Can anxiety cause chest pain?
Is it a heart attack or an anxiety episode? For the majority of people, experiencing occasional worry, or nervousness is very natural. These are typical reactions to atypical moments in everyday life. However, anxiety affects certain people regularly. Symptoms can include everything from anxiety or stress to physical reactions. These symptoms are sometimes w
HOW TO DEAL WITH A NEUROTIC PERSON
Have you ever come across a person who frequently behaves in an irrational manner? Do they have an overall tendency to lean towards negative emotions? Such individuals are usually believed to have neurotic tendencies. Neurotic people are those who have been afflicted by neurosis, a psychological condition in which a person experiences various mental, emotion
I had a hard time trusting my partner.
In any relationship, one of the foundational core values is trust. Trust is when you have faith in your partner because you feel secure around them. When you don’t have that faith in your partner, it affects you internally and may cause emotional distress. Growing up, I always witnessed constant family conflicts, parents doubting each […]
I have never felt confident.
I remember always feeling uncomfortable in my own skin. All those years growing up, I used to feel doubtful and insecure, having thoughts like “Do I look good enough?”, “I hope I don’t sound stupid”, “Will I be able to do this?”, all of which added up to my sheer lack of confidence. I never […]
I was body shamed at family gatherings.
Growing up, I hadn’t really been ‘fat’ or ‘chubby’. But as soon as I hit puberty, my lifestyle and eating habits changed drastically. And these bad eating habits led to excessive weight gain. Originally, no one at home pointed out these weight gain problems to me, perhaps because they are more sensitive as parents to […]
Signs of an insecure person in a relationship.
Insecurity is an inner impression of being threatened and/or inadequate in some way. We’ve all experienced it at some point, and it’s quite normal to have feelings of self-doubt, but chronic insecurity can sabotage your success in life and can be particularly harmful to your close relationships. Do you often ask your partner where they […]
My parents’ regular conflicts at home affected me in ways I couldn’t imagine.
I still remember when I was in 7th grade, I came home running joyfully to my parents with a silver medal swinging in my hand, to tell them how fast I ran in the race and came second in the school. I was very happy that day. But as soon as I reached home, I […]
How you can cope with gossip?
In our everyday lives, we hear a lot of gossip, whether it is at our workplace, home, school or college, or on television about renowned personalities. We usually enjoy listening to these gossips, and engage in sharing a few of these too. But gossip tends to have two sides to it: as entertaining as it is […]
I would avoid talking to my father about my career choices.
It was a regular Sunday afternoon for us; my father was at home on Sundays like most working parents, and I wanted to have a serious talk with my father about my career choices. But somehow, I could not gather the courage to speak up. I had been struggling to express my feelings to my […]
I had heard many a times that people who went to therapy were crazy. Was I crazy?
At the age of 18, I experienced anxiety for the first time. It was my first year of college, I was entrusted with the task of introducing the chief guest of an event. As someone who participated in performances on stage from a fairly young age, this seemed like a simple task. However, the task […]