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Books:
Duff, R. (2015). Hardcore Self Help: F--k Anxiety. Robert Duff.
This book discusses different methods people can do to try and cope with their anxiety, unlike a lot of the other articles, journals and books; the methods being discussed could be potentially beneficial to people with more severe cases of anxiety. While the tone of this book is more humorous, it was beneficial in that it provided methods of coping with anxiety that were not discussed in other sources.
Gray, J. A. (1971). The Psychology of Fear and Stress. McGraw-Hill Companies, The.
Although this book is an older edition, the scientific and psychological facts provided were still relevant and extremely beneficial in discussing and learning about what causes fear and stress and why these conditions can be worse for some people compared to others. This book was extremely helpful in understanding the basics of anxiety, fear and stress and why these conditions are difficult to deal with.
Knight, S. (2018). Calm the F*ck Down: How to Control What You Can and Accept What You Can’t So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get On With Your Life (A No F*cks Given Guide). Voracious.
This book began as being beneficial in discussing how some people can manage their anxiety while others cannot. This book started out as being helpful in discussions of dealing and coping with stress, but when getting deeper into the book, like many other article and journals the methods provided in the book were not beneficial to a lot of people who suffer from anxiety.
Documentaries:
It’s “Just” Anxiety Documentary Film. (2017, April 25). [Video]. Iron Zeal Films. https://www.ironzealfilms.org/anxiety/
This documentary followed multiple people who suffered from anxiety ranging from mild cases to very severe ones. This documentary was extremely beneficial in the discussion of how different anxiety can be for some people, and examined how some people are able to deal and cope with their anxiety while others find this impossible to do. This documentary also helped in the discussion of why a lot of methods and treatments of anxiety do not work for people with severe cases of anxiety.
OVERCOME WORRY, ANXIETY & RUMINATION | Full Psychology Documentary Film 2020. (2019, December 28). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DdPatDGSNY
This second documentary was much more education based, and went more into the psychology and science behind anxiety. While this documentary was beneficial in allowing for a more visual explanation of anxiety, a lot of the facts and science discussed in this documentary were provided in other books, articles and journals.
Magazines:
CodeinWP Editorial. (2020, September 29). 45 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Blog: How to Start a Blog for Free in 2020 and Get to 400,000 Visits/Month, Like We Did. CodeinWP. https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/starting-a-blog/
This magazine was especially helpful to use when first beginning this project, and throughout the entire process. The author goes through forty-five steps in discussing how to begin, produce and continue in the process of developing a successful blog. The author also provides different external links and modules to help with the process of developing a website and blog.
Articles:
C. (2018, January 4). 12 things people suffering from anxiety do that other people don’t understand. Rebecca's Dream. http://www.rebeccasdream.org/12-things-people-suffering-anxiety-people-dont-understand/
This article was helpful in discussing and recognizing the specific behavioral patterns that people with anxiety usually follow. It also gave a more in depth examination into why people with anxiety also follow these types of patterns and actions, and how others can try to recognize these patterns.
Hirschlag, A. (2018, December 18). Do You Live with Anxiety? Here Are 11 Ways to Cope. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/how-to-cope-with-anxiety
This article was helpful in looking at some ideas that certain people have to try and cope with anxiety, but the downside of this article is that these methods are only recommended for people whose anxiety is not as severe. This article was helpful in trying to discuss why people do recommend these ways to cope.
Hoos, M. (2020, June 19). Help, I Can’t Relax! 6 Tips to Beat Work Anxiety. The Muse. https://www.themuse.com/advice/help-i-cant-relax-6-tips-to-beat-work-anxiety
This article discusses work anxiety, revolving around someone’s job but also goes to discuss how stressors at work can lead people to develop anxiety or anxiety disorders. This article was again useful in discussing certain things that some people suggest to dope with anxiety.
Sandoiu, A. (2017, November 3). Five things to remember when you’re dealing with work anxiety. Medical News Today. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319969#1
This article also discusses work related anxiety, but in stead of suggesting methods to cope with anxiety this articles goes to discuss how these types of anxieties occur and how they are normal. This article was good to discuss why certain types of anxieties are valid and often very common.
