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DR. JANTZ BLOG

Self-Medicating Anxiety Through Anger
Rarely do people just feel anxious. Most often, their anxiety is coupled with other addictions or issues that are either related or coping mechanisms...

Overcoming Panic Attacks
It all started with an elevator. Janice was taking the elevator up to her usual floor at work one day when the elevator malfunctioned....

Finding Recovery Strength through God
Recovery form an eating disorder or disordered eating—reconstruction—is an “inside-out” job. And the job is not complete until you have cleaned out emotionally, physically,...

Are You Depressed?
How do you know if you're depressed? When does sadness become depression? How many "bad days" can a person have in a row and...

Do Multitaskers Have ADD?
I often hear people bragging about being great “multitaskers.” However, for many of these so-called “multitaskers,” multitasking isn't about doing multiple things at once;...

Rebuilding the Body’s Digestion System After an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders can wreak havoc on all aspects of a person’s life: their mental wellness, emotional balance, relationships with the people around them, and...
Eating Disorders: The Elusive High of Control
From the moment you’re born, you are immersed in situations that are beyond your control. Best-case scenario, those who do have control of the...

Detour of Denial: Accepting Pain of Past Key to Eating Disorder Treatment
When someone seeks treatment for an eating disorder, they want help addressing the immediate issue at hand — their anorexic, bulimic, or compulsive overeating...

Disordered Eating: When Anger Has Nowhere Else To Go
Even when it seems like you’re feeling nothing but numb, lurking beneath the surface is the anger that’s being suppressed by your eating disorder....
Eating Disorder Recovery: Overcoming Denial of Your Past
Individuals with an eating disorder or disordered eating are often unaware of the source of their pain. In order to begin the recovery process,...

The Four Things Keeping You From Being Happy
What are your happiness roadblocks? A recent Harris poll revealed that only 33% of Americans are very happy. If happiness is a natural state...

Facing Your Fears
There are so many things in life to be truly fearful of. So often we neglect those things in order to concentrate on the...