Tag: Anxiety

Dosed (2019)

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Introduction

An award-winning documentary film about treating anxiety, depression and addiction with psychedelic medicine.

Outline

After years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal woman, Adrianne, turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga.

Production & Filming Details

  • Director(s): Tyler Chandler.
  • Producer(s): Robert J. Barnhart, Tyler Chandler, Jason Hodges, Kelley Hodges, Chris Mayerson, Nicholas Meyers, and Nick Soares.
  • Writer(s): Tyler Chandler, Nicholas Meyers, and Jessie Deeter (Story consultant).
  • Music: Jayme McDonald.
  • Cinematography: Nicholas Meyers.
  • Editor(s): Tyler Chandler and Nicholas Meyers.
  • Production: Golden Teacher Films.
  • Release Date: 20 March 2019 (US).
  • Running Time: 82 minutes.

A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin (2015)

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Introduction

A New Understanding explores the treatment of end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in some mushrooms, to facilitate deeply spiritual experiences.

Outline

The documentary explores the confluence of science and spirituality in the first psychedelic research studies since the 1970’s with terminally ill patients.

As a society we devote a great deal of attention to treating cancer, but very little to treating the human being who is dying of cancer. The recent resurgence of psychedelic research is once again revealing the power of compounds like psilocybin to profoundly alter our understanding of both life and death. Through the eyes of patients, their loved ones, therapists, and researchers, A New Understanding examines the use of psilocybin in a controlled setting to reduce psychospiritual anxiety, depression, and physical pain.

The treatment aims to help the patient understand that a ‘good’ death is possible, and to help the patient’s family deal well with the dying process. A New Understanding shows patients and their families coming to terms with dying through the skillful treatment of the whole human being. If we can learn to work more skillfully with dying, we will also learn to take better care of life.

Production & Filming Details

  • Director(s): Roslyn Dauber.
  • Producer(s): Robert J Barnhart, Roslyn Dauber, Brady Dial, Matt Humble, Steve McDonald, Jeff Porter, and Mitch Schultz.
  • Music: Brian Satterwhite.
  • Editor(s): Jason Uson.
  • Studio: Red Phoenix Productions.
  • Production: Golden Teacher Films.
  • Release Date: March 2015 (US).
  • Running Time: 55 minutes.
  • Country: US.
  • Langauge: English.

Book: Overcome Anxiety

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Book Title:

Overcome Anxiety: How to manage anxiety disorder, manage worry, stop panic attack for an happy life with joy and happiness.

Author(s): Jamie Peace.

Year: 2019.

Edition: First.

Publisher: Independently Published.

Type(s): Paperback.

Synopsis:

ANXIETY IN ONE SHOT: DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK.

Are you afraid of fear? Do you know that today there are new simple therapies? Did they ever talk to you about the diary of change?

We all feel anxious all the time. Without anxiety, we would have been eaten out of existence. It is what helps us determine the danger and get out of it in time. When your heart begins to race, you then know that you need to get your flight or fight on.

When one finds themselves on the cusps of anxiety and depression, it often feels like the world is coming to an end. You lose energy of what you want to do when depression sets in. When anxiety sets in, you almost feel as though the world is a raging enemy, charging at you in full speed. Desperately, you look round for a solution, or at least, guidelines for finding solutions. You find, them, but they are laded with medical jargon.

However, there is another situation where your body begins to act out anxiously even in the absence of a threat? So what do you do in this case? Well, you chose this book, and we are here to help you find a guide on how to live with it.

Well, guess what? This book is here to provide you with material that you won’t find around -easy to follow steps and guides to identify if you suffer from anxiety or depression, or a potent combination of both. You will then be run through a series of steps on what you can do to improve your condition, how to find the motivation to go through with exercises, medically proven remedies for anxiety and depression, the kind of exercises that will help you recover better.

