One of the first steps in learning how to cope with and heal from anxiety is identifying the cycle of anxiety that takes place in your day to day life. Understanding the anxiety cycle will help to identify the various triggers of your anxiety, recognize the unhealthy coping patterns you have developed in order to avoid feeling anxious, realize that avoiding the triggers to your anxiety may provide temporary relief, and remember that short-term relief doesn’t lead to long-term growth. Identifying how your own experience specifically fits into the cycle is one of the first steps to experiencing freedom from anxiety!
Read MoreWhen you struggle with panic, your life becomes full of fear, worried about avoiding anything that might induce another panic attach, maybe even restricting your involvement in some activities. The good news is that panic attacks response very well to counseling treatment, reach out to The Counseling Collective to learn more about our counseling process.
Read MoreDoes anxiety cause sleeplessness or does sleeplessness cause anxiety? This question is forever being debated by both mental health providers and researchers alike. What we know for sure if that for some people, symptoms of anxiety like excessive fear or worrying, feelings of panic, and restlessness can get worse in the evening, which can create a cycle of being unable to fall asleep or stay asleep. When this happens, people have a tendency to becoming anxious about having anxiety about sleeping! Sounds exhausting right?!
Read MoreWorrying as a mother is a natural instinct! In fact, it is often shrugged off as normal by many health care providers because everyone expects new noms to experience heightened fears or anxiety to some extent. But when it begins to feel crippling, excessive, or even toxic, this type of intrusive new mom worry can be a sign of postpartum anxiety.
Read MoreEveryone comes to their first counseling session with a specific set of expectations. Understanding what NOT to expect from counseling will help you keep an opened mind and develop a more realistic understanding of the counseling process!
Read MoreDo you feel distressed about a multitude of things but still operate normally in your every day life? Do your worries about potential problems in the future propel you to plan and act now? Are you afraid of disappointing others? Do you fear failure? Do you frequently overthink things or replay situations in your head? Do you procrastinate tasks that need to be completed followed by long periods of crunch-time work? Do your thoughts often feel like they are racing?
Read MoreHow can we allow the trauma from our lives to transform us? Allowing us to become more compassionate and empathetic as people? Can we learn to create a way of living with trauma that allows us to bring new meaning to our lives?
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