Category: Mental Health

Test anxiety. It's likely you, or someone you know, suffers from test anxiety. Test anxiety can occur at times leading up to the test and/or at the moment the test is presented.

Does the spinning feature calm anxiety? Not really. Sure the spinning could be mesmerizing momentarily but not long term. And how is this ultimately helping to creating coping skills? It doesn't.

You are more than likely thinking why would I want to accept the experience of anxiety that can be both overwhelmingly debilitating and paralyzing at times.

Often people with anxiety have a running narrative in their mind about how terrible they are and how poorly they function. They call themselves stupid, dumb, lazy, scared and weak. These negative self messages are very damaging and cause depressed mood in addition to anxiety. Now motivation is lessened and the condition is made worse.

Stop me if you've heard this one. Chance the dog wakes up every morning, sits on his front porch waiting for a little red Corvette to speed down his street. When the Corvette passes his house, he takes off running after the car as fast as he can.