Tammy’s Blog – Anxiety
Sometimes medications cause psychiatric symptoms!
It started with mild feelings of uneasiness that quickly grew into near constant anxiety and paranoia. I was irritable and short-tempered, easily taking offense, and quick to get angry. I’m no stranger to managing emotions. I make my living helping other people identify and manage their own. I knew exactly what I was experiencing and thought I knew how to manage it. But this was more...
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Understanding and Embracing Fear
The experience of fear is felt when chemicals are produced and released by the amygdala. The amygdala is a tiny, pea-shaped organ deep in the center of the brain.
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Our alarm system
We are all wired with an internal alarm system that alerts us to potential danger. Put in terms of mindfulness, sometimes Emotion Mind will take over without our consent. The biological structure responsible for generating Emotion Mind resides in the most primitive portion of the brain. The amygdala sits just on top of the brainstem and acts as a threat detection system. When threats are...
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Mindfulness: observing what we experience
Achieving mindfulness involves HOW we focus and WHAT we focus on. This time we will be learning how to observe what we focus on with each experience.
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