Computer and Insomnia and sleeplessness/anxiety????
recently i have been on the computer a lot and looking at a very many sites.. i work on my book. go on craigslist because i gotta move and i go on a virtual reality site and news sites.. i do suffer from insomnia but lately i have been having nightmares, and sleepless fits, tossing turning, feeling like there is a screen behind my eyes, seeing numbers and letters as i am sleeping and my mind is going nuts…just feeling anxious a lot..anybody experiencing the same thing, or you have any ideas how to calm this down? i feel so jittery and wierd lately. this wasn’t happening before a month ago….
I work in computer morethan 12 hrs a day, doing many similar things like u. But before going to bed i listen,love my favorite songs. I just try to dream the songs with my eyes closed. just some 20 minutes. I have no dreams- computer working,software,matrix….or nightmares. just wonderfull dreams like children playing.
Virtual Reality Therapy for Anxiety Disorders explores how the latest virtual reality interventions can be used to treat patients with anxiety disorders. Virtual reality therapy enables the patient to experience a realistic, yet carefully controlled exposure to an anxiety-provoking scenario, in the therapist’s own office. The authors provide discussion of virtual reality therapy for specific disor…
This book is written as a starting point toward helping the large portion of our population that suffers from anxiety disorders to overcome their fears and control their anxiety. It is a resource to enable those suffering from anxiety to take control of their lives and become an active participant in their own recovery. This book is essentially divided into two parts: a discussion of anxiety an…
High Anxieties explores the history and ideological ramifications of the modern concept of addiction. Little more than a century old, the notions of “addict” as an identity and “addiction” as a disease of the will form part of the story of modernity. What is addiction? This collection of essays illuminates and refashions the term, delivering a complex and mature understanding of addiction. Brodie …
Coming Off Antidepressants Can Be Tricky Business
There’s a lot of information on how to take these medications, but not much on how to stop. What guidance does exist is decades old, from when much less was understood about how depression works, experts say. Three women talk about their efforts to ease their way off the drugs. Anorexia Medications : Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors or SSRIs
If you have been diagnosed as depressed, or feel that you might be suffering from one of the many clinical forms of depression such as manic depression or bi-polar disorder then we are on the same page in life.I have been there, done that and now I am glad it is all over!Miracle of miracles – I am no longer depressed and I do NOT owe a debt of gratitude towards medical science for my natural recov…
A form of anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is sometimes formed after someone has experienced a very terrifying ordeal, usually where serious physical damage could or did occur to the person involved.
Events that can trigger PTSD to occur include violent attacks on people e.g. muggings, rape, human caused or natural disasters, and military combat. Once someone has PTSD they often find it to be hugely disabling.
Large quantities of research has led to a much better understanding of how the brain and body are affected by PTSD, various treatments are now available.
In terms of PTSD symptoms, those affected tend to re-experience the worst parts of their horrible past in the form of memory flashbacks and nightmares/ frightening thoughts. Certain objects or events, e.g. anniversaries, that in some way remind the sufferer of these dark thoughts can spark these replays. Another symptom of PTSD is a numbness to emotions, depression, poor sleeping ability, anxiety, outbursts of anger and general irritability. Powerful emotions of guilt are also common. The majority of those affected by PTSD try to stay clear of anything that may remind them of their past ordeals. If symptoms like these endure for over one month PTSD can then be diagnosed.
PTSD can affect any age, from children right through to the elderly. Symptoms are likely to show themselves within three months of a particular traumatic event.
Around 3.6% of U.S. adults between the ages of 18-54, 5.2 million people in all, suffer from PTSD in any given year. War zones have been visited by roughly 30% of men and women with PTSD. The Vietnam War saw one million veterans develop this anxiety disorder. Soldiers that fought in the Gulf War also had a high number, estimated at up to 8%.
Once apparent this illnesses duration and severity are variable, lasting from just six months to many years.
Through research effective treatments such as those involving cognitive-behavioral therapy, exposure therapy and group therapy have been realized. This treatment works by getting the person affected to repetitively re-live their nightmares, in a controlled environment, with the aim of them becoming more able to deal with and leave behind the damaging memories. Medications have been found to lessen PTSD symptoms of anxiety and depression whilst furthering sleep. Trauma-specific treatments are currently being worked on.
Other problems can sometime become associated with PTSD, e.g. alcoholism, substance abuse, co-occurring depression and other types of anxiety disorder.
Gastrointestinal complaints, dizziness, problems with the patient’s immune system, headaches or chest pains, amongst numerous other possible bodily ailments are not unusual.
What is vital is that quick, effective diagnosis and treatment of these conditions occurs, so as to provide the best chance of treatment success.
Upon diagnosis the sufferer is usually referred to a mental health professional that has specialized for years in dealing with patients displaying the particular disorder in question.
Individuals more open to developing PTSD are those that have suffered abuse when a child or people who’ve undergone highly traumatic experiences. More and more factors that can lead to PTSD are being found by researchers every day.
What was once believed to be a sign of recovery, emotional numbness, is now considered more likely to be a factor promoting PTSD development.
New research has identified the amygdala, a small yet highly complex structure within our brains controlling our bodies fear response, as being abnormally activated in cases of PTSD.
The memory section of our brains, the hippocampus, may be functioning abnormally in association with PTSD, providing the various re-living of past nightmarish events.
PTSD often manifests its self through unusual levels of particular hormones. Cortisol has often been seen in lower than usual quantities whilst norepinephrine and epinephrine has been found at abnormally high levels.
Natural pain-relieving opiates released when people feel they are in danger may be what contribute to emotional distancing. These chemicals are released for longer than normal durations, often lasting after the terrifying event has taken place.
Research into improved understandings of how neurotransmitter systems operate with memories of high significance may prove fruitful with reducing the early development of PTSD via psychological interventions or medications.
About the Author
Do you suffer from the occassional panic attack symptom
? If you need some useful and fact-packed information regarding anxiety or panic attacks visit http://www.anxietypanicattackhelp.com/How-To-Tell-A-Panic-Attack-Symptom-From-A-Symptom-Of-Something-Else.php , everything you’ll need is just a few clicks away.
The Potential Complications that can occur with Anxiety Disorders
STEPPING OUT OF THE BUBBLE: REFLECTIONS ON THE PILGRIMAGE OF COUNSELING THERAPY is the story of courage and risk taken by those who seek to better their lives. Drawing on the wisdom of those who provided a foundation for counseling theory and and practice, Krehbiel shares his expertise and wealth of experience. By sharing personal experiences, you will find encouragement to move forward in the …
