Anxiety Can Get In Your Way
Are you stuck with thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that block your ability to be your best? Certain activities may trigger intense physical and emotional distress that can make these activities seem impossible
Physical responses:
- Feeling shaky
- Heart pounding,
- Shortness of breath,
- Sweating,
- Restlessness,
- Trouble with sleep
- Feeling sick
Emotional Responses:
- Constant worry that that something is wrong with you because you have this anxiety
- Belief that others will judge you
- Fear that something terrible will happen
- Belief that something about you makes you not deserve to have what you want in life.
Short Term Therapy
There is short term therapy that has found to be very effective with anxiety or fear. The therapy has been well researched. It is a specialized intervention. The process allows you to change thinking patterns that are causing you worry, anxiety or fear. It can alleviate symptoms caused by past memories, present disturbance and future actions.
The result is achieved by allowing you to learn healthy feelings about your experiences. You will create a learning state that will allow you to have appropriate responses for your experiences.
The goal is to leave you with new perspectives and understanding that will cause you to act and feel in ways that lead to positive results.
Getting Help
Consider discussing your anxiety with a professionally trained therapist. Find out if you are a good candidate. You can successfully and positively change the pattern of anxiety, worry and fear.
I will be happy to talk with you and either work with you, myself, or direct
you to a trained therapist in your area.
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