Anxiety Treatment - The Solution To Limiting And Stressful Symptoms
Why are you panicking?
Why don’t you just calm down?
Can’t you just stop thinking about it?
Do you hear these questions a lot from friends and families? Then keep reading.
Of course, we all have a battle to face, and that battle is our fears. The fact is losing this battle is never a healthy option to consider, and some people get caught up in this phenomenon and sometimes aggravate these fears, worries, and nervousness into something they are not.
But you are not alone...
In fact, according to statistics Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States of America, affecting over 40 million adults aged 18 and older which is 18.1% of the entire population every year.
Here's another fact, Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet only 36.9% of those suffering receive treatment. So, the question now is, do you want to be among the statistics of those treated or not? If you do, then you're in the right place.
Anxiety is Highly Treatable
First off, to deal with Anxiety disorder, one needs to contact a therapist for anxiety counseling.
If you want the counseling sessions to be effective for you, there are certain things you will need to tell your therapist about yourself. Let's take a look at some examples of what your therapist would like to know about you that pertains to your anxiety.
Your therapist would surely want to know if you regularly experience difficulty falling asleep due to your inability to stop your brain from worrying.
If you don't feel hungry and consistently suffer from headaches due to your inability to get relaxed.
If you feel both overwhelmed and nervous at your workplace or school that you get scared or become unnecessarily scared of losing your job or failing.
How much you constantly get worried and fearful about everything, including little things you ought not to be bothered about.
How often do you have negative thoughts and feel panicky.
Onset and past history will help you and your therapist find out triggers and dysfunctional patterns.
With the above information about yourself, your therapist should be able to counsel you effectively or recommend a suitable anxiety treatment for you. But if you are uncertain that the symptoms you are having are anxiety related, the brief questionnaire below can help you in clarifying if they are anxiety symptoms.
http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=3890
Once you are sure that what you are experiencing are anxiety symptoms, then you can decide on seeing a therapist.
You might still be in doubt with regard to how therapy for anxiety can help you fix your anxiety disorder. Knowing what therapy for anxiety really means can help take care of your doubt.
So, what exactly does therapy for anxiety embodies?
Therapy for anxiety can involve a number of activities like - eating healthy, consulting with your physician, contacting a therapist, exercising, keeping a journal, meditation changing negative behaviors and thought process, and having a good number of sleeping hours. It is very important you meet with your therapist because he/she will be in a better position to carry out a complete assessment of your anxiety disorder.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Your source of worries or stressors will be evaluated in the course of the assessment after which your therapist should be able to recommend a suitable treatment for you. He will also assist you in identifying the cause(s) of your anxiety, help you analyze previous traumatic experiences, aid you in balancing your relationships and educate you with healthy skills that can help you cope with and overcome future occurrence of anxiety disorders.
To do all of these, your therapist will employ psychotherapy and different forms of treatment like the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). While Psychotherapy is preferred for identifying and fixing both past and present anxiety related issues, in order to give room for the acquisition of healthier coping, decision making, and problem-solving skills. The CBT is very commonly recommended for treating anxiety due to its effectiveness. With CBT, you can learn how to switch from irrational thoughts and how to keep your feelings intact as well as avoid detrimental behaviors.
There is a chance, and you are the architect of your irrational behaviors by unnecessarily worrying yourself constantly. So, how do you know for sure?
In some cases, psychotherapy helps disordered victims discover that their stressors could have resulted from behaviors they picked up due to physical or sexual trauma in childhood, alcoholic/drug addicted parent or family members, dysfunctional upbringing, or other unsafe conditions that leaves you worrying about survival.
The good news however is that - your emotional trauma from childhood can be healed, thus enabling you to lead a healthy and happy life. Granted the course of your present disorder could have been triggered by one or two experiences from your childhood but it is also possible your anxiety disorder is genetic (i.e., it may have been passed down from your ancestors). Whichever is the cause of the disorder, knowing about your symptoms and consulting a therapist could come handy in your prognosis.
If your whole life has been controlled by anxiety, I think it is high time you got yourself freed.
Anxiety disorder can greatly impede your learning ability; it can also cause you to sleep less, lose your appetite as well as self-control and put you in a constant state of worry that can lead to physical illness. The bad news is that - you can worry and feel anxious for as long as you want, it is not going to change the situation.
To this end, therefore, it is of utmost importance that you take a break from your worries, meditate and take actions that will help in treating your anxiety. One of those actions could be to contact an expert if you don't know what course of action to take.
Our counselors at Wake Counseling & Mediation, we have competent and professional therapists or counselors that are ready provide counseling for your anxiety. Our team of anxiety experts can offer you needed support that can help guide you out of your anxiety disorder.
In spite of the benefits of anxiety counseling, most people still fear to seek for it for different reasons. Let's take a look at some of the most common reasons below:
I want to keep my problems to myself
Go to a therapist? No way. The therapist could think I’m a lunatic.
I don’t think I can afford it
I don't like taking medication etc.
You have no reason to entertain such worries because at Raleigh counseling; we keep it strictly professional and private; you will be listened to and not be judged. Our therapist can only accept and respect, giving you room to plan and take control of your treatment path while giving you the professional support. In most cases, without any medication, you can undertake anxiety treatment and still achieve great success, and you can count on Raleigh counseling for such success.
