Not knowing how to handle anxiety, insecurity, loss, fear -- any other way than by downing a medication.
When you feel your heart rate increase, or you begin to sweat, or your breathing quickens, pause and ask yourself, "What am I feeling right now?" and "Why am I feeling this way?" Becoming aware of both your internal and external reactions to circumstances is a foundational step toward effectively handling anxiety.
The other reason articles like the one in New York make me cringe is that benzos, being controlled substances, already carry the taint of misuse, and talk of overworked PR execs popping pills to deal with anxiety over a work presentation or helicopter moms doing so to handle separation anxiety from their preschoolers is likely to make doctors, already cagey about prescribing, even more so.
Yet a prosperous Sunni, Ahmed Taha al-Jibouri, could barely handle his anxiety as he sat in his living room on a recent day.
Paula is Jimmy's lifeline in the story; she has became the only one in the family who can handle his anxiety and speediness.
A wanted poster on the F.B.I.'s Web site notes that he is subject to panic attacks and may be taking the prescription drugs Klonopin and Xanax to handle the anxiety.
He has spent most of the season on Houston's inactive list while he and the team try to figure out how to handle his anxiety disorder and overall mental health.
Since that incident a few years ago, my husband and I have since done everything we could to avoid having to call 911, from teaching him to handle his anxiety and stress to learning to better identify when Charlie is on the verge of a panic attack so we can give him his emergency medication.
There are two ways to handle this anxiety.
Strangely, no student was given training on how to handle test anxiety.
