Is anxiety taking over your life? Does it feel like you can’t control it no matter how hard you try? Have you already tried therapy but found it ineffective?
Don’t give up!
When it comes to treating anxiety disorders, research shows that therapy, often combined with medication, is a highly effective option. That’s because therapy for anxiety does more than just address the symptoms, you learn new ways of thinking and acting so you are more comfortable in the world and able to explore it.
Often, these are the symptoms of anxiety:
- Nervousness, restlessness or being tense
- Feelings of danger, panic or dread
- Rapid breathing or hyperventilation
- Increased or heavy sweating
- Trembling or muscle twitching
- Weakness or lethargy
- Difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about
- Insomnia
- Obsessions about certain ideas
- Anxiety surrounding a particular past life event or experience
With therapy you learn to identify the triggers for your worries and fears, to relax even in the face of fears, to look at situations in a new, more confident way, and develop better ways to cope and solve problems.