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Adrenal fatigue can result from chronic anxiety. We are always flushing adrenalin into our system with rushes of anxiety, and this wears out the organs that regulate adrenalin. That's adrenal fatigue. It's important to treat it as a medical condition because it is very real. It may also be helpful t...

Tom - You asked if I can recommend any good reading on Zen. A great book is "Buddhism Plain and Simple," by Steve Hagen. He was my teacher for 10 years in Minneapolis. The book has helped a lot of people; it's a basic introduction. Zen Buddhism is more stripped-down than Tibentan Buddhism. Tibetan B...

Thanks for this thread. I have been a student of Zen Buddhism for 10 years, and have been a daily meditator for 20 years. Still, I find it amazingly helpful to do this anxiety program. Zen teaches how to let thoughts flow through, not be caught by them -- return always to the present moment and what...

John 67 -- What you're going through sounds really hard. I hope you don't beat yourself up about it, on top of everything else. You might try gently acknowledging how hard things are: it's reasonable that I'm anxious because ... Maybe there are REAL reasons you're anxious. Positive self-talk isn't a...