YOU WILL LEARN:

  • What are the problem of Anxiety, Depression, Worry, Panic attack
  • How Identifying them in different situation
  • Simple helpful Exercise
  • Put the teachings into practice
  • What is a diary of change

This book is full of simple, easy to follow exercises, instructions, and guides written in a straightforward language. Instead of telling you that you have anxiety or depression, we give you concrete pointers on identifying the issue and then follow through with descriptive guideline that you can follow towards recovery. We have written this book in a way that even a child would pick it up and go through it and emerge at the back end of the page enlightened, bolder, more courageous and with a bigger desire to fight the monster that is depression and its deadly brother-in-crime anxiety. Trust us, these are bad conditions to live with, but in this book, you will learn how to manage them.

Book: Overcome Anxiety

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Book Title:

Overcome Anxiety: A Guide For Introvert People. Learn To Handle Negative Emotions, Overcome Social Fear And Panic Attacks, Improve Your Conversations, Stop Worrying And Eliminate Negative Thinking.

Author(s): Brandon Harris.

Year: 2019.

Edition: First.

Publisher: Independently Published.

Type(s): Paperback, Kindle and Audiobook.

Synopsis:

Are you searching for a complete approach to overcome Social Anxiety? Or Have you ever experienced extreme anxiety in public places, in dialogue with significant or strange people? Then keep reading…

Perhaps you felt anxiety when speaking to the audience, preparing for a meeting, an interview? Social anxiety can be illustrated with countless examples. Hence, How to Overcome Anxiety Without Expensive Drugs remain your best option.

Anxiety, fear, panic are phenomena that are often present in our mental life. They can be different in intensity, duration, structure from slight short-term anxiety to paralysing horror, making up a diverse range of experiences that accompany a variety of life events: illnesses, conflicts, unpleasant and unexpected events.

An emotion of anxiety is one of the most frequent experiences of people in critical situations and during extreme impacts, which can perform various functions, both adaptive and disorganising mental activity.

We have all experienced embarrassment, even anguish, when speaking in public, making a declaration of love, meeting an important person. Fear of others is common and often overlooked. When it is serious, however, it can lead to depression, alcoholism, or simply to miss the opportunities of one’s life. When does the fear of others become pathological? What forms does it take? How to evaluate his fear? From shyness to freaks, to avoidable personalities, to the mechanisms that come into play when choosing medications or psychotherapy, two psychiatrists help you concretely to live your social relationships better. A classic updated and increased.

In this book, the author meticulously will expose you to:

  • Comprehensive understanding of Social anxiety.
  • How to learn to understand others and understand the motives of their actions.
  • How do our mind, subconscious, and habits work?
  • A practical approach to build relationships, set goals, and deal with bad habits, and many more.

If you have at least once in your lifetime, limited your behaviour due to anxiety, stress, or feeling unwell in situations that were related to other people. The book is professionally written to increase sensitivity to the social context and search for resources to change the quality of life.

Why do we get anxious? What are the most intimidating social situations for most of us? When does shyness become social anxiety? How to Overcome Anxiety Without Expensive Drugs has detailed explanation to that social anxiety that comes your way, as well as its psychological and behavioural mechanisms. The book helps you to differentiate between what is normal and what is less; it offers you a pragmatic approach to overcome your anxieties in social relationship. This book has been an enormous success.

If you are serious about overcoming anxiety and be the happiest even if you think that it is impossible? Surely, this book is for you for the reason that this book has identified a lot of practice and little theory.

This is the right time to take that decision and be among those who are ready to take action in overcoming anxiety

Book: Emotional Detox for Anxiety

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Book Title:

Emotional Detox for Anxiety: 7 Steps to Release Anxiety and Energize Joy.

Author(s): Sherianna Boyle.

Year: 2019.

Edition: One.

Publisher: Adams Media.

Type(s): Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook.

Synopsis:

Most of us view a detox as a physical experience, but what we do not realise is that it is not just our physical bodies that need to be cleansed in order to return to a healthy state.

