learn about mental illness at the emotional feelings network's, anxieties 101.

Site Note: every emotion or feeling page has a dictionary definition at the top of the page.

reading the dictionary definition can set the stage for the following articles you'll find for that specific emotion or feeling. you will find as posted below:

the named emotion or feeling

the most pertinent definitions for that word

some pages includes quotations pertinent to the specific emotion or feeling

  develop empathy

 

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• It's in the News... article titles you can click on that will open in a new browser window as well - that are pertinent & up to date with information concerning the emotion or feeling word featured on the page

• Very Important Additional Resources....article titles or website addresses for additional resource information that is very valuable - no need to search the web on a search engine - these sites are pertinent & timely in their presentations

• Article & Book Titles within an article.... you'll find article links for articles copyrighted & not posted at the authors request, but too valuable to leave out, additional referred to articles as posted by the author of the article & links to websites that the author refers to within the articles.

All emotions & feelings are in alphabetical order. You will travel through the underlined link words throughout the emotional feelings network of sites.

This is the index of all the sites you'll find within the network:

Emotional Feelings: containing all feelings & emotions that begin with “a” 

Emotional Feelings, 3: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letter "b"

Emotional Feelings, too: containing all feelings & emotions that begin with “c”

Emotional Feelings, 4: containing all feelings & emotions that begin with the letter "d"

Feeling Emotional, too: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters “e & f ”

Feeling Emotional, 4: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters "g thru i"

Feeling Emotional, 3: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters "j thru n"

Feeling Emotional: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters “o thru r”

extremely emotional: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letter "s thru w" 

your "Un"emotional Side: This site highlights all feelings & emotions using the prefix "un" before them - i.e., unaware, unacceptable, uncontrollable, unsuccessful....

the layer down under: this site offers more than feelings & emotions! the subjects contained in the layer down under are highlighted in the lefthand column to give you the feel of some important topics you'll need to consider in feeling & emotion work as well as general personal growth or recovery processes.

the self pages: containing the topics that are prefixed with the word, "self" - such as self acceptance, self actualization, self defeated, self help, self love, etc.

anxieties 101: this site contains information concerning the following topics. you can click on any of the underlined title words to travel over to that specific page if you see something that you are immediately interested in!

what is mental illness?

anxiety disorders

generalized & social anxiety disorders: separation anxiety mentioned as well

caregiver anxiety

panic disorder: information regarding panic attacks included

phobias: specific phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia - additional page linked off of this page: the phobia list

obsessive compulsive disorder: mention of other obsessive compulsive disorder (tourettes, etc.)

post traumatic stress disorder: acute stress disorder

since depression is very often co-existing with the above anxiety disorders as well as emotions & feelings, eating disorders, abuse & other forms of dysfunction, there's plenty of information regarding depression & other mood, or affective disorders included.

depression page: links to other depression information within the site - additional pages linked off of this page: bipolar disorder, mood & affective disorders

how it all works: this page is offered because I found the information very important in understanding mental illness & recovery processes, how your brain works, how your brain is linked to many subjects, etc. as well as a glossary of mental health terms...

the more you learn about mental illness, the more you begin to realize about how prevalent it is within different age groups. therefore, i've broken it down into different age levels on each of the following pages...

children & mental illness: topics concerning children & mental illness as well as info concerning the currently being developed site, children 101 - this site can be accessed while being developed! additional pages linked off of this page: parenting 101

teens & mental illness: different topics concerning teens & mental illness for parents to look over as well as info about the teenscene site!

young adults & mental illness: what concerns young adults directly in relationship with mental health & well being, i.e., college, eating disorders & other issues

men & mental illness: what concerns men directly with mental health & lifestyle, parenting, job related issues

women & mental illness: what concerns women directly in relationship with mental health, parenting, career & other issues -separate page for women about hormonal changes & connection with mental illness

seniors & mental illness:what concerns seniors directly in relationship with mental health, life transitions & other issues

lifestyle factors have a huge link to our mental health. through my research i found that i needed education concerning my lifestyle habits that had a great bearing on my well being, so i included lifestyle pages on this site as well.

lifestyle diet: it's surprising to learn the ramifications of a nutritious diet in relationship with your mental health & well being!

lifestyle exercise: a direct connection to mental health! the importance of exercise in your life!

lifestyle sleep: information regarding sleep habits, sleep, sleep hygeine & the importance of sleep in relation to mental health....additional pages linked from this page: insomnia, special sleep problems in children

lifestyle relaxation: descriptions concerning different relaxation techniques & explanations as to how important relaxation is in our lives

lifestyle counseling: explanations of different kinds of counseling, the importance of counseling, definitions concerning counseling, etc.

lifestyle medications: information concerning medications used for different mental illness & sleep disorders

disasters unpredicted: page accessed from this page: understanding trauma

the following is a separate site you may visit with the emotional feelings network of sites!

night eating: i experienced this eating/sleeping disorder for most of my life & finally beat it. this website offers information concerning eating & sleeping disorder & pays particular attention to night eating syndrome!

teenscene: this site is for teens, similar to anxieties101!

