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I Am Anxiety

A step-by-step guide to anxiety recovery

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    Understanding anxiety Brain Fog
    David McLaughlin
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Understanding anxiety Brain Fog

    But for those living with an anxiety illness, that fogginess is ever-present.
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    I'm unwell right now.  And that's ok.
    David McLaughlin
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    I'm unwell right now. And that's ok.

    One of the most powerful things we can do on our anxiety recovery journey – is accepting that we are living with an illness.
    55 views0 comments
    You can't fight your way out of anxiety
    David McLaughlin
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    You can't fight your way out of anxiety

    It’s common to hear people use these words and phrases when describing their life with anxiety. I won’t let it get the better of me. I’ll...
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    Breaking the anxiety cycle
    David McLaughlin
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Breaking the anxiety cycle

    Did you know that chronic and prolonged anxiety actually changes your brain? That's why an anxiety disorder is a mental illness.
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    Anxiety bumps ahead
    David McLaughlin
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Anxiety bumps ahead

    The road to recovery from anxiety related illness isn’t a straight one. It’s littered with bumps.
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    Why we need to broaden the mental health discussion.
    David McLaughlin
    • Oct 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Why we need to broaden the mental health discussion.

    When it comes to recovery from mental illness, understanding the how - in terms of how our mind heals - is crucial.
    71 views0 comments
    Australian Sunday Telegraph - Body + Soul.  
Should we think of anxiety like the flu?
    David McLaughlin
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 6 min

    Australian Sunday Telegraph - Body + Soul. Should we think of anxiety like the flu?

    With one in seven Australians experiencing anxiety, former sufferer David McLaughlin explains how comparing the symptoms to the winter lu...
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    Acceptance is the key
    David McLaughlin
    • Apr 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    Acceptance is the key

    We start to recover from our anxiety illness when we start becoming less interested in how bad we feel. Currently, all day every day, we ...
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    Four Steps to Anxiety Recovery
    David McLaughlin
    • Apr 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Four Steps to Anxiety Recovery

    Four steps to anxiety recovery from www.iamanxiety.net. 1. Let go of the internal dialogue that tells you that you can’t recover. The min...
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    Full recovery from anxiety is possible
    David McLaughlin
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    Full recovery from anxiety is possible

    Full recovery from anxiety illness is possible.
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    Recovering from insomnia
    David McLaughlin
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Recovering from insomnia

    Are you troubled by insomnia? I was. It was one of my worst anxiety symptoms. It’s a debilitating problem that can slowly start to make l...
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    Meditation and the anxious brain
    David McLaughlin
    • Dec 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Meditation and the anxious brain

    If you struggle with anxiety, it’s important that you understand what meditation does to the anxious brain. There’s nothing spiritual at ...
    79 views0 comments
    Anxiety and flu - approaching them in the same way can help us recover.
    David McLaughlin
    • Nov 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Anxiety and flu - approaching them in the same way can help us recover.

    Fear of our anxiety symptoms - and resistance to the way we feel - keeps us stuck in the anxiety cycle. Learning to re-frame the way we r...
    71 views0 comments
    Exercise and the anxious brain
    David McLaughlin
    • Nov 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Exercise and the anxious brain

    Exercise and anxiety - what’s going on in the brain when we exercise that gives us a break from those anxiety symptoms?
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    Understanding the anxious brain
    David McLaughlin
    • Nov 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    Understanding the anxious brain

    Understanding the anxious brain is the key to anxiety recovery. When we understand why we remain trapped in a never ending cycle of worry...
    83 views0 comments
    Breaking free from the anxiety cycle
    David McLaughlin
    • Nov 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Breaking free from the anxiety cycle

    There's a very good reason why anxiety is such a problem nowadays, and a reason why so many of us get stuck in the anxiety cycle and stru...
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    Why I wrote I Am Anxiety
    David McLaughlin
    • Nov 2, 2018
    • 1 min

    Why I wrote I Am Anxiety

    In this short video, I talk briefly about why I wrote I Am Anxiety and who I hope to help through the knowledge I've shared.
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    How a little Buddhist philosophy can take away the office nerves.
    David McLaughlin
    • Jul 8, 2018
    • 3 min

    How a little Buddhist philosophy can take away the office nerves.

    Some years ago I got very interested in Buddhism. I was struggling with anxiety at the time, and I felt that meditation was something I s...
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    How to maintain good mental health in an agile working world.
    David McLaughlin
    • Jul 8, 2018
    • 3 min

    How to maintain good mental health in an agile working world.

    I recently started a new job, and like many modern companies our workplace is agile. For anyone not familiar with the term, an agile work...
    114 views0 comments
    Mindfulness at work - how to make regular mindfulness part of your work day routine.
    David McLaughlin
    • Jun 11, 2018
    • 4 min

    Mindfulness at work - how to make regular mindfulness part of your work day routine.

    It seems to be universally accepted that living in the moment is good, and dwelling in the past or the future is bad. When you think abou...
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