Our “fight or flight” response, characterized by a rush of adrenaline and fear, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and sweat, alerts us to incoming danger. The remarkable reflex is crucial to survival, but what if the danger resides only in one’s mind? Anxiety disorder is a frequent and extreme reaction that interferes with the ability […]

Living with any type of anxiety disorder comes with many challenges in an individual’s life. Speaking from experience, one of the most frustrating of these challenges is the general lack of understanding from the people around me about what an anxiety disorder is. I certainly do not require that people understand what it is to […]

There are a great number of problems and challenges that would qualify a person for the Canadian Revenue Agency’s Disability Tax Credit (DTC) but many are unknown to the general public. One of those is a problem that many people are totally unaware that they even suffer from. It manifests emotionally with a foreboding sense […]