People are experiencing a lot of stress, anxiety and depression. Some events are reasonably characterized as “awful” and it doesn’t help to say it’s not so bad when the answer back is a resounding YES! What you need is a place to share it (misery Loves Company). To begin to solve a problem you need validation either from yourself or someone else. Most of us are not built to process extreme distress, shock, or suffering...
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“I felt myself change but I couldn’t stop it and really I didn’t want to. I screamed and cursed. Rage is when you have too much anger” Raging is an emergency alternative; when talking doesn’t do it when holding it in doesn’t do it when walking away doesn’t do it when you can’t relax when no one get it. When it happens, you may not be aware of what you are doing and saying. Severe...
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Here is a list of the 4 main forms of anxiety that too many people suffer with. It is important to recognize anxiety symptoms and get help. Take the anxiety test if you suffer from any of the following: Social Anxiety Disorder SAD, Generalized Anxiety and Panic Attacks Social Anxiety Disorder SAD • Fear that you are being judged • Worrying about embarrassing or humiliating yourself in front of others • Concern that you’ll offend someone •...
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The internet has not taught us how to research it has taught us to remain in a state of searching. Before we go to a restaurant we Google, yelp etc. We are relying on opinions of strangers who may or may not be truly strange in their opinions. And when we amass all this information which can take a significant amount of time, we sit in a whirling dervish of limitless choices! It can be anxiety provoking. And for some people this is how they...
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We are going to go over. WHY this has happened, WHY NOW, and WHAT MIGHT HELP. You have relentlessly pushed and pushed and pushed yourself for 12 or 13 years to gain a prestigious career and here you are….realizing there’s no end in sight. In today’s world it feels like you have to push and push and push yourself for 6 or 10 more years before you can relax. You feel burned out and worn out and can’t get the motivation up to...
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The other day I was to talking to a client who was fighting with feeling anxious. And what she noticed is the more she fought it the more thoughts came to her head as to why she should be afraid, very afraid. And soon she was in a mad whirling dervish of what could, might, maybe, could happen. When clients come into therapy they often have a long grocery list of emotions they do not want to have: sadness, anger, fear, loneliness, insecurity and...
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