Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (76 contents)
Anxiety disorders in the form of phobias (33 contents)
How to deal with anxiety problems?
Anxiety is the body's natural response to situations perceived as threatening. However, when anxiety becomes chronic, excessive or disproportionate to the actual threat, it can significantly affect...
How to deal with social anxiety problems?
Social anxiety, also known as social phobia, is a common problem that affects millions of people around the world. It manifests as an intense fear of social situations, such as talking to strangers,...
What are healthy ways to deal with health anxiety?
Illness anxiety, also known as hypochondria or health anxiety, is a common phenomenon that can affect anyone when faced with health-related uncertainty. Fear of contracting a serious illness,...
What are healthy ways to deal with anxiety about the future?
Anxiety about the future is a common feeling that affects people of all ages and life situations. Uncertainty about what tomorrow will bring - whether in terms of work, health, finances or...
What are the methods for dealing with fear of flying?
Fear of flying, also known as aviophobia, is a common phenomenon that can significantly affect quality of life, especially for frequent travellers. Fear of flying can stem from a variety of reasons,...
What are healthy ways of dealing with social anxiety?
Social anxiety, also known as social phobia, is a condition in which a person experiences severe stress and anxiety in social situations. It can affect everyday life, making it difficult to relate to...
How to deal with anxiety?
Anxiety is the body's natural response to stress, but when it becomes chronic and excessive, it can significantly affect quality of life. Anxiety problems can manifest in many ways, including...
What are healthy ways to deal with change anxiety?
Anxiety of change is a common emotion that accompanies us when we are faced with new situations - whether it is a job change, a move, a new relationship or even minor adjustments to our daily...
Dentophobia - how do you overcome your fear of the dentist?
Do you have a toothache and yet you have cancelled your dental appointment again? You are not alone! According to research, as many as 29% of Poles are afraid of going to the dentist and 9% suffer...
Understanding stress and anxiety. Key differences worth knowing!
Although stress and anxiety are feelings that each of us has experienced many times in our lives, paradoxically we often fail to distinguish between these states. While both prepare our bodies to act...
A lump in the throat or globus hystericus: when is it a neurosis and when is it a serious illness?
Anxiety disorders may be accompanied by various body symptoms, such as headaches, abdominal pain and hand tremors. Some people experience a feeling of having a foreign body, known as a "gula", in the...
Night terrors in children
Night terrors in children are a problem that can affect the quality of sleep and the overall development of the toddler. They can be short-lived episodes or a problem that persists over a long period...
How do you overcome the fear of flying by plane?
Fear of flying on an aeroplane is a problem that many people struggle with. It can be so paralysing that it prevents you from travelling and closes the door to new experiences. Is it possible to...
Child surgery - how to reduce a parent's anxiety?
Is there a way for a parent to feel less anxious about their child's surgery? If so, how can this be achieved and why is it so important?
How to talk to children about war?
The conflict in Ukraine has shown us that it is not only adults who go through the hell of war in an emotional way. So how should we inform our children about what is happening across our eastern...
Erythrophobia: what is it and how to treat this phobia?
The group of specific phobias includes well-known entities such as claustrophobia and arachnophobia. However, less well-known problems also belong to this group - one example is erythrophobia, i.e....
Nyctophobia, or fear of the dark
Nyctophobiabelongs to specific phobias, also called simple or isolated phobias - it is the most common mental disorder. You can find out what fear of the dark is, what the symptoms of nyctophobia are...
Anti-anxiety medications in anxiety neurosis: when is it worth using them and why should you be careful then?
Anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental disorders - so it is hardly surprising how many people seek information about medications to reduce the severity of anxiety. Only mild, herbal...
10 unusual phobias you haven't heard of
There are phobias that everyone has heard of, such as fear of enclosed spaces (claustrophobia), fear of heights, fear of spiders (arachnophobia) or the usual social phobia. However, there are many...
In the world of phobias - agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is an anxiety condition manifested by panic in open spaces. Is agoraphobia dangerous? Can it be cured?
Child avoiding large groups of people: shyness or social phobia?
Social phobia - in theory, it would seem that this term does not need to be explained, but in practice, it turns out that a lot of people really do not know what this disorder really is. Well,...
Group therapy: what is it and to whom can it be recommended?
Psychiatrists repeatedly stress that psychiatric treatment is not only pharmacotherapy, but also various psychotherapeutic interventions. The latter includes various methods, as both individual...