How Anxiety Traps Us, and How We Can Break Free. (2020, January 12). Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/01/how-anxiety-traps-us-and-how-we-can-break-free
The first half of this article was good to use for discussing certain patterns of anxiety that are hard to break and often exhausting to deal with. The second half of this article went on to discuss common treatments for anxiety that were also named in multiple other articles. The first half of the authors discussion was much more beneficial to use, other than the later half.
How to Help Someone with Anxiety. (2020). John Hopkins Medicine. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/how-to-help-someone-with-anxiety
This article was beneficial in discussing how people without anxiety can recognize it in those around and methods for others to use in order to support someone they know who has anxiety. This article was beneficial because instead of discussing treatments that could deal with anxiety, the authors discusses the benefits of simply being there for moral support for someone with anxiety.
How to Start a Blog in 2020 - Easy Guide to Create a Blog for Beginners. (2020, October 21). The Blog Starter. https://www.theblogstarter.com/
This first article provides a simple six step guide to start drafting and writing for a blog. This was helpful to use in the beginning of the process when trying to map out what I needed to do in order to prepare and begin writing for my blog and developing the website.
How to Start a Blog in 2020 - Easy to Follow Guide for Beginners. (2020, July 1). Blogging Basics 101. https://www.bloggingbasics101.com/how-do-i-start-a-blog/
This second article provides a much more in depth guide to what needs to be done in order to develop a blog. This article goes into a lot more detail and was helpful throughout the process in order to make sure everything that needed to be done as finished, and what steps needed to be completed next.
How to Wireframe a Website - DreamHost. (2020, September 10). Website Guides, Tips & Knowledge. https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/how-to-wireframe-website/
This article provides a step by step guide in how to draw out and design wireframes for a website. This article was especially helpful when producing weekly artifacts, to draw up drafts of what the website could potentially look like.
How You Can Learn to Manage Your Anxiety Now. (2020, May 18). Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/manage-your-anxiety-2584184
Similar to other articles, this article discusses treatments and methods that people commonly suggest to deal or cope with anxiety. While this article did provide somewhat of a new discussion of these methods, these methods are commonly used for people who have lesser cases of anxiety and overall was not beneficial.
Journals:
Neurobiological links between stress and anxiety. (2019, November 1). ScienceDirect. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289519300438
This scientific journal was especially helpful in discussing the links between how too many stressors in a person’s life can lead to an anxiety disorder. This also was useful in discussing the differences between experiencing stress and experiencing anxiety. The researchers make a good argument on how the links between these two can be easily confused, and can progress each other.
Social media use and anxiety in emerging adults. (2017, January 1). ScienceDirect. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032716309442
This scientific journal brings up the psychological links between using social media and developing an anxiety disorder. The more time a person spends looking at social media the more likely they are to develop an anxiety disorder, and this is proven in the large amounts of young adults and teenagers who are developing more anxiety disorders, at younger ages.
Treatment of anxiety disorders. (2017, June 1). PubMed Central (PMC). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573566/
This research journal discusses the psychological treatments available towards different anxiety disorders. These treatments provided by psychiatrics and scientists, were discussed and proven to be extremely beneficial towards the participants in either fixing or lessening the disorder they were suffering from.
Videos:
3 Instantly Calming CBT Techniques For Anxiety. (2019, January 8). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiDaTi_iQrY
This short twelve-minute video discusses three separate techniques for calming down and dealing with anxiety. These CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, techniques help to deal with anxiety and try and rewire the brain to avoid anxious behavior and anxious thoughts in the future.
How to cope with anxiety | Olivia Remes | TEDxUHasselt. (2017, May 11). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWloIAQpMcQ
This YouTube video features a clip, from a Ted Talk by Olivia Remes. In this Ted Talk, Remes discusses a situation of what it feels like to have anxiety especially in a social situation. In her discussion of anxiety, Remes brings up the point of how having anxiety can sometimes feel like an out of body experience, sharing a personal and vulnerable story.
Natural Supplements and Treatments for Anxiety- What the research says about Supplements for Anxiety. (2020, February 27). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhaEO108vs
This short video discusses the treatment side of anxiety in terms of supplements and natural herbs and remedies. This video dives into the science and health nature of why these certain supplements can help to deal with anxiety. Since anxiety can be seen as an imbalance of certain chemicals within ones brain, this video discusses how these supplements can fix this issue and change the chemistry of someone’s brain.