When we are unable to process our stress and worries, they can become toxic to ourselves and those around us. Wellness expert and author of Emotional Detox, Sherianna Boyle modifies the revolutionary C.L.E.A.N.S.E method to guide you through the 7 steps to a successful anxiety detox.

The 7 steps include:

  • Clear;
  • Look Inward;
  • Emit;
  • Activate Joy;
  • Nourish;
  • Surrender; and
  • Ease.

Experiencing reactions to worries, stress, and doubt can put obstacles in our path to a happy and fulfilled life.

An anxiety detox is a systematic and mindful way to purge these harmful thoughts. Once freed from this burden, an anxiety detox returns us to our joyful, carefree state.

Emotional Detox for Anxiety is a reset for the soul, flushing out negative feelings, clearing a path for new habits and behaviours, and energising you to accept peace, acceptance, and pure joy.

Book: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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Book Title:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Fear, Anxiety, Depression and Stress by Challenging Unwanted Thoughts.

Author(s): Adrian Kirk.

Year: 2019.

Edition: One.

Publisher: Independently Published.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Do you want to significantly improve the way you behave around others by refining your thought patterns?

Do you want to be able to interpret life events from another person’s perspective to help you understand others?

This book will help you achieve those goals!

Many of us interprets information that we receive differently, whether it is at work or elsewhere. As a result, we end up having to deal with problems that others might not understand or even see. This is where Cognitive Behavioural Therapy comes in!

Inside this book, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Simple step-by-step Guide to Managing Fear, Anxiety, Depression and Stress by Challenging Unwanted Thoughts, you will find new ideas and strategies to help you improve the way you approach problems, with chapters that include:

  • Understanding the root causes of your thought pattern.
  • Identifying and challenging your worst nightmares.
  • Setting realistic goals and how to stay on track.
  • Applying exercises to combat unwanted thought.
  • And much more…

This book is ideal for anyone who has never heard of cognitive behavioural therapy before, or for those who are not getting the most from the ones they are currently practising.

Whichever it is, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Simple step-by-step Guide to Managing Fear, Anxiety, Depression and Stress by Challenging Unwanted Thoughts is the book which will provide a platform for success like no other!

Book: The Anxiety Toolkit

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Book Title: The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Managing your Anxiety so you can Get on with Your Life.

Author(s): Dr. Alice Boyes.

Year: 2015.

Edition: First.

Publisher: Piatkus.

Synopsis:

Do you overthink before taking action? Are you prone to making negative predictions? Do you worry about the worst that could happen? Do you take negative feedback very hard? Are you self-critical? Does anything less than perfect performance feel like failure?

If any of these issues resonate with you, you’re probably suffering from some degree of anxiety, and you are not alone. The good news: while reducing your anxiety level to zero is not possible or useful (anxiety can actually be helpful!), you can learn to successfully manage symptoms – such as excessive rumination, hesitation, fear of criticism and paralysing perfection.

In The Anxiety Toolkit, Dr Alice Boyes translates powerful, evidence-based tools used in therapy clinics into tips and tricks you can employ in everyday life. Whether you have an anxiety disorder, or are just anxiety-prone by nature, you will discover how anxiety works, strategies to help you cope with common anxiety ‘stuck’ points and a confidence that – anxious or not – you have all the tools you need to succeed in life and work.

Book: The Anxiety Solution

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Book Title: The Anxiety Solution: A Quieter Mind, A Calmer You.

Author(s): Chloe Bortheridge.

Year: 2017.

Edition: First.

Publisher: Michael Joseph.

Synopsis:

This is a book for anyone experiencing anxiety – at home, in school or at work, in social situations or on their own – one that will benefit everyone from worried mums to stressed teens.

The Anxiety Solution is a simple and inspiring guide to reducing anxiety from former sufferer and qualified clinical hypnotherapist, and host of The Calmer You podcast, Chloe Brotheridge.

