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Counselling for Anxiety
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IS ANXIETY AND PANIC INTERFERING IN YOUR LIFE?
Anxiety can take many forms:
Do you feel exhausted and hopeless about ever being free from anxiety?
The fact that you are here says that you are ready to take control of your life. You likely spend a lot of time worrying about what is going to happen and imagine the worst scenarios of suffering and humiliation. Perhaps you find it difficult to take action because you are so focused on what others will think, or what you imagine will happen. These anxious thoughts lead to physical symptoms such as tightness in your chest, tension in your stomach, a racing heartbeat and sweaty hands.
Anxiety and Panic can come up in your life suddenly.
Are you feeling confused about why you are experiencing anxiety now? This can happen suddenly often triggered by a present event that brings up anxiety or triggers past experiences that were fearful. It is common for the following experiences to produce anxiety;
Grief and loss - due to the death of a loved one, separation or the loss of a job. Trauma and Threat - assaults, accidents, natural disaster are all examples that leave you feeling unsafe. Betrayal - this is one of the hardest experiences to heal from and affects our ability to trust others. Childhood abuse and neglect - these experiences leave scars that affect our sense of safety in the world and with others.
Other problems can arise out of trying to control anxiety such as addictions to substances, work or relationships. Emotional difficulties with anger management can often be masking the anxiety we feel.
We don’t all have the same sensitivity setting when it comes to anxiety. While everyone goes through periods of experiencing high ‘state anxiety’ – feeling fear and worry in a situation that’s scary or worrisome – some people are also high in ‘trait anxiety’, meaning that they are predisposed to worry and ruminate.
Lets take the example of giving a speech in front of a group of people. This is rated the number ! fear people hold and will raise anxiety for almost everyone. (dying is rated number 2). Someone who is not high on trait anxiety is likely to view the event as a challenge rather than a threat. They might use the anxiety as a spur – spend time preparing and rehearsing, or call on some friendly faces to be in the audience, etc. Someone high in trait anxiety may instead ruminate on the negative predicted outcome (“I’ll make a fool of myself”), find confirmation of that prediction in the physical and emotional consequences that follow that thought, and in turn become more and more convinced that they need to avoid this situation in order to avoid the dreaded outcome.
Call for an appointment or 15 minute phone consultation.
With the help of a trained and experienced counsellor begin to change your fears into actions.
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