Folsom, California
Micah Abraham is a mental health writer and editor. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Washington, with additional graduate coursework in intelligence and addictive behaviors, and has written about mental health since 2008.
He joined Calm Clinic in 2011 and was its lead content writer and editor for many years, writing most of the site's articles on anxiety: its symptoms, the different anxiety disorders, and evidence-based treatments and self-help strategies. His wider writing also covers depression, trauma and relationships.
His articles have been cited in academic research, including a 2020 study of pandemic-related panic published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
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Sensations
How to Stop Anxiety Dizziness
Lightheaded or woozy from anxiety? Learn the common causes, like hyperventilation, when dizziness needs a doctor, and simple ways to make it stop.
Anxiety and the Chills: Causes, Symptoms, Connection and Safe Proven Solution
Chills are a common anxiety symptom and sometimes a sign an attack is coming. See what may cause them and simple steps that help you warm up.
Anxiety, Cold Sensations and Chilliness
Cold sensations and chills are common with severe or chronic anxiety, most often after sweating. Changing your breathing rate may help you warm up.
Hypersensitivity To Sound And Anxiety Disorders: Symptoms, Causes and Proven Solutions
Do certain sounds make you tense or panicky? Noise sensitivity and anxiety often feed each other, and exposure therapy can help you react less.
Tiredness and Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes and Proven Ways to Relieve Your Fatigue
Drained even after a full night's sleep? Anxiety is exhausting, and the crash after an adrenaline rush is often why. Here's how to get your energy back.
Learn What To Do When Anxiety Makes You Feel Itchy
Anxiety rarely causes itching on its own, but stress hives, sweat rashes and hyperawareness can. Find out what's behind your itch and how to relieve it.
Chest Tightness Due to Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes and Solutions to Relieve It
Chest tightness is a real and common anxiety symptom. Learn what causes it, when to see a doctor right away, and how breathing exercises can relieve it.
How to Get Rid of the Anxiety Lump in Your Throat
Anxiety can cause a lump in your throat, known as globus sensation. Learn why it happens, signs it's anxiety, when to see a doctor, and what helps.
Is Anxiety Making You Feel Sick & Ill?
Is anxiety making you feel sick? Learn how stress hormones and fight or flight cause real feelings of illness, nausea and fatigue, and how to feel better.
Physical Symptoms
How to Stop Anxiety Headaches
Anxiety headaches can feel like pressure, a dull ache or sharp pain. Here's why stress causes them and practical ways to make them stop.
How Stress and Anxiety Can Cause Hair Loss
Losing more hair during a stressful time? Anxiety can trigger hair loss or make it worse, and easing your stress is part of getting it under control.
Bleeding Nose: An Unusual Anxiety Symptom
Anxiety rarely causes a nosebleed by itself, but the blood pressure rise during an anxiety attack can make one heavier or longer. See how to prevent it.
How to Stop Anxiety Stomach Pain & Cramps
Can anxiety cause stomach pain? Learn how fight or flight and stress hormones upset digestion, causing cramps and a nervous stomach, and what helps.
About Anxiety
What is the Difference Between Anxiety and Depression?
Anxiety and depression overlap, and you can have both. Here's how to tell them apart and why knowing which you have matters for treatment.
Anxiety Statistics: How Common Are Anxiety Disorders?
Anxiety disorder statistics from NIMH and the WHO: how many adults have GAD, panic disorder, social anxiety, phobias, OCD and PTSD, by year and lifetime.
Related Medical Issues
Can Anxiety Cause Seizures and Do Seizures Cause Anxiety?
Worried your panic attacks could be seizures? For most people they're not. Here's how anxiety and epilepsy can affect each other.
Dealing with Swollen Lymph Nodes Caused by Anxiety
Swollen lymph nodes usually have a medical cause, so see a doctor first. Anxiety can also mimic or add to the feeling. Here's how that happens.
Emotional Effects
Why Anxiety Causes a Fear of Talking
Fear of talking often comes from social anxiety, fear of judgment, or a mind too busy to find words. Simple techniques can make speaking easier.
Crying for No Reason: Causes, Solutions, and More
Feel like crying for no reason? Anxiety may be the cause. Learn why stress brings on tears, why crying can help, and when it may point to depression.
Types
5 Main Reasons for Anxiety After Eating
Anxious or panicky after a meal? It's more common than you'd think: digestion can set off sensations that feel like danger, and you can break the link.
5 Causes and 5 Solutions for Relationship Anxiety
Relationship anxiety can come from a partner's behavior or from anxiety you already have. Learn 5 common causes and 5 solutions to help rebuild trust.
Therapies & Solutions
3 Effective Anxiety Breathing Exercises
Breathing too fast or too shallow keeps anxiety going. Try these 3 simple breathing exercises to slow down, ease your symptoms and feel calmer.
Retreat Centers for Anxiety
Anxiety retreat centers offer therapy and wellness programs, often at a high price. See five options, what they offer, and whether one suits you.
Mental-Cognitive Symptoms
How to Stop Obsessive Thoughts and Anxiety
Pushing obsessive thoughts away can make them come back stronger. Learn why anxiety causes them, how they relate to OCD, and quick ways to stop them.
Derealization - A Scary Anxiety Symptom
Derealization makes the world feel strange or unreal, and it can feel like you're going crazy. Learn why anxiety causes it and how to bring yourself back.
More topics
Panic Attacks During Pregnancy
Panic attacks can happen during pregnancy, with or without a history of them, and they're more common than you may think. See causes and safe ways to cope.
How Anxiety Can Affect Speech Patterns
Anxiety can change how you speak, from stumbling over words to a shaky voice. See 5 ways it affects speech and techniques that help.
What Is The “Safest” Drug for Anxiety?
There's no single safest drug for anxiety; it depends on your disorder and your body. See the risks of common anxiety medications and safer choices.
12 Do’s and Don’ts of Helping Someone With Anxiety
Supporting someone with anxiety? These 12 do's and don'ts show which well-meant habits can make anxiety worse and what really helps them cope.
Nausea Due to Anxiety: Reasons, Causes and How To Get Rid of It
Feeling nauseous from anxiety? Find out why anxiety upsets your stomach, how fight or flight and serotonin play a role, and how to ease the nausea.
