Step By Step First Aid Strategies For Coping With Anxiety

What is anxiety?

Anxiety comes from the Latin word “anxious” meaning a condition of agitation and distress. Anxiety can be distinguished from fears in several ways. Your fear is usually directed toward some concrete, object or situation. Anxiety is more internal then external Often times you cannot even describe what you feel anxious about. Anxiety seems to be a response to some vague feeling that perhaps something bad may be happening Sometimes you can be anxious about losing control, the possibility of loosing your job or that someone close to you may be dying. You feel apprehension, uneasy, agitated, nervous most of the time. You feel that it will never go away and you life will be unmanageable. Feeling of hopelessness and helplessness may prevail.

Anxiety can appear at different levels of severity. From a slight feeling of uneasiness to a full blown panic attack with symptoms of rapid heart beat, disorientation and terror. When you feel distressed about what can happen in a particular situation that is called anticipatory anxiety. In its milder form it is indistinguishable from worrying. Anxiety may become very intense and result in a full blow panic attack. Generalized anxiety disorder is a chronic state and persists for at least six months. You may feel the fear of failure, and fear of rejection and fear of not being able to cope with you daily activities.

Fear and anxiety can take over a person's life it may feel that things will never get better. However, this simply is not true Along with providing fear and anxiety relief. Our ongoing relationship will help to guide you towards achieving your goals and creating a better life for yourself.

I will provide your with a comprehensive recovery plan on a mental level, emotional level, and behavior level.

Coping Strategies for Anxiety to Enhance Your Power

1 I will teach you to how to control your worrying that leads to excessive anxiety.
2 I will help you to control your negative self-talk We have come to believe that these thoughts are truer
However, our own thoughts can be distorted and not necessarily true. Negative self-talk or mistaken beliefs are nothing more than a accumulation of self-limiting behaviors You will learn calming self-talk that will be reassuring and help you to move forward in your life.

3.Instead of continually worrying about a particular issue in your life like your finances. I will help you to devise a action plan that works for you.

4.You will learn to recognize the triggers that set off your anxieties and lean new coping skills that work.

5. You will learn deep relaxation, and calming breathing exercises and that enable you to cope with your stressful situation.

Therapy can help you to feel more confident and more in charge of your life and feelings. It is a confidential source that you can turn to when you are upset. It can provide a safe place to share your feelings and thoughts that you may not be able to express to anyone else. We will work together to identify the problems that impede your progress and increase your control over the situation. I embrace a egalitarian relationship and I encourage feedback and interaction with my clients.