jurplesman
Experienced User
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130 posts since July 24th, 2004
Experienced User
Male
130 posts since July 24th, 2004
jurplesman's posts
Unfortunately anxiety attacks are poorly understood because both patients and professional therapists tend to believe wrongly that anxiety attacks are caused by false or irrational beliefs and attitudes. Yet is is very difficult to pinpoint the thought of idea in the mind that triggers an anxiety attacks. The remarkable thing about anxiety attack... more
As a retired nutritional psychologist I have a different view of what causes anxiety attacks. I have successfully treated many thousands of people with anxiety attacks, when I worked as a nutritional psychotherapist. Anxiety and panic attacks are also related to many other so called [b:0fa2c6f7c6]mental[/b:0fa2c6f7c6] disorders such as dep... more
Dear a caged-mind,
your problems seem to me to be a combination of a metabolic disorder (putting on weight) and a low self-esteem.
The first you need to do is to treat the metabolic disorder with the help of a nutritional psychologist or a naturopath or nutritional doctors.
You can be tested for [url=http://www.Hypoglycemia.Asn.Au/articles/tes... more
Most self-cutters are very depressed people. This kind of depression is of a physical kind that usually does not respond to 'talk therapy'.
If you want to have them treated without recourse to drugs you will need to see a therapist, trained in nutritional psychology.
Most self-cutters are found to be hypoglycemic, that is a disease of energy p... more
My advice is always to see a doctor to get a proper diagnosis. There are some physical illnesses that can cause depression, and these need to be eliminated before we can discuss depression.
If the doctors cannot come up with a diagnosis, they may diagnose depression or anxiety attacks.
Usually they will then prescribe antidepressant medica... more
[quote:36d9ab3f76]i sometimes don't know what brings them on, especially when i'm getting ready for bed, and they hit me.
that is the very nature of anxiety attacks., they are brought about by an internal imbalance of hormones, especially adrenaline. This has usually nothing to do with what is going on in the environment of thought processes. Th... more
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