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Jon Mercer's Articles in Mental Health

  • Break Free of Anxiety and Obsessive Thoughts
    Anxiety and obsessive thoughts can become a "cognitive loop," paralyzing the sufferer in a cycle of fear. Physical movement can "jolt" the sufferer out of this loop and effectively change their emotional state.
  • Controlling Anxiety and Depression
    At any given moment, you can choose to do something that results in you feeling slightly better than you did just a few moments ago. So what keeps us from doing these things?
  • Is Anxiety a "Disorder?"
    Many of us unknowingly accept a "victim" mentality when we are diagnosed with a type of anxiety "disorder." Allowing ourselves to be labeled in this way can actually undermine the process of recovery.
  • Recognizing the Symptoms of an Anxiety Attack
    The symptoms of an Anxiety Attack aren't always easy to recognize. The attacks themselves can be confusing as well as producing an intense "undefined" fear, often accompanied by severe discomfort and one or more physical symptoms. You can easily find yourself asking, "am I having an anxiety attack or not?"
  • Six Steps to Overcome Social Anxiety
    A practical six-step guide for overcoming Social Anxiety, by a former "closeted" sufferer of Social Anxiety and Panic Attacks.
  • Using the Law of Attraction to Overcome Anxiety
    Your habitual way of thinking can "attract" anxiety and panic problems into your life. When we change our "thinking habits," we change what we are attracting--including the anxiety.
  • What Are Panic Attacks? How Do I Stop Them?
    A working definition of panic attacks with practical exercises to stop them.

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