ANXIETY

How Anxiety Could Limit You

When you’re stuck in the past or in your worries about the future, anxiety can stop you from reaching your full potential. Your mind may be convinced that thinking about the worst case scenario and constantly preparing for a disaster is the only way to protect yourself. But this exhausting mindset not only fails to protect you, but it also often robs you from living your life fully. 

How Counselling Can Help

Thoughts are not facts. They are stories we create for ourselves. Even though they are not facts, thoughts are powerful. Your thoughts influence how you feel and behave. The good news is, you can change your thoughts, even the thought patterns that you may have had for years (or perhaps for generations that got passed on to you through parenting or family culture). We will help you gently challenge the thoughts that do not serve you while helping you practice self-awareness in a safe environment. Some of those thoughts could be coming from your adverse past experiences, we can support you in processing potential trauma that may be contributing to some of the automatic thoughts you struggle with and create new narratives around those past memories. Some of the negative thoughts may be directed at yourself. With our time together, you will also learn to treat yourself better.

In addition to changing the thoughts that no longer serve you, we will also target some of your actions that get you in trouble as well as your behaviours that are avoidant in nature, which limit your life. During our time together, we will also create opportunities for you to practice the behaviours you would like to engage in instead. We will work towards increasing your self-awareness around your bodily reactions and emotions. We will also help you learn how to relax your nervous system and your muscles. If you are interested in learning more, please book a 15 minutes consultation appointment free of charge.