Have you wondered why you cannot control your anxiety, or make it go away? It’s because of how anxiety works.
Much of what happens takes place Continue reading “How Anxiety Works: Understanding What’s Really Happening Beneath the Surface”
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The fight-or-flight reaction to thoughts or situations that results in the release of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. When the anxiety reaction becomes excessive, inappropriate for the situation, or carries on when the situation is resolved, then this leads to a chronic condition known as the anxiety state.
Recovering from Anxiety – The Truth (and Why It’s Worth the Wait)
Recovering from anxiety is not just possible—it’s better than you imagined. In this post, you’ll learn what real recovery looks like, why temporary relief is not Continue reading “Recovering from Anxiety – The Truth (and Why It’s Worth the Wait)”
When Anxiety Returns
One of the hardest things during recovery is to accept when anxiety returns after we have felt good for a while. It feels as scary as it did before, and our instinctive reaction is to fight it or run from it. But of course, that just Continue reading “When Anxiety Returns”
Situations are not the Source of your Anxiety
For those who are in the anxiety state, situations that trigger your anxiety are not the source of it. For that reason, resolving those situations does not get rid of the anxiety, which just Continue reading “Situations are not the Source of your Anxiety”
The Anxiety Cycle
Anxiety occurs in a very predictable cycle. Understanding the anxiety mechanism is the foundation for recovery. Here is Continue reading “The Anxiety Cycle”
Fear that Nothing will ever Change
The fear that “nothing will ever change” can be a major stumbling block to recovery from anxiety. It is a very convincing fear, and can cause us to Continue reading “Fear that Nothing will ever Change”
Anxiety and Uncertainty
Simply put, anxiety is a reaction to uncertainty – a hopeless struggle to gain control of our lives and our feelings.
We are unable to tolerate the intensity and unpleasantness of our emotions and our physical anxiety symptoms, so we Continue reading “Anxiety and Uncertainty”
The Paradox of Anxiety Recovery
I have found recovery from anxiety to be full of paradoxes – where I was required to think in the opposite way to what felt normal, opposite to the way I wanted to think. But I think the biggest paradox Continue reading “The Paradox of Anxiety Recovery”
Second Fear
“First fear” is the natural response to danger. “Second fear” is our reaction to the anxiety itself. Second fear is the Continue reading “Second Fear”
Anxiety is not Keeping Us Safe
It is common to feel that our vigilance and anticipatory anxiety is what keeps us safe. But safe from what? The “danger” that we feel is actually Continue reading “Anxiety is not Keeping Us Safe”