Throughout ancient Greece, the city-state of Sparta was known for producing the most fearsome infantry that the Greek world had ever seen. There are legends that say the Spartan infantry were matched only in sheer combat prowess and coordination by the Roman legions, though historically, the legions only attained their famed discipline and combat coordination after the successful invasion of...

A panic attack or anxiety attack is a period of intense, often temporarily debilitating, sense of extreme fear or psychological distress, typically of abrupt onset. Most sufferers of panic attacks report a fear of dying. People feel helpless and completely unable to deal with panic and anxiety attacks. There is probably nothing more frightening than a panic or anxiety attack. Panic...

Almost everybody feels anxious and nervous right before doing something really important, be it a thesis paper presentation, a job interview, or a midterm exam we did not get to review for. It is the body's normal reaction to tense and stressful situations. Anxiety is simply the body's natural "fight-or-flight" response to warn us of possible dangers ahead. But what happens when anxiety...

Anxiety is a helpful emotion because it keeps you on your toes in the face of danger or stressful situations. But if this emotion restricts you from doing your daily activities then what you have is a disorder.?? If you have extreme anxiety or fear over unreasonable things to the point that you cannot function normally in your daily life, then you need to learn how to handle anxiety disorder....

Put another way, social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression. If a person usually becomes anxious in social situations, but seems fine when they are alone, then "social anxiety" may be the problem. Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is a much more common...