Chloe will help you understand why we feel anxious and will equip you with techniques to help manage the symptoms and start living a happier, more confident life. Based on the latest scientific research and her unique programme which has already helped hundreds of clients, The Anxiety Solution will show you how to regain control of your life.

‘I know what it’s like to be stuck in a cycle of anxiety. I used to feel as though fear and worry were a permanent part of who I was . . . but I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be this way. The truth is, your natural state is one of calmness and confidence – and I’m going to teach you how to get there.’

If you want to spend less time worrying, this book is the solution for you. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can be back in control and able to enjoy your life once again.

Is Anxiety in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with Increased Disease Activity & Worse Quality of Life?

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Research Paper Title

The association between anxiety and disease activity and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background

In people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), mental health problems are common, but often not recognized or treated, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality.

Most studies examining the impact of mental health problems in RA have focused on depression.

The researchers aimed to determine the association between anxiety, and disease activity and quality of life (QoL) in people with RA.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed. A protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD2-17062580).

Databases (Web of Science, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Embase, Medline) were searched for studies examining the association between anxiety and disease activity and QoL, in adults with RA, from inception to February 2019.

Primary outcome measures were DAS28 and SF-36.

Eligibility screening and data extraction were completed by two reviewers.

Disagreements were resolved by discussion or a third reviewer.

Quality assessment was carried out using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Results

From 7712 unique citations, 60 articles were assessed for eligibility.

The final review included 20 studies involving 7452 people with RA (14 cross-sectional, 6 cohort).

Eleven examined disease activity, 6 reported QoL outcome measures and 3 included both.

Anxiety was associated with increased disease activity and worse QoL.

Meta-analysis showed anxiety to be correlated with increased DAS28 scores (r = 0.23, CI 0.14, 0.31) and reduced physical (r = - 0.39, CI - 0.57, - 0.20) and mental QoL (- 0.50, CI - 0.57, - 0.43).

Conclusions

Anxiety in people with RA is associated with increased disease activity and worse QoL.

Improved recognition and management of comorbid anxiety may help to improve outcomes for people with RA.

Key Points:

  • This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the relationship between anxiety and disease activity and QoL in people with RA.
  • Anxiety was associated with higher disease activity both cross-sectionally and at up to 12-month follow-up.
  • Anxiety may have a more significant impact on disease activity in early RA, highlighting the importance of early recognition and management of co-morbid anxiety.
  • People with anxiety had poorer self-reported physical and mental QoL, although there was some heterogeneity in study findings, particularly for physical QoL (I2 = 78.5%).

Reference

Machin, A.R., Babatunde, O., Haththotuwa, R., Scott, I. Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Corp, N., Chew-Graham, C.A. & Hider, S.L. (2020) The association between anxiety and disease activity and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Rheumatology. doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04900-y. [Epub ahead of print].

Meditation & Mindfulness

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“Explain your work in one easy paragraph.

I am a Buddhist monk who teaches meditation and mindfulness. I’m interested in the application of Buddhist philosophy to the problems of modern life. Meditation is training for the mind, helping us become less controlled by stressful thoughts and emotions. Mindfulness brings the benefits of meditation into daily life. I am also interested in the interface between Buddhism and science, and I frequently collaborate with neuroscientists and medics.

How did you become a monk?

I had an extreme burnout 26 years ago due to high levels of stress, and I went to a Buddhist monastery to find answers. I loved it so much, I decided to remain a monk.

Did you have to overcome any particular challenges to get where you are today?

I used to have bouts of depression and anxiety, so my journey has involved quite a few rocky patches. I do, however, feel that these struggles have helped me to grow and discover valuable knowledge that I can share with others.” (Thubten, 2019, p.56).

Reference

Thubten, G. (2019) The Back Pages: The Q&A. New Scientist. 05 October 2019.