 

 

 

you'll find the notation, "personal note:" or sometimes just an article with my name, "kathleen," or "kathleen howe" as the author. i try to write on each homepage an article entitled, "i just gotta say it!" all participation by yours truly is totally dependent on how much time i have available for it...

Accepting Change....

Change isn't easy. We all get used to doing things a certain way & although we may know it's not the "best" way for us that we do these things... it's so hard to accept that we have to change. Acceptance is the first detail to work on when we're talking about changing ourselves....

Emotions

This page is just about emotions, not one in particular, but about how we deal with our emotions, the importance of emotions, what happens to our emotions if we don't feel them & end up stuffing them - also about kids & their emotions as well as teens!

Insight

Intuition

Just how intuitive do you allow yourself to be?

Do you hold any stock whatsoever in what your intuition tells you?

Maybe you should check out this page to find out the importance of being open & present enough to rely on your intuition for making important decisions.

Letting Go.... Do you know how?

After we discover that underneath our anger with life there's an open wound left behind from abandonment, abuse or some other dysfunction in our past, how willing are you to sit and feel that unresolved emotion or feeling, so you can "let go" of it & settle that account out of your life? Don't know how? This page lends some insight on that topic.

Listening... Are you an empathetic listener?

 

Opinion... Everyone seems to have one....

This is a subject that I have had trouble finding information on believe it or not.... Opinions are everywhere, available to us everyday whether we want to listen to them or not! I like opinions. I am curious as to why people believe the way they do! I like to ask some questions after I hear peoples' opinions & try to understand just why they think the way they do. Hoping to learn something from someone's elses belief system is an interesting opportunity. How curious are you about someone elses' opinions? Can you say you even care how anyone else thinks?

 

Reflections.... how clear is your mirror of opportunity?

That's right, how clear is your mirror of opportunity? Do you take the time to reflect on anything? Does your behavior reflect a certain behavior you're stuck in? Do you even want to go there? Be real with yourself, letting your authentic self be known. Take time to reflect on important subjects, be open, mindful & in the present moment to reflect on just who you are as a person.

spirituality

Another topic that puts us to the test...  are you letting your education stand in the way of being open to spirituality? What do you hold sacred in your belief system? I struggle with this one as well.... 12 steppers are all about their "Higher Power,"

Christians are all about their "God"... Muslims, Jews, Buddhists are all about who they hold sacred in their beliefs as well... what do you truly believe?.... do you think that spirituality is only about religion? Take some time to consider your sense of spirituality in your life...

For us it was always the line from our parents, "Because that's what I said!" or "Because that's the way it is!"  Well for us as adults, we have to examine how we think, especially us "boomers." What we believed is most likely, not so, and how we think, is most likely slightly mixed up.... can you be real enough with yourself to really examine & maybe even change how you think about things?

 

 

 

humor.... how many people do you wish had a better sense of humor? how about yourself? did you forget that you were supposed to have one?

 

 

 

At the end of each day, do you reflect back from the time you woke up and ask yourself, "What did I accomplish today?" or "Who did I touch with something I said or did today?" and honestly take the time to search your day for answers to these questions. Each of us - if we are to live with ourselves in good conscience; must have a deep seeded belief that we are to treat our fellow man as we would like to be treated ourselves. If this is fact, why wouldn't we take the time each day to hold ourselves accountable? Why wouldn't we take the few minutes it would take to account for touching someone elses' life besides our own?

Does it matter what religion we follow in order for this to be of utmost importance to us? Is politics your religion? Do you think more of what candidate lies the most or who will ruin our country the fastest than you do of what you personally can do to change the life of just one person each day you are alive? Is it too difficult for us to reach out to others? Are we too selfish to expect this type of servitude of our own selves? I'm curious, does it hurt too much to try to help someone and they don't respond? What is it that isn't changing our world as we know it? Why aren't we all wallowing in the "love light" of loving our neighbor as our self?

People ask who is responsible for the state of our economy today and the answer is truly visible should one dare to look at it. Who in business has lied today? Take a number, you are responsible for the aching need within the one country in the world that catches the world's eye no matter what happens within. Who in business has been greedy today? Take a number as well, the meat counter is very busy today with "special cuts" of beef being on special. If you can grasp that analogy... think about it some more.

