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Depersonalization occurs with anxiety because you are so used to watching yourself, questioning your illness, day in, day out, that you start to feel detached from the outside world. Your mind has become tired and less resilient through watching and worrying about your symptoms. It has been bombarded with worrying thoughts and becomes fatigued. When our limbs tire, they ache. When our mind tires, we feel these strange feelings of detachment from the world around us, experiencing an almost dreamlike state, convincing ourselves that we are going mad or losing it. You are not; your mind is just so very tired and just craves a rest from all this introspection of oneself.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Uncategorized.
I just wanted to let you know that after receiving feedback from friends in my network, I have come to some conclusions about what people are searching for in the way of emotional and mental health support. As you know, this continues to be a lifelong mission for me and I want to do everything in my power to provide solutions based on what I’m hearing from past and current clients.
I understand these past several years have been very tough for many people who are feeling stressed, anxious, and financially vulnerable due to the economy and uncertainty in the world.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Lucinda Bassett.
I just did an interview with Blindfold Magazine scheduled to come out in October about anxiety and depression, and the personality types prone to problems.
Worriers, perfectionists, over-reactors.
The importance of understanding the way you think has a great deal to do with how you manage your anxiety, stress and depression.
For example, did you know good worriers make fabulous goal setters? You use the same skills: vivid imagination, futuristic “what if” thinking, and creativity. But you learn how to turn those traits outside of yourself to go after the dreams you want, as opposed to turning them inward and making yourself sick with worry.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Depression, Stress.
I was just fortunate enough to have a wonderful conversation with Meagan Barnes, Mrs. District of Columbia, who just recently ran for Miss America this past August. She was someone who, at one time, struggled with debilitating anxiety and panic attacks, but now as a result of reading my book and working with my program, she is panic free and living life fully. In fact, she has founded an organization called Women Conquering Anxiety, and she is an Ambassador for Mental Health America. Way to go Meagan, we will continue to follow your success. You can follow Meagan on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/AnxietyAngel.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety.
Remember the days when finding an apartment, job, or second hand item like a washer or dryer was all done in the classified section of the newspaper? Currently, like many other things, this information has shifted to the Internet. And although the shift has made our lives easier, it also increases the risk of being scammed or ripped off. One of the hottest places online currently to find secondhand items, apartments, or even a date, is Craigslist.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Depression, Grief, Helping Scam Victims, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Sadness, Scams, Truth Be Told, Victims.
