David Lawrence Preston

Tag: Anxiety

  • Asperger’s Syndrome

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    At the age of 62, I was diagnosed with Asperger’s. It wasn’t a huge surprise. I’d read about Asperger’s and it did seem to describe me. As a child, I was considered academically gifted and great things were expected of me. But I was also considered shy, nervous, physically clumsy and a bit of a…

  • Coping With Anxiety

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    Anxiety is a feeling of intense worry or distress in the absence of obvious danger. It is a state of inner turmoil accompanied by churning thoughts, nervousness, poor concentration, feelings of dread and loss of control. It is related to, but different from, fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat.…

  • Our natural immunity

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    Our natural immunity: How the body gets rid of unwelcome intruders Science is not entirely clear why some people are prone to serious illness while others carry the same bacteria but have no ill effect. But it must have something to do with each individual’s natural defences against unwanted organisms and toxins – that is,…

  • Worry

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    ‘There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.’ Epictetus Think of some problem or event from your past that was so big at the time that you literally worried yourself sick about it. Can you remember the outcome? Worry is…

  • Give up approval seeking behaviour

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    Approval-seeking behaviour means being a people-pleaser. It implies being too concerned with what others think at the expense of your own feelings and beliefs. In extreme cases psychologists recognise this as a deep-seated neurosis because you are in effect allowing others to make your mind up for you and dictate your actions. Of course, it’s…