Who in business has disregarded the health and well being of other Americans today while keeping their own needs, wants and benefits in their decision making processes? Who cares about those who don't have what they have in life - like a job? It has been a cut throat, man eat man, woman eat woman world in America's business history in the past twenty-five years and I believe that the state of the economy has been the fat sacrificial pig.

Has capitalism finally met its demise in the true sense of the world? When big business is forced to use the governmental credit card they've been saving to survive - just as millions of Americans have been forced to do for decades, the pot has truly called the kettle black. What gives? I'll tell you. There are not many business people in this world hanging on to the Golden Rule. It's not just business that has shifted to this "easy way" of living. It's government, it's the educational system, it's not a dog eat dog world anymore - people are gnawing their way through other people as if the cannibal special is working its way to extinction. Which it just might be.

I took a week off of Newsvine to see what's happening in my other part of my world and it's going bazonkers! Big time bazonkers... I was forced to see that other people don't give two hoots about what's happening in anyone else's lives because it takes too much time away from their hobbies, their fun, their self serving - time consuming adventures in whatever floats their own individual boats. I got back to my own little world where I chose to make a commitment to myself about having a hobby of substance, one that would help others while I helped myself.

I was confronted with those people with whom my life has revolved for just over six years. I got back to thinking about someone else during the day besides myself. I had to reach down deep to find something within me that would be loving and kind and of help to someone outside of my immediate family. I had to keep on doing all those other things that I do for my family, but keeping my commitment to myself that I would sit at the end of my day and reflect on what I had done for someone else. I committed to making a difference in someone's life every day of my life. Is that too much to ask of anyone?

In today's economy I don't understand how anyone in the banking business can say with good conscience that charging someone $75.00 in an overdraft charge for a check written that was 5 cents short is a good thing to do to someone. I remember when the bank would call me and say, "Did you realize that you were going to be overdrawn when you wrote that check?" before they decided to charge me the $15.00 that I thought was outrageous back then. I remember when my bank honored my word over such a thing.

Now they don't care at all. They will take your money, hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money, but if you make a mistake when subtracting - they'll charge you an arm and a leg which will cause your entire bank book balance to go crazy and you'll end up being charged another few hundred dollars in charges along the way. But the bankers don't go home at night and think about what they did to help anyone anymore. There are many bankers out there who are nervous, anxious and depressed because they can't go to sleep at night because they didn't help anyone that day; in fact, they most likely financially raped someone that day a few hundred times over.

It's not just the bankers. Think about General Motors and their snap team of CEO, Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Directors of every department; too new to the company to know the men that put in thirty two years into the company. Shoot, none of them will ever put thirty two years into a company in this world! There is no more loyalty in business. It's that man eat man world out there, remember? Not one of these administrators of General Motors gives two hoots about the thousands of men and women who worked thirty plus years in the company and who have to pay for health benefits promised to be free for years because of the investment the workers had put into the system.

But that was back when the system was thriving. The system thrived under the pretense of employer/employee loyalty - remember? That was when General Motors was making money hand over fist. That was when people in America worked for General Motors. That was when General Motors had profits every year; enough to have profit sharing among the employees. How many of those executives go home at night and reflect upon how they helped just one American that day?

At the end of your day, no matter what business you are in - who have you helped? Have you taken the time to own up to your own ethics, moral substance and your willingness to give of yourself? How have you helped your neighbor or fellow American? Think about it. What did you do to help the economy today? Who did you financially rape today? Are you a bill collector who harassed the mother of three children, one who has a life threatening illness, to the point that she felt she wanted to kill herself today? Was that chore on your to-do list at work? Get the payment no matter what it takes?

I am willing to bet that there are millions of people who aren't proud of what they do in their business life. What about you? Do you even know about your own family and their needs? Are you filling the needs of your own families emotionally speaking? Do you care about anyone but yourself. Shame on you if you are participating on the financial ruin of America. Shame on you all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.s. as for "who am i?" i'm just someone that is just like you - searching for answers in recovery of many dysfunctions & mental illness (post traumatic stress disorder & others) that has made a commitment to helping others.

confidence & self esteem!

 

it's lifestyle changes that allow us to "lighten up" & remember the simple joys in life like...  blowing bubbles....

changes is here to tell you that if you've made the commitment to change your lifestyle - there's help w/in these pages so you can achieve your goals while working your plan! do you need to:

• change the way you eat?

• add exercise to your daily routine?

• learn to sleep well & get enough sleep?

• find out how to make time for relaxation?

• do you need to work on a mental health issue?

• do you rely on medication for a physical or mental illness?

• learn about your unidentified or unresolved feelings & emotions?

this is the place to begin to learn how to do all that!