RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook antianxiety Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia an·ti·anx·i·e·ty (ăn′tē-ăng-zī′ĭ-tē, ăn′tī-) adj. Preventing or reducing anxiety:an antianxiety drug. ...
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Taking the first step a bit farther, you may want to suffer through making phone calls. The more phone calls you make, the less daunting of a task it becomes. If you are concerned about being a bother to someone on the phone, replace that line of thinking with, “Why would they answe...
Online psychotherapy providers like BetterHelp offer flexible appointment formats through phone, video calls, or asynchronous online chat to make it easy to fit treatment into your busy schedule. Recent studies show that online CBT treatments are as effective as in-person psychotherapy and can often...
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The next day I pushed my way through a series of anxiety-provoking phone calls at work, making the missed day’s lesson clear: one slip wasn’t necessarily the end of the entire mountain climb. So I let the day go. I decided there was room in the 365-day challenge for “pass” ...
Mind over matter also applies to talking on the phone. If you change your body language and your physical reactions to phone calls, your mind may follow. “Put a smile on your face. It actually does translate to your speaking voice. Use your hands when talking, even if they can't see...
I couldn’t ask him to come over. I couldn’t really rely on him. A true boyfriend that was meant-to-be would have intuited my distress. But we just argued about his making requests on my pot card. And taking my car to the Haight Ashbury. I finally got off the phone and hung ...
Not speaking to others on the phone contributes to feeling lonely and disconnected. Avoiding the phone is a response to fear, instead of a way to protect your personal boundaries and take care of yourself. How to get over phone avoidance The usual treatment for SAD is therapy (and possibly...
Many people don't like talking on the phone. However, if your hesitance to make and receive calls causes symptoms of severe anxiety such as shortness of breath or a racing heart, you might have phone anxiety. Telephobia—the fear of making or answering phone calls—is common among those w...