Psychology of Anxiety. (2017, April 2). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXH34vKo5Ds
This short video discusses the psychology behind why certain people have anxiety, how someone can develop and anxiety and what having anxiety does to someone. This video provides simple information about the subject in a very direct and informative tone. This video provides a simple background and introduction into the discussion of anxiety.
Rewiring the Anxious Brain - Neuroplasticity and the Anxiety Cycle(Anxiety Skills #21). (2019, April 25). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTuX_ShUrw0
This video, similar to other ones, discusses various ways to manage and calm anxiety. This video goes into the science and concept behind rewiring your brain to stop thoughts or feelings of anxiety before they have the chance to begin. Through practices, you can rewire your brain and the way it processes anxiety and the chemicals that are associated with anxiety.
Blogs:
CodeinWP Editorial. (2020, September 29). 45 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Blog: How to Start a Blog for Free in 2020 and Get to 400,000 Visits/Month, Like We Did. CodeinWP. https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/starting-a-blog/
In this blog post by Bill Widmer, Widmer discusses his techniques and tricks for running a successful blog. In this article, Widmer brings up various different websites and programs that can help to keep track of and manage all the areas business within running a blog online. While Widmer, does take time within this post to discuss the heavy business side of running a blog, he also includes little tricks he has developed for his blog that he finds are successful and entertaining to the readers.
Coltrera, F. (2018, May 29). Anxiety: What it is, what to do. Harvard Health Blog. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/anxiety-what-it-is-what-to-do-2018060113955
This blog by Harvard Health discusses the science behind anxiety, different types of anxiety disorders, how these disorders can affect your health and the potential treatments for anxiety. In this blog the writer discusses the severe health problems that can arise from an untreated anxiety disorder, like heart disease or stroke.
Prudovski, A. (2016, June 6). 10 Popular Therapy Strategies that Don’t Work for Bad Anxiety or OCD. OCD • Anxiety • Psychologists • Psychotherapists • Ontario. https://www.turningpointpsychology.ca/blog/10-therapy-strategies-that-dont-work
This blog was especially useful in the discussion of treating anxiety, as the writers bring up the fact that most treatments for anxiety are not effective on severe anxiety disorders, and mainly help those with lesser anxiety problems. This blog goes into the discussion of each treatment and how some of these scientifically cannot help with severe cases of anxiety.
Rowse, D. (2020a, June 25). Final Step to Beating Writer’s Block: Finishing Every Blog Post You Start. ProBlogger. https://problogger.com/final-step-to-beating-writers-block/
This post by ProBlogger, discusses what to do when dealing with writer’s block, or not knowing what to write or talk about in a post. This post discusses the main ways to build up the motivation to get one’s work done and beat writers block, without not putting effort into one’s work.
Rowse, D. (2020, July 23). 21 Mistakes Bloggers Make (and How to Avoid Making Them Yourself). ProBlogger. https://problogger.com/mistakes-bloggers-make/
This post by ProBlogger discusses what certain things to avoid when developing a blog, and bring up simple techniques that can easily help to boost the number of readers on one’s blog. This post gives ideas that allow any type of blog with any type of content, to follow these steps without having to change what they want to ultimately do.
Empty and Anxious: Life with Anxiety | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2020). National Alliance on Mental Illness. https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Empty-and-Anxious-Life-with-Anxiety
This blog was a good inspiration into how I also wanted to share my experiences and struggles with anxiety. The author of this blog discusses their own struggles with anxiety and how they have dealt with their problems.
Life with anxiety is hard when people don’t understand. (2017, November 11). Time To Change. https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/blog/life-anxiety-hard-when-people-dont-understand
This blog was good to use in the discussion of how other people are usually unable to tell someone is struggling with anxiety. This author goes into the discussion of how while anxiety is an illness, there is no way to physically tell that someone is suffering from anxiety.
Storytelling Saves Lives. (2020, July 2). This Is My Brave. https://thisismybrave.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxNT8BRD9ARIsAJ8S5xZtVSsifhiF3Mh8DfsQh8ZkuaMq_VGjTK0SKab2kSuSeBwkr-amUkgaAh4ZEALw_wcB
This blog was good to look at in order to figure out how to begin writing a blog, but also in learning how to tell a story through your writing in your blog. This blog was especially helpful in learning how to be honest and vulnerable through your writing and telling your story.
