anxiety is killing us
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I designed this presentation to raise awareness on anxiety and depression, including other mental health issues. We are facing a global crisis on mental health and people aren't talking about it nearly enough. Employers also aren't aware of the many stresses that modern life places on some of their staff. They need to take mental health more seriously in the workplace. This presentation is dedicated to JewWario, Justin Carmical who committed suicide only recently. He was suffering from depression.TRANSCRIPT
“Few people today would dispute that chronic stress is a hallmark of our times or that anxiety has become a kind of cultural condition of modernity.”
SCOTT STOSSEL
People suffering with anxiety disorders, find worry & fear are constant & overwhelming, it can be crippling to their life.
Anxiety SOCIAL
Persistent fear about social situations & being around people. One of the most common anxiety disorders.
disorder
Anxiety GENERAL
A long-term condition that causes you to feel anxious about a wide range of situations
and issues, rather than one specific
event.
disorder
Disorder (OCD)
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
Is a mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts & compulsive behaviour such as washing their hands often.
Stress POST-TRAMATIC
disorder
It can develop immediately after
someone experiences a disturbing event or it can occur weeks,
months or even years later.
Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. By the time of high school graduation, they will have spent more time watching television than they have in the classroom American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
34% USA
30% Mexico
27%
New Zealand Australia
25% UK
25%
GLOBAL OBESITY RATES
Source: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
The problem is we’re not out hunting wild beasts anymore…
DOMINATE SPECIES ON EARTH. we’ve evolved into the
“The lizard brain will fight (to the death) if it has to, but would rather run away. It likes a vendetta and has no trouble getting angry. The lizard brain cares what everyone else thinks, because status in the tribe is essential to its survival.”
SETH GODIN
“You have a genius inside of you, a daemon with something to share with the world. Everyone does. Are you going to continue hiding it, holding it back, and settling for less than you deserve just because your lizard brain is a afraid?”
SETH GODIN
I cannot let my fear control me, though those thoughts may seem as real as the day, they serve only to Destroy.
For fear has a habit of showing up at uninvited times, when I’m tired, bored or stressed;
those are the times the mind Wanders.
For fear is the evil that stirs inside all of us. Too much of it and we can only live but half a life, longing for better experiences.
The “what ifs” cannot be controlled & worrying about it does not make a difference. Do not dwell on what you cannot comprehend.
TEACHES YOU techniques to effectively deal with any situation of anxiety, panic or stress & adapt your own thinking patterns.
CBT
Photo Credits Thank you to the following:
Slide 19: Satish Krishnamurty- https://www.flickr.com/photos/unlistedsightings
Slide 10: Lulu Hoeller - https://www.flickr.com/photos/toaireisdivine
Slide 22: Bark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/barkbud
Intro Slide: Craig Sunter - https://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02
Slide 69: Mike McCune https://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934
References & Sources Stats and data from:
Slide 7: 40,000,000 Americans suffer from anxiety disorders – National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
Slides 5, 8-9: Mental Health Foundation http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/mental-health-statistics/
Slide 10: Stat from (World Health Organisation, 2001)
Slide 1: The Culture and Costs of Anxiety http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/08/my-age-of-anxiety-stossel/
The Culture and Costs of Anxiety
Slides 14-18: National Health Service UK http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anxiety/pages/introduction.aspx
References & Sources Stats and data from: Slide 20: Between 35 Percent and 85 Percent of all patients diagnosed with one condition show symptoms of the other [source: Seltzer]http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/depression/questions/depression-and-anxiety-related.htm
The Culture and Costs of Anxiety
Slide 4: Depression Facts - http://www.whitecloudfoundation.org/depression-facts