Anxiety is the most common symptom people contact me for help with. Usually by the time they consult me, they have spent much time trying to figure out what has caused it and why they are suffering. It’s common to feel embarrassed or silly or even worried about being judged. But rest assured, you will be so glad you made that call and took that first step to beating your anxiety once and for all.
Focussing on your anxiety and why you have it doesn’t alleviate the symptoms – in fact it makes them worse. This leads to an endless cycle of more panic and feeling even more frustrated, alone and helpless.
It can feel overwhelming not understanding why you have this affliction, this day to day pain of living with anxiety. Quite often, I am the first person people have told about their anxiety.
There are so many types of anxiety such as social anxiety; generalised anxiety disorder, health anxiety, travel anxiety – worrying about driving, flying or leaving home; anxiety over new situations, sick anxiety– also known as emetophobia; food anxiety – issues such as binging, overeating and emotional eating.
Anxiety is a built in survival response, a natural fight, flight or freeze response to danger. Because our brain believes what we tell it to be true ie the motorway is dangerous, the social event is scary – our mind and body react as if there WAS a real danger. It can feel like ‘tunnel vision’.
Your body goes into fight or flight mode as you focus on the perceived danger, leaving your paralysed and unable to think. On follow the physical symptoms, stress and panic attacks and the whole exhausting, debilitating cycle starts again.
Great news – you can undo this way of thinking, you can rewire your brain for success and you can create a happy and fulfilled life. Although you may have suffered for years – this doesn’t take years to undo – working together we can create a completely new mindset in a MATTER OF WEEKS
So pick up that phone now – freedom, happiness and a life free of anxiety is just a phone call or email away