Chronic Anxiety A Serious Condition

Anxiety is a broad description, used often, and as such has
become a bit of a watered down term. Anxiety is actually a
classified psychological disorder, but it's often used
interchangeably with nervousness and fear and upset, among
other descriptions of common emotional states. Reducing
anxiety to a generic form, however, may diminish the
reality that anxiety can be a quite serious condition.

There's nothing inherently wrong with an anxious condition.
In fact, all people at some point or other feel anxiety,
and the anxiety a person feels can have beneficial effects.
An anxious condition focuses one's mental and physical
state in preparation for some form of coping. In the most
dramatic possible scenario, enhanced mental and physical
focus from anxiety would enable someone to try and escape
physical danger. Anxiety then can be an asset.

Where anxiety becomes problematic is when it becomes
chronic, or the anxious response is an overreaction to the
circumstances. The chronically anxious condition can be
characterized as a person being almost incessantly on edge,
expecting the worst and constantly prepared for flight. The
damage this sort of chronic state can cause can be quite
extreme. A perpetually anxious person is placing incredible
physical strain on his or her body, keeping their body
constantly vigilant, and ready for a sudden burst. The body
greatly fatigues under these sorts of physical demands, and
begins to break down. As blood pressure rises under an
anxious state, chronic anxiety can also lead to the
problems elevated blood pressure causes: stroke, coronary
problems, compromised kidney function, and other physical
problems besides.

An anxious overresponse can be disabling as well. The
person who feels anxiety when there's no real threat at
hand is overreacting to life's circumstances. People who
tend to react in this way are prone to withdrawing as a way
of averting their upset, or self-medicating themselves
through alcohol and drugs, or both. Withdrawal often, if
not always, leads to mood problems such as depression, and
even anger and hostility. The use of alcohol and drugs in a
coping pattern is, obviously, an open door to addiction.

Chronic anxiety is a serious state, and can lead to further
emotional and physical disorder. Any chronic dysfunction is
unlikely to just go away on its own: the fact that a
dysfunction is chronic indicates the problem has become set
in place. Some form of treatment then for chronic anxiety
is always called for. The good news is that there are
effective methods for anxiety treatment, and once a person
has gone through treatment for an anxious condition their
outlook can change almost entirely.

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Myth Of The Aging Brain

There seems to be a commonly held belief in the consensus
reality of our culture, that as we age our mind, i.e.
brain, begins to decline in it's ability to function
efficiently, quickly and accurately. Maybe this becomes
true if we accept and also share this belief and therefore
do not attend to our overall health and the health of our
bodies which includes our brain. Reality is that we can
grow new brain cells as adults, and create new
neuropathways, stimulate previously unused areas of our
brain and experience new connection and coordination
between the left and right hemispheres in order to utilize
"whole brain" cognitive and auto functioning. The more
neruons and connections we have in our brain, the more
ability for memory, attention and performance we gain.

Often, for some reason, many of us do not perceive that our
brain is a part of our body and needs as much attention as
any other part of our body. In fact, our brain is vital to
the functioning of our entire body. Our brain is
responsible for breathing, heart beat, hearing, touch,
sight, smell, balance, digestion, movement, perception,
pain response, thought, emotion, etc. Our brain is the most
vital organ in our body and requires specific nutrients to
function efficiently. Good natural healthy nutrition for
our brains is vital not only for cognitive and emotional
functioning, but also for the regulation and functioning of
our entire body.

Our brain cells structure is composed of healthy fats. In
order for our brains to function properly, our brain needs
an abundant supply of healthy fats especially the "omegas".
Supplying our brain and body with essential fatty acids
e.g. omega 3, is vital for our brains to repair, grow new
neurons and neuropathyways. The most efficient and abundant
source of essential fatty acids, e.g. omega 3, can be found
in flaxseed oil and fish oils which are available in
natural supplement form, especially when they are lacking
in our diet.

Vitamins and minerals e.g. vitamin B12, vitamin B6, Vitamin
C, Iron, calcium, folic acid and others, are essential for
our brains to function efficiently and effectively. The
best way that we can be sure we are getting the kind and
quantity of vitamins and minerals is by using natural
multivitamin formulas. We can also use Vitamin C, B
Complex and mineral formulas individually as well as using
multivitimans. Various herbs such as ginkgo biloba,
ginseng, and others can be used separately or in natural
formulas and are very important contributors to our brain's
health and function. These herbs and others are often
included in natural multivitamin formulas along with
vitamins and minerals.

Antioxidants are vital for attaching to "free radicals" in
our blood stream and neutralizing them. Antioxidants e.g.
CoQ 10, aangamic dmg, purple and red phytonutrients can be
found in a variety of foods or, more conveniently and
efficiently in natural supplements. Juices like mangosteen,
gogi and pomergranate contain excellent antioxidants.
Green foods like barley grass, wheat grass, spiralina,
alfalfa and others contain powerful antioxidants and can be
obtained in natural supplement form as well as in some
multivitamin formulas. In addition to fighting "free
radicals", antioxidants help our brain gain and maintain
oxygen supply that is vital for memory, clarity and other
brain functions.

Natural substances called neurotransmitters are the
messengers that move brain signals from one neuron to
another. It is very important that we have a good supply of
these neurotransmitters. Our bodies produce these
neurotransmitters, but not without the proper nutrition
with which to produce them. Neurotransmitters are produced
through various proteins. Examples of these are l-tyrosine,
l-tyrosine, acetyl l-carnitine, dlph-phehylalanine, which
can be obtained in natural supplement form.

