Posted by SLS on August 19, 2011, at 5:41:22
In reply to Re: Anxiety: exposure the only permanent solution?, posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 18, 2011, at 22:41:45
> "Things that are no logical threat at all give me terrible anxiety. Like calling to find out how much I owe comcast. What threat is that to me? I owe them the money. I spend hours agonizing over confronting each fear, then when I do something, I'm exhausted"
MDD and BD depressions are inhibiting upon behaviors that require social interaction. Under these conditions, it is difficult to assert oneself. I think this is the product of a biological behvioral inhibition and a psychological reaction to the genuine challenge to communicate effectively while depressed.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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