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Whether you are looking for counseling for your anxiety symptoms management or Christian-based anxiety counseling near you, we can help.
Your thoughts race, and your body feels uneasy. It’s like everything is ramped up. You put on a good front, but underneath the surface, you know you are barely holding together. Maybe you feel like you are only one or two stressors away from pulling the covers over your head and never leaving your bed again. It’s hard to have racing thoughts and overwhelming emotions. If only you could just “shake it off,” but you haven’t figured out how, and you think you may need professional help.
Anxiety Counseling Can Help.
When anxiety hits, you may worry about some things from what other people think of you, or if you are saying or doing things “right?” You overthink. Your emotions can go from 0 to 60 in no time, and you find yourself “over-reacting” in anger, frustration, or guilt. You find yourself obsessively worrying about things. You overthink what you see in the news. You wonder what so and so meant by something they said or didn’t say. All of this may make you feel “crazy.” You are even tempted to lose yourself in some numbing behavior like binge eating or drinking, scrolling mindlessly on social media, or overworking. You wish you could get and stay comfortable in your own skin.
While these things are unwanted and feel out-of-control or uncomfortable, they are signs that you have been strong for a really long time. This is how you survived to today! You’ve shouldered the stresses of life over and over again. Now, your system is “on alert” for ways to keep you safe. It wants to provide you with a sense of control in the midst of life’s unpredictability. Anxiety counseling is available and effective.
Panic Attacks
There is nothing quite as frightening as the sensations of a panic attack. Panic attacks are the body’s way of trying to process overwhelming energy, input, and a sense of threat. It’s your system in overdrive, trying to alert you that you need to do something, or you’re going to overheat. Anxiety counseling can help with panic attack symptom management, too.
Symptoms of a panic attack can make you feel hot and clammy, dizzy, like you can’t breathe, like you might pass out, or even like the room is closing in on you. You can feel a desire to escape to somewhere safe but feeling trapped. Panic Attacks are not fun, and they can be quite scary.
You think, “If I could just get past this fear that something is going to go wrong or be out of my control, I could get past this.” It can be like waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop, feeling like something bad is about to happen just around the corner.
Healing IS Possible.
You don’t have to live like this. Healing is possible. Through the therapeutic process, you can learn tools to help you move from the chaotic overload of thoughts, sensations, and emotions to a sense of peace. You can move from overwhelmed to calm and from stressed to relaxed. One such treatment is EMDR
You Are Responding “Normally” to Painful Past Learning.
It’s normal to be afraid of what we can’t control and don’t understand, but you are not alone. In fact, it has been estimated that almost 20 percent of the population of adults in the United States suffers with an anxiety disorder each year, but help is available. Anxiety is quite treatable through the use of specific treatment techniques.
It may seem like your anxiety or panic attacks are something that you should be able to “get over” on your own, and that may have been preventing you from reaching out for treatment. Maybe you worry that something is wrong or deficient in you if you have to see a therapist, or you wonder what others will think if you go to therapy. Perhaps you have questions about how anxiety and panic are treated. Rest assured that these are normal feelings, too.
Counseling Can Help You Heal
Seeking help from a professional therapist is a strength and not a weakness, a way to advocate for yourself and your needs. There is no “hocus pocus” involved, although you may feel as though a miracle transformation has occurred after getting treatment because you will be able to view your experiences with insight, wisdom, and have the skills necessary to overcome the things that are currently causing you distress.
Professional therapeutic treatment is about having a safe space to share your experiences with a compassionate and supportive helper. We provide the support, tools, and treatment that can help you to break free from anxiety and panic.
