therapy for anxiety
Anxiety shows up in lots of ways.
You may feel it in your body: your breathing gets shallow, your throat tightens, and your heart starts pounding. Perhaps you become overwhelmed with thoughts that are negative, doubtful, or catastrophic. Anxiety can also be a feeling like fear, uneasiness, or panic. Anxiety may show up in your relationships or have an impact on your sleep or physical health.
You may have experienced anxiety your entire life or it may be something new related to a work or relationship issue. While you might have some ways to cope with it, it can feel overpowering and out of your control.
Your experience of anxiety is unique.
There are many common themes for people who experience anxiety but they can be differentiated by how symptoms show up and how individuals struggle with them. Some people experience a lot of worry and feelings of apprehension, restlessness, and fear (often diagnosed as Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)).
Others get fearful about specific situations and experiences such as social anxiety/social phobia, agoraphobia and other phobias. They may have strong feelings of dread or find themselves avoiding situations where they might encounter anxiety such as open spaces, airplanes or large crowds of people.
Some individuals struggle with panic attacks. Panic is an overwhelming feeling of anxiety and dread and often involves extremely distressing physical symptoms as well. Panic symptoms can be extraordinarily uncomfortable and individuals who experience these often find themselves avoiding situations where they might occur.
The good news is that there are effective research-based methods to address anxiety symptoms and live a richer and fuller life.
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