I try to read everything that is printed from Johns Hopkins on depression and anxiety because their doctors have been such an important part of my recovery. Here are nine tips that Johns Hopkins doctors suggest to help you manage anxiety without drugs (or with drugs, in my case): Anxiety tip #1: Notice and Name.…

“Anxiety has been rampant since 9/11 and perhaps no less so in the aftermath of the war in Iraq,” writes Keith Egan (my former theology professor at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana) in an article called “Banishing Anxiety.” “Nothing seems to lower this pervasive anxiety as North Americans wait nervously for the next…

A typical Saturday morning in our highly-sensitive house looks like this: 2:00 a.m. HSH (highly sensitive husband) goes downstairs to sleep on the couch because he keeps getting awoken by the loud snoring of his HSW (highly sensitive wife), who is having anxiety dreams (she missed her final exam because she got carried away with…

Elaine Aron, whose book “The Highly Sensitive Person” I’ve discussed often on Beyond Blue, also writes about the topic of sensitive-types in relationships. In fact, she devoted a whole book to it, “The Highly Sensitive Person in Love.” Here are some interesting facts on sensitive people and relationships and why she wrote a whole book…

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