to recover. It is reported that at least 1 in 10 young people and around 1 in 4 adults experience mental health problem at some time in their lives. Mental health can mean a wide range of symptoms and disorders - like depression, anxiety, self-harm, violent...

To keep the memories of abusive experiences aside, some lock their emotions, thoughts, and experiences away. Some describe their disturbing memories as if they are in a file folder, hard drive, cabinet, on a shelf, or out of the body. For others, the "containers" are described as being hidden from view, out of sight, maybe out of mind. Despite being sealed shut by these distractions, each container wants to be unopened, despite the person's fear of opening them. Trauma therapy...

Is alcoholism an incurable disease or is it something that can be overcome?  For millions of people this has been a topic that has been debated for years.  Many people have been told that their alcoholism is something that they will always have and that by putting their faith in a higher power that they will be their only chance of recovery.  Though even with this apathetic form of therapy, they are still told that relapse is part of recovery and that they will probably...