The GAD-7 scale is a reliable tool for screening anxiety. At LunaJoy, we use it to identify and treat anxiety effectively, integrating it into our holistic care approach. Learn how this simple tool helps us provide top-quality mental health services. Read more to discover the benefits of the GAD-7 at LunaJoy.

Scouring the internet for symptoms of anxiety? Luna Joy has created a starting point resource for finding the best way to get support with anxious thoughts for your loved ones.

Anxiety is not all in your head and can have physical symptoms. It is a necessary step in anxiety treatment to recognize this and learn healthy coping skills. Learn more about our LunaJoy treatment services.

No mom likes feeling helpless and anxiety has a particular way of making you feel just that. If your child is experiencing anxiety and you’ve been wondering how to help, we’ve got the lowdown on getting a leg up.

Today’s blog talks about anxiety in relationships and anxiety’s influence on the ways you connect with loved ones and how you can recognize it.

The feelings that come with anxiety in different situations and learning how to manage them:

- inadequency when unable to complete tasks "normally"

- feeling of missing out when situations must be avoided

- feeling cheated when anxiety prevents one from being themselves or achieve goals

- feeling out of control

Anxiety can happen to anyone, but it isn’t always easy to recognize differences between normal worries and stressors and anxiety disorders in children, teens, and adults. If you’re seeking anxiety tips and treatment, learn more about LunaJoy’s online evidence-based strategies, psychotherapy, and holistic interventions designed by women for women.

If you live with anxiety, you might find yourself staying up too late, night after night. It can feel impossible to simply close your eyes and drift off to sleep when you try to go to bed. Instead, you may toss and turn for hours, ruminating on your worries and struggling with negative thoughts.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a kind of anxiety disorder. A person with OCD experiences intrusive thoughts and compulsions to complete tasks. Sometimes these tasks are driven by a fear of germs, like constant hand-washing. Other times the compulsions are more like a tic, such as counting while walking or counting the number of times you lock a door.

Dealing with panic attacks is hard enough, but if you’ve ever experienced a panic attack at work, you know just how disruptive they can be. Perhaps you were in a meeting when you started feeling uncomfortable chest pains. Maybe you were on a call with a client or serving a customer when your symptoms started coming on.

In life, we often try to avoid struggle and conflict. Let’s face it, we want to live an easy and simple life as much as possible. We don’t want to face problems or curveballs as they can throw us off balance. As humans, we are also always a little dubious of the unknown. We tend to like our routines and shy away from change and things that make us uncomfortable.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people struggled with deep-seated anxiety about the future. You may have worried about your career, your housing situation, the health of your family and friends, your career prospects, or how to differentiate between sound advice and misinformation.

We are our children's first and most important models. We may never be able to break the genetic predisposition of anxiety in some children, but what we can do is help provide a supportive environment and parent in a way that our kids learn how to recognize and handle their anxiety. We can equip them with tools they need to be resilient. Here are several ways to do just that

Are you asking yourself whether you should visit to your mental health specialist? Then chances are you are facing some kind of discomfort or symptoms that isn’t allowing you to live your regular life or interfering with your inner peace.

Whether you’ve recently found out you’re pregnant or are already holding your infant in your arms, becoming a mother can be a roller coaster ride. While being a new mom comes with its share of joy and excitement, it can be difficult to admit that many moments are frustrating and downright exhausting.