Generalized Anxiety

People who have felt anxious for most of their lives and in situations that wouldn’t normally cause high anxiety, may have Generalized Anxiety.  This arises from genetics, early childhood traumas, or learning anxious and fearful ways of coping from parents.  Living with anxiety for a long time affects all aspects of our lives, from how we interact with our loved ones, how we make our day to day decisions, and what we teach our children about stress. Starting therapy immediately when one has been dealing with anxiety can transform anxious thinking into peacefulness, and improve sense of control in life.  If you are struggling with any of the symptoms below, therapy could be beneficial to you.

Symptoms of ANXIETY

• Sleep disturbance: difficulty calming the mind to go to sleep or waking up in the middle of the night worried

• Worries about things that seem silly or out of proportion to the actual event

• Constant thinking about fears

• Restlessness or feeling keyed up

• Being easily fatigued and tired

• Difficulty concentrating

• Irritability with others, situations, on the road (road rage), or at work

• Muscle tension

• Limiting your activities due to worries

Panic Attacks

These intense bursts of anxiety usually last at least 10 minutes. Typically, a person having a panic attack suffers shortness of breath, a feeling of not being in reality, fears dying, feels numb, and has heart palpitations.  People often report feeling as if they are going to have a heart attack.  The feelings of fear, numbness, and shakiness that stay after a panic attack, can last hours to days.  Specific triggers can bring on some attacks, while others attacks have no trigger.  Most people fear having another panic attack, and restrict their activities to prevent further attacks.  Not dealing with panic attacks often makes them worse.  Psychotherapy treatment is effective and often necessary for panic attacks.