Also available for us to insure that we experience good
healthy natural brain function, are various natural
formulas containing many combinations of the nutrients
specifically needed by our brains. These formulas are
designed to help us with memory, attention, and performance.

We need not resign ourselves to the popular belief of
consensus reality that our brains decline in function and
efficiency as we age. We have available to us many natural
supplements which we can add to our diet to insure that our
brain is receiving the nutrition it needs to regulate and
maintain healthy body functioning, cognitive and emotional
function and general feeling of health and well being.

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Causes of Erectile Dysfunction, Remedies, and What You Can Do to Increase Semen Volume

Without a doubt, no man in the right mind would admit to
his lover that he suffers from erectile dysfunction; it's a
terribly embarrassing and even demeaning to one's personal
image to have to carry this "baggage" around. There are
drugs that help treat erectile dysfunction but sometimes
cause life-threatening side effects! Why take such
horrible chances with your precious life? There are
natural Erectile Dysfunction Treatments available with zero
side effects.

What are the main causes of erectile dysfunction?

This dreaded health condition sometimes occurs when one or
more of a series of inner processes in your body does not
properly work as it should. In certain cases, there may
exist a problem with your nerves; they can stop the normal
erection process in the very beginning. The root causes?
Injury, illness, or surgery. For example, if a patient had
undergone a prostate-related surgery, it's quite possible
that the nerves around the penis have been damaged. Beware
that certain medications like decongestants, aspirin, and
blood pressure medicine can cause erectile dysfunction as
well.

Also bear in mind that emotions can play a great role in
any man's life; for example, stress is so powerful that it
can cause erectile dysfunction. Another form of stress can
be the increased pressure for performing like a porno star
in the bedroom!

What are some safe and natural remedies for erectile
dysfunction?

One natural and possible remedy is psychotherapy. There is
of course nutrition: you can choose a number of
health-enhancing nutrients that can work wonders to your
sex life. Some safe nutrients to consider are Yohimbe,
Maca, and Damiana. All three of these herbs are well-known
for enhancing your sex life with a firmer and even longer
penis

Often many men do not realize how they create the
circumstances of experiencing low semen volume through
wearing tight underpants, taking a bath in very hot water,
being overweight, or just sitting for extended periods of
time. In addition, frequent semen ejaculation will cause
lowered sperm volume.

Here are smart and effective ways to boost your semen
volume:

Nutritious Food. Eat a nutritious diet that is low in fat,
high in protein, vegetables, and complete grains; these are
very good for your overall health and for increasing your
semen volume.

Less Sex. If you can manage, have sex and masturbate less
frequently; the more often you ejaculate, the less dense
will be your semen. Try to keep an interval of at least
three days after 2 consecutive ejaculations.

Hot Testicles. Avoid the heating of your testicles. How?
Avoid taking hot baths and saunas.

Exercise. Make it a point to exercise on a regular basis.
Join a gym club and stick to a workout schedule of at least
3-4 times during the week.

Massage Oil. Consider using a herbal oil to improve blood
circulation.

Lose Weight. Lose any extra weight; excess weight is often
the cause of testosterone imbalance.

Stress. Do whatever you can to decrease stress levels. You
can use relaxing methods such as Yoga and meditation.

Supplements. Only use a Medically Endorsed Supplement
There are a number of effective supplements that will help
increase sperm production.

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The Physical Nature Of Depression

Depression is categorized as a psychological disorder, and
that's a reasonable classification. Depression often
manifests in a person's thinking. A depressed person will
have a different perspective, a generally more pessimistic
perspective, when considering life circumstances than a
non-depressed person will. Depression, however, doesn't
begin and end with a person's thinking.

Interestingly enough, most of the symptoms of depression
present in physical ways, not psychologically. Some of the
more common symptoms of depression include excessive sleep
patterns or sleeping too little, weight gain or weight
loss, lack of energy, emotional outbreaks, and other
symptoms as well. Considering this symptom list, being
overly emotional is the only symptom that might be seen as
mostly psychological in nature, but even that presents in a
physical way through crying or hostility or whatever.

The labeling of depression as a psychological problem, a
problem of the mind, equates it with mental instability or
weakness in the minds of some. Men in particular seem to be
especially sensitive to being labeled with some form of
mental or emotional disorder. On its face this type of
resistance may not seem overly problematic, but it can
become quite a serious issue.

Resistance to even admitting to possibly being depressed is
naturally going to lead to treatment resistance as well.
Depression doesn't always need to be treated, and can clear
on its own in time. This may be especially true in the case
of a one time meaningful loss, the end of a relationship
for example, or a death. But bouts of depression that
aren't triggered by a significant incident, or depression
brought on by a heavily traumatic event, can become chronic
depression. Chronic depression most always needs
intervention, and without intervention can lead to a person
becoming severely distraught and even suicidal.

Emphasizing the physical nature of depression can diffuse
the stigma of a depression suggestion or diagnosis. This
may be the reason that depression is sometimes attributed
to a chemical imbalance in the brain. While some clinicians
don't like this description, there's significant evidence
that the brains of depressives do have a different make up
than the brains of people who aren't depressed. In other
words, the brain is changed when depression sets in. This
knowledge is what has sparked the development of a host of
depression treatment drugs over the last twenty years or
so, each designed to "fix", in its own way, the depressed
brain.

So depression changes the brain, and could even be said to
imbalance the brain. The alteration of one's brain would
seem to be the epitome a physical problem, so perhaps
depression is more physical than psychological after all.

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