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Anxiety News
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By Bradley Smith
 Panic and anxiety attacks affect around 5% of the population at some point in their life - usually young people up to the age of 35. Standard medical treatment includes a variety of medication to help ease the affects of the attacks and help gain control at an emotional level.
However if you are not into medication or natural remedies to treat panic attacks, then you may want to try the Three Minute Therapy: a cognitive approach to dealing with panic attacks.
This may be the most logical method of overcoming panic attacks compared to seeing a psychologist or physician. This therapy assists the mental processes that a person goes through when experiencing a panic attack. There are two stages to this: first, identifying the "must do" activities that are driving the panic attack, and secondly disputing these "must do" activities until you overcome the pressure.
Anxiety prone people are more prone to dwell and magnify things that they "must do". For instance, a mother of small children might think that she "must know" exactly why she feels panicky. She tells herself that she |
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By Martin Richfield
 Almost every child ever born suffers from a touch of separation anxiety at some point in the toddler years. Somewhere between the ages of about 18 months and three years, a child will have an incredibly difficult time when a parent is out of sight. Crying, temper tantrums and overall agitation and angst are not uncommon. When these symptoms do not go away with appropriate distractions or they persist later in life, separation anxiety disorder might be present.
Separation disorder is said to affect about 4% of children from the ages of four up. When a child suffers from severe angst and fears about leaving home or being away from parents or other family, red flags are generally raised. It is important to keep in mind that actual separation anxiety disorder does go well beyond normal homesickness or fears, however.
Some of the more common behaviors in children with this specific disorder include:
- Use of avoidance tactics to not separate themselves from parents or loved ones. They will try everything they can think of to not have to go somewhere by themselves.
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