Anxiety

Anxiety is deafening.

Whether by yourself or others, it doesn’t matter because your mind doesn’t stop!

Rather than life being like going for a nice swim, it feels more like being caught by the riptide and dragged into the unknown.

Those feelings make you wonder, “I need to figure it all out, have all the answers, and get things right. I have too much to do and not enough time.”

And when you think you’ve made some headway, your mind spins off in a new direction.

The vise keeps getting tighter and tighter.

Anxiety is like a boa constrictor – it does no good to fight back against it. The more you try, the tighter it squeezes until you can’t breathe.

Your friends nod consolingly when you try to explain, but you often come across as controlling. And you hate that, but if they could SEE what your mind forecasts, maybe they would understand.

How other people can manage an entire day without falling into bed exhausted is a mystery to you.

Turn your thoughts down.

How funny it is that we can get so caught up in our thoughts that we lose our sense of ourselves.

Wouldn’t it be nice to dial down those anxious thoughts and learn to be more present?

There are some excellent tools you can learn to manage your anxiety. Those tools can help you go from a nervous wreck to lighthearted and relaxed.

Shift your mind from going 100 miles per hour to a leisurely stroll, leading from feelings of exhaustion to being optimistic.

Live your life again.

Let’s dig deeper and understand what’s going on with you. Let’s create some room to talk so that you can breathe again.

Anxiety counseling is an excellent way for people to regain their lives. Through counseling, you can learn concrete skills to control your runaway thoughts, build healthy and measurable routines in your day, and improve how you talk to yourself. Counseling helps you recognize the “lies” of mental illness and learn how to fight back the right way.

Learn how to become a snake charmer so you can control the boa constrictor instead of closing its vice tighter and tighter. Learn how to accept imperfection so that you can enjoy life instead of just surviving.

Learn specific mindfulness strategies to focus your thoughts. We’ll spend time helping you tune in to what your body is telling you and how to use that to your advantage. We’ll use cognitive therapy to disprove and silence negative thinking.

Let’s chat about which of the many treatment approaches might work well for you. The path is already available to you. You only need the right guide.

Call today and discuss how I can be that guide: (312) 270-0098.