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ANXIETY

Pervasive anxiety is an indication that there exist deeper fears needing resolution than the surface static of worry.

Anxiety is the body’s alarm system. We need anxiety: it is a healthy response to danger; it tells us that we feel threatened. However, for a variety of reasons, sometimes our alarm system will not turn off. It continually tells us we don’t feel safe, even when there is no danger in sight. It keeps us awake at night and it drains us of our energy and concentration. When this happens, there are unresolved fears that have made a home on the inside of us, making it impossible to feel at peace no matter what we do. If you suspect that anxiety might be a problem for you, please take a look at the description and criteria below to understand more.

Those struggling with anxiety have an intensity to their worry that is out of proportion to what their current situation warrants. The person finds it difficult to stop worrisome thoughts from interfering with daily tasks. Adults with anxiety will often worry about normal, everyday life circumstances like, job responsibilities, finances, the health of family members, or being late for appointments. Children with anxiety tend to worry excessively about their competence or their ability to perform well.

If you experience 3 or more of these symptoms on a regular basis, it suggests that counseling is right for you. Grace Clinic would love to offer you the help you need.

Persistent difficulty relieving anxiety and/or worry
Being easily fatigued
Feeling irritable
Muscle tension (e.g. tension in neck and shoulders or tightened chest)
Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
Disturbed sleep, or restless and unsatisfying sleep
In children, only one of the symptoms is needed to constitute a problem

Quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

- Marianne Williamson

Quote:
"To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation."

- Peter McWilliams

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ANXIETY

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