Anxiety
The reason you are running anxiety where others aren't is because you are seeing risk where there isn't any. It is simply your perception of your world being run through your imagination. Strategic Hypnotherapy will teach you new skills and new ways to perceive the world around you. You will fundamentally engage in the world with a new set of risk assessment skills which more accurately reflect the reality of your world.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is generally an emotional response to you worrying about future-orientated events, actions, behaviours, or activities. This is based on your innate biological instinct for control. Those who are confident, are motivated & have high levels of resilience (the 3 Pillars) tend to be able to thrive when being future-oriented. Those with low levels of confidence, and / or motivation and / or resilience may find that their level of control may be reduced, and they may feel threatened through the transition into future oriented thought. In this instance being future-oriented adds to the lack of control and triggers your innate threat response. Once initiated you enter into flight, fight, freeze, submit or attach. This then creates stress / anxiety within us. Both present and future mindsets are necessary, however, the key is finding a healthy balance between the two and knowing when to use each perspective.
How does Strategic Hypnotherapy work with anxiety?
Rather than focusing on removing the symptoms of your anxiety (calming the mind and focusing on the present), Strategic Hypnotherapy is more concerned with working with the ongoing cause of your anxiety. Our primary focus is on teaching you how to not run anxiety in the first place rather than focusing on what to do with your anxiety once you get it. ........it just makes sense....... Understanding where your perceptual filter currently sits will determine your levels of sensitivity to risk and how you are perceiving it - in your world. The reason you are running anxiety where others aren't is because you are seeing risk where there isn't any. It is simply your perception of your world. Strategic Hypnotherapy will teach you new skills and new ways to perceive the world around you. You will fundamentally engage in the world with a new set of risk assessment skills which more accurately reflect the reality of your world. We will change the way you see risk as well as minimising the amount of catastrophising you do.
For you to get maximum benefits from your Anxiety Clinical Hypnotherapy sessions, typically allow for between 3 - 6 Sessions depending on the severity of your Anxiety
Types of Anxiety can include:
Generalised Anxiety
Social Anxiety
Phobic Anxiety
Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia
Selective Mutism
Separation Anxiety
Medication induced Anxiety
Do I run Anxiety?
Signs & Symptoms:
If you identify with any of the following eight signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away, you may be running anxiety:
Are you constantly tense, worried, or on edge?
Does your anxiety interfere with your work, school, or family responsibilities?
Are you plagued by fears that you know are irrational, but can’t shake?
Do you believe that something bad will happen if certain things aren’t done a certain way?
Do you avoid everyday situations or activities because they cause you anxiety?
Do you experience sudden, unexpected attacks of heart-pounding panic?
Do you feel like danger and catastrophe are around every corner?
Are you struggling with your sleep patterns?
Perhaps struggling to get out of bed in the mornings?
Common Emotional Symptoms:
In addition to the primary symptom of excessive and irrational fear and worry, other common emotional symptoms running anxiety include:
Disassociating emotionally or physically in relationships
Avoidance behaviour at work or in your personal life
Feelings of apprehension or dread
Always watching for signs of danger
Anticipating the worst, - even to the extent of panic
Trouble concentrating
Feeling tense and jumpy
Irritability
Feeling like your mind’s gone blank or brain fog i.e. ‘‘where did I put my keys’’
Waking up in the middle of the next exhibiting one - or a number of anxiety symptoms
Physical Symptoms
But anxiety is more than just a feeling. As a product of the body’s fight-or-flight response, anxiety also involves a wide range of physical symptoms, including:
Overall physical tenseness
Pounding heart
Sweating
Headaches
Stomach or gastric upsets
Nausea
Dizziness
Frequent urination or diarrhoea (IBS)
Shortness of breath
Muscle tension or twitches
Shaking or trembling (especially fingers or hands)
Insomnia
Because of anxiety mirroring physical illness symptoms, people who run anxiety can often mistake their disorder for a medical illness*. They may visit many doctors and make numerous trips to the hospital before their anxiety disorder is finally recognised.
Many people running anxiety also suffer from depression at some point. Anxiety and depression are believed to stem from the same biological vulnerability, which may explain why they so often go hand-in-hand. Since depression makes anxiety worse (and vice versa), it’s important to seek treatment for both conditions.
*(I always recommend visiting a GP initially in these situations to ensure there is no underlying physical ailment).
Contact Us
I will work with you and assist you to understand how anxiety impacts on your life. Together, we will identify steps you can take to reduce the symptoms and gain back control of your life.
To make the necessary changes in your life to stop running anxiety, click the link below to make a booking with me.