Aiming at the Causes of Anxiety (and a lot of mental suffering) Recently, I found a great article that outlines how our current socioeconomic-political structures contribute to the causation of anxiety and other mental and physical health issues. Please consider this excerpt: “Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Jay Watts observes in the Guardian that…
Capitalism: A Very Brief Summary Right now, if you live in North America or Great Britain, you’re living in what might be called a “late-capitalist” society. Capitalism is a word that has come to be ubiquitous in our everyday language. What it tends to refer to is an “economic system…
Anxiety gets a lot of media coverage. Entire social media marketing campaigns are launched to generate awareness and de-stigmatize things like anxiety and depression. Governments also invest extensive resources in trying to ‘battle’ mental health issues in the population. The reason for this is this is quite simple to trace:…
The aim of this post is to give you a preamble as to what is behind the diagnoses of anxiety disorders. ‘Too Much Anxiety’ People quite often talk about anxiety as a medical disorder in everyday language. This is because they have been taught by the medical establishment (and pharmaceutical…
If one day you suddenly fell awkwardly to hear your leg crack into pieces, aside from an acute feeling of horror and panic, the first thought you may to yourself is, ‘I need to fix this right away, someone please help!’ Indeed, such a reaction is expected when such a…
Annapurna is now offering speaking engagements on topics such as stress related conditions, anxiety, burnout, and depression for human resources and professional organizations. Our speaker is Patrick Allen Ph.D. c. who focuses his research on ethical action and empowerment to transcend mental health issues. Patrick has focused his research on…
