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Look on These Things as Dreams
read more...Re-reading Marcus Aurelius's Meditations the other day, I took new meaning from this entry:
Sober up, recall yourself, shake off sleep once more: realize they were mere dreams that troubled you, and now that you are awake again look on these things as you would have looked on a dream. (6.31)
"What If?"
No other phrase - no other way of thinking, actually - is more pernicious for people with anxiety. "What if?" is the corrosive fluid that invades even the tiniest cracks in your resolution.read more...Plan Like an Archer
read more...Nothing irritates us like unmet expectations; nothing causes anxiety like wanting to control things over which we have incomplete control.
...How should we plan, then? Two pointers:
About
Dr. Roberts practices at Mahaya Forest Hill Integrative Health in Toronto, Canada. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Restorative Medicine and is a member of the College of Naturopaths of Ontario.
In addition to private practice, Dr. Roberts teaches Clinical Medicine and lectures on endocrine health at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) and supervises student interns at the Robert Schad Naturopathic Clinic. He graduated from CCNM's four-year postgraduate program and subsequently completed a two-year clinical residency.
Process
Focus
Dr. Roberts uses natural therapies to treat anxiety and conditions related to anxiety. For example:
- generalized anxiety disorder
- panic attacks and panic disorder
- chronic stress
- burnout and adrenal fatigue
- irritable bowel syndrome
Treatment
The natural therapies that Dr. Roberts uses primarily include diet and lifestyle recommendations, counseling, botanical medicines and nutritional supplementation.
When you book your first visit, you'll receive intake forms to complete and bring on the day of your appointment. This first visit typically lasts 1½ hours. Follow-up visits are booked as needed; the frequency and length of these visits varies according to individual needs.
Quiz
Unsure about your level of anxiety? Here's a questionnaire that might help.
Generalized Anxiety
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?
Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day
Not being able to stop or control worrying
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day
Worrying too much about different things
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day
Trouble relaxing
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day
Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day
Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen
- Not at all
- Several days
- More than half the days
- Nearly every day