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Phil Lane MswPsychology Today |
Stress, anxiety, and overwhelm disrupt our daily lives but we can find balance.
Personal Perspective: Tough-guy masculinity promotes emotional suppression.
Reducing anxiety is not as simple as "flipping a switch."
Personal Perspective: Poor communication and lack of empathy may harm patients.
Anxiety and panic are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same.
Supporting clients who express existential concerns.
Self-advocacy can reduce feelings of medical anxiety.
The importance of understanding illness-anxious patients' behavioral responses.
Chronic pain impacts both our bodies and emotions.
Panic responses are informative, if we know how to listen.
Normalizing existential concerns can help us feel less alone.
Let's explore cyberchondria and the pitfalls of online medical information.
7 effective treatment approaches for clients with health-related fear.
Writing to anxiety.
Understanding physical systems and their responses to anxiety.
How patient portal results without guidance can increase health anxiety.
The financial cost of anxious care-seeking.
Why changing the language of illness anxiety is important.
Why self-advocacy in medical settings is important.
When illness anxiety takes over.
How we misinterpret physical symptoms, and how we can stop.