Counseling for Anxiety
What does your Worry sound like?
- “I can’t get my thoughts to stop going round and around.”
- “I wake up with a feeling of dread and I don’t know why.”
- “I replay what I say to people in my head to make sure I didn’t sound stupid.”
- “I can’t get to sleep because I am thinking about everything I need to do.”
Do you have thoughts like these racing in your head? It is normal to experience anxiety and worry from time to time as everyone does. Anxiety is a built-in internal guide that warns us of potential danger or threats that may cause physical or emotional harm. However, for some of us, anxiety gets stuck on overdrive and we become confused overly perceiving situations as threatening or scary. This can lead to chronic worry and interfere with our ability to function well, relax or enjoy life.
Can you Relate?
- Do you feel tense or anxious all day long?
- Do you think about what might go wrong and how to prevent it?
- Are you often insecure or worried people are judging you?
- Is it difficult for you to relax and enjoy yourself?
- Do you ever feel like you cannot stop your thoughts are racing?
- Have you ever forgotten to worry and felt scared something bad was going to occur?
- Are decisions hard for you to make?
- Is it difficult for you to fall asleep or stay asleep because of worry?
- Do you wake up with a feeling of dread and don’t know why?
- Do you find yourself thinking the same thoughts over and over again?
- Do you experience irritability and mood swings?
How Therapy for Anxiety can Help?
There is hope for chronic worrying. Through therapy, you can find a way to live life where anxiety does not control you. You can learn to relax and find enter peace. Since there are many causes of worry and anxiety, there are also many approaches to managing it. Most importantly, we will figure out what your anxiety is rooted in and what keeps it running like an out of control train. You will learn to identify your fears and how they become magnified and irrational.