Anxiety

Feeling worried when we experience a stressful event in our lives is a common and natural reaction. However, when the stressful event passes and the feeling of worry remains, we refer to this continual feeling of worry as anxiety.

Anxiety can be related to many things including situations (such as having a meeting at work), social events (such as going to a party), and performance (such as sitting an exam or test).

Anxiety can have a wide impact on your life and can affect elements such as general wellbeing, relationships, physical health, job performance/satisfaction and your ability to complete day-to-day activities. The impact of anxiety can impact many different areas of your life.

Symptoms Of Anxiety

There are many signs and symptoms of anxiety and you may experience some or all of them. The most common signs include:

Physical:

• Hot flushes
• Tense bodily sensations
• Panic attacks
• Racing heart
• Sweaty hands
• Lethargy
• Poor concentration
• Uncontrollable shaking

Psychological:

• Feeling of worry, stress and fear after the stressful situation has occurred
• A feeling of doom or dread
• Feeling like you’re going to die
• Fearing you’re out of control

Behavioural:

• Avoidance of situations or places that may cause anxious feelings
• Increase drug or alcohol use to help reduce anxiety

Psychologists can help you understand your anxiety and provide you with strategies to reduce and manage anxiety so that you can lead a more valued life.

How Counselling Can Help

At Life Resolutions, Sunshine, our psychologists are skilled at addressing and helping individuals understand the triggers and underlying issues that may be causing  anxiety. THey can teach you research backed, practical strategies to help manage anxiety, and increase coping in various situations.

If you are able to identify, understand, and learn about your triggers, you will have more control over the anxiety. When our bodies continuously feel anxious, our brains will form a constant loop of anxiety, always looking for the threat. Without professional help, this can become overwhelming and can lead to other mental health concerns such as depression or anger.

Life Resolutions, Sunshine are here to assist you in understanding more about anxiety and provide you with strategies to help you better manage and cope with the symptoms, leading to a fuller, more engaging life.

Break Free Of Your Anxiety

Give Life Resolutions, Sunshine, a call today to start your new journey in breaking free of anxiety. Together we can improve your quality of life and help you take control of unhelpful, anxious thoughts.

Call us for more information about how we can help or book an appointment.