Calming a Worried Mind (Anxiety)

It’s not just you. There’s been an increase in both anxiety and depression worldwide, which is something we didn’t really need a study to tell us, right?

You can just feel it in the air.

If you were already familiar with anxiety, you may have noticed an increase in your symptoms. If you’ve never felt this way before and are wondering what’s going on, here are some common ways anxiety shows up:

  • Irritability
  • Sleeping too much, or can’t sleep
  • Feeling “on edge”
  • Trouble concentrating
  • Muscle tension
  • Memory lapses / forgetfulness
  • Excessive, uncontrollable worrying (“I hate it when it’s quiet – too much time for my mind to think!”)
  • Fatigue
  • Tearfulness
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Anxiety is treatable and you don’t have to struggle with it alone.

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Worry vs. Anxiety

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Worrying is something we all do from time to time. It’s often an unconscious attempt to feel in control when things are spinning out, or a feeling we have when trying to solve an upsetting problem. Worry can even serve a purpose, spurring us to take action like getting a medical test we’ve been avoiding or changing a bad habit.

Worrying by itself though, isn’t an activity that can change or improve anything, and it can leave you feeling on “high alert,” which is exhausting. Therapy can help you identify new ways of thinking, which can help to alleviate unproductive worry.

Anxiety, although common (now more than ever), is not a universal experience and it can feel paralyzing. You don’t even have to be thinking about any particular thing to feel anxious, which can make it feel even more distressing.

There is a lot we can do to manage and resolve excessive worry and anxiety. This doesn’t have to be how life feels.

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