Regarding ICD-11, anxiety consists of persistent and excessive worries about negative future events, which are accompanied by physical symptoms such as;
Anxiety is a phenomenon that could appear in anyone, and the reasons, why it appears, could vary from person to person. Moreover, there are multiple factors involved.
Generally, it could be understood as a sign sent by the mind, telling that something is dangerous or that you should be alert about something huge. Sometimes, it belongs to old learnings that were useful for some reason, but now it is not.
Furthermore, some experiences could overpass our capacity to process them. Hence, our Self tries their best to keep some balance and find the proper reactions to the presented situation.
What I offer to face this challenge is inviting you to take advantage of our space, to explore, assess, and apply new strategies to get different outcomes. Since anxiety can manifest in many forms, I dedicate time to understanding how it works in each person. It also helps to demystify any idea or non-functional beliefs regarding it.
I recommend some things to do before taking any action. For example, it works in most cases to learn how to cope with excessive thoughts and fears while happening. Knowing and corroborating that you can have some control gives confidence and security at the time to allow ourselves to learn new coping skills and take more active steps.
The real question is: How can I control what is happening to me right now? How do I not let my thought get over me? How to at least keep calm while in the whirlwind of ideas, suppositions, worries, calculations, rechecking possibilities, and chances. What to do when my body reacts unpleasantly and I need to stop it? How to not get worse thinking negatively about myself and my future?
There are many aspects to consider when deciding to address these issues. Are these impacting my surroundings? In other words, my relationships, my performance at work, while studying, and my activities? In the beginning, one is struggling with own thoughts while carrying out another action. But it takes a lot of energy to manage all these things simultaneously. Finally, we end up consumed by juggling between everything and not knowing what else to do or which is the sense of doing that.
Given that, the only convincing alternative would be to change something about how everything is going on. Considering how many things are under our control, we will start unchecking many. Until possibly, we find ourselves there, our actions, awareness, decisions, words, beliefs, time, and will. In other words, there is always something that can be changed. But, where one is positioned in their given context makes it hard to find another way out. In doing so, we will build up a process where you can be more confident, ensuring you have taken all the precautions to move on and help you develop particular skills that serve you in current and future situations.
I can confirm that each client has a way of coping with anxiety. After some sessions, they have found a decrease in the intensity of the symptoms. Also, they were better prepared to be ok along episodes and feel more stable when facing them.
Along with therapy, we will discover which skills will be more helpful for you to develop or train. Emotional regulation helps to keep track of the process and to ensure a better outcome. Sometimes, there will be obstacles we will have to face, and those moments will be taken as an opportunity to understand what tool will help you sort things like that at any time.
