Everyone gets anxious sometimes. Experiencing anxiety is a normal part of life. For people with anxiety disorders, intense, excessive, persistent nervousness about everyday situations is a dominant force in their lives. Anxiety disorders sometimes involve repeated episodes of severe anxiety and fear or terror that peak within minutes (panic attacks). However, anxiety counseling can mitigate…
Anxiety is a mental health disorder that produces physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms. These symptoms can worsen when exposed to the triggers for anxiety attacks. If anxiety is left untreated, it may cause frequent anxiety attacks and other mental health disorders, such as depression. An anxiety counseling program helps reduce symptoms and uses many techniques…
Anxiety disorders impact daily life, from avoiding busy restaurants to not picking up a phone. When intense fears and avoidance controls your actions, you’re not living your best life. Using talk therapy for anxiety, many individuals find relief from symptoms of anxiety and social phobias. Anxiety counseling programs use talk therapy, or psychotherapy, and other…
Stress is an inescapable part of our daily lives. Pressures from family, finances, and work can leave you feeling anxious and on edge. Sometimes those feelings refuse to go away, even when you reach calmer moments. In that case, you might be asking: “do I have generalized anxiety disorder?” Generalized anxiety disorder is a condition…
During any given year, more than 19 percent of Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder, making it the most common mental problem in the US. Anxiety serves as a broad term for a larger group of disorders with similar causes and symptoms. But the different types of anxiety disorders have their own defining characteristics, and…
Have you ever thought about how mental health affects your life? If you haven’t suffered from a mental illness or been close to someone who has, mental health can be pretty easy to take for granted. It may even be hard to understand since it isn’t easy to see like, say, an arm in a…
We all deal with a little anxiety from time to time. It’s just a part of life, and a natural way to react to stress and pressure. A little anxiety from time to time isn’t such a bad thing. It can often motivate us to complete a task or solve a problem that we’ve been…
Everyone gets a case of the jitters now and again. But full-blown signs of a panic attack can be truly terrifying. How do you know if you’re having one? How do you prevent them? And how do you tell them apart from other potential problems? Please keep reading and reach out for anxiety counseling in…