You might notice it creeping in during the day, a tightness in your chest before a meeting, a restless night spent rehearsing worst-case scenarios, or a wave of panic while standing in line at the supermarket. Anxiety can arrive quietly or suddenly, but when it stays too long, it begins to control your choices, your mood, and even your body.
Anxiety therapy can help you break free from the cycle of fear and worry. By uncovering the root causes, learning proven coping techniques, and rebuilding your sense of safety, you can return to living with more ease and confidence. Read on to discover how we can guide you from overwhelm to calm, one step at a time.
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What is Anxiety?
Fear is a natural, necessary part of life. Its purpose is to alert you to potential danger and keep you safe. But sometimes, fear moves beyond its intended role and becomes excessive, triggering emotional distress and physical symptoms even in situations where no real threat exists.
When anxiety becomes persistent, overwhelming, or irrational, it may be part of an anxiety disorder. A condition that affects millions of people worldwide and can significantly interfere with daily life.
Types of Anxiety Disorders
There are many types of anxiety disorders, ranging from vague, persistent worry to intense panic attacks. The most common include:
- Generalized anxiety disorder: you worry excessively about everyday topics such as money, work, your health, or the health of your family. The level of worry is disproportionate to the reality of the situation.
- Panic disorder: you experience regular panic attacks, sometimes without a clear cause. Symptoms can include palpitations, sweating, nausea, and shortness of breath. Panic disorder often occurs alongside agoraphobia.
- Agoraphobia: you feel anxious in certain public places, such as crowded areas or environments where leaving quickly may be difficult.
- Social anxiety: you feel anxious in social situations, such as birthdays, dinners, or meetings. You may worry excessively about what others think of you or fear embarrassing yourself.
- Specific phobia: you are afraid of particular things, objects, or animals. Simply encountering them, or even thinking about them, can trigger a panic attack.
- PTSD: you experience anxiety attacks as part of post-traumatic stress disorder, which is caused by past trauma.
Where Do These Extreme Levels of Fear Originate From?
Some anxiety disorders develop in response to a specific event, while others have causes that are not so easy to identify. There can be many reasons for extreme levels of fear. This can include traumatic experiences or past events, and undiagnosed conditions such as PTSD or OCD.
Anxiety disorders are more common in some families than in others. This is likely due to heredity, but it can also be influenced by upbringing and personality. For example, you may be more likely to develop an anxiety disorder if you find it difficult to stand up for yourself or to express your emotions. Women are also more likely than men to experience anxiety disorders.
Causes of Anxiety Disorders
- Past trauma or distressing events
- Underlying conditions like PTSD or OCD
- Family history and genetic predisposition
- Upbringing and learned coping styles
- Personality traits, such as difficulty asserting yourself or expressing emotions
- Higher prevalence among women than men
With the help of your therapist, you will be able to unearth the root cause of your fear and address it effectively.
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Has Anxiety Become a Problem for You?
There are several warning signs that your anxiety may be getting out of control. One of the first indications is when anxiety starts to interfere with your daily life. This can relate to various situations or instances, such as actively avoiding driving because you’re afraid of accidents, or sleep completely evades you because every sound has you on high alert.
Another red flag is the presence of intrusive thoughts. This means worries can take over your mind even when they aren’t relevant to your current situation, such as sitting at work and being unable to stop obsessing about your children, imagining worst-case scenarios, even though you know they’re safe at school.
Anxiety Affects Both Mind and Body
Anxiety isn’t just limited to impacting us mentally and emotionally; it can also begin manifesting physically. From nightmares and heart palpitations to stress headaches and even debilitating panic attacks, anxiety can become a real physical health concern. Extreme fear can also lead to avoiding activities that could’ve potentially enriched your life, such as social events or holiday trips.
Such intense fear is often uncontrollable, becoming completely overwhelming and debilitating. This kind of fear can even impact your relationships, and friends or family may begin to express their concern. When fear and its impact become so severe, living can become unbearable, and thoughts of suicide may even arise.
If you can relate to any of these situations and intense fear, it’s important to reach out for help and support.
Tackling the Fear With the Support of a Therapist
Therapists can employ a range of treatment methods to address anxiety. This can include talk therapy, ACT, CBT, EMDR, exposure therapy, and many more. Most of these treatment methods focus on retraining your brain, changing negative thought patterns and behaviors, processing emotions and past events, as well as regulating emotions and your stress levels.
Take Back Control Over Your Life
Therapy can help loosen the grip of fear on your life and get your mental health and overall well-being back on track. Our online therapy sessions can help you uncover the root causes of your fears. This enables you to address the underlying issues rather than just managing symptoms.
As you explore these root causes and triggers, you’ll become more introspective and reflective, gaining greater self-awareness. Online therapy can also teach you valuable coping skills, making you more resilient through life’s more challenging times.
When you regain control over your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, it can provide a profound sense of empowerment and lead to a significant boost in self-esteem. Ultimately, online therapy can free you from debilitating fear, fostering greater happiness. It can also help you effectively manage any underlying mental health conditions or disorders related to your fears.
Why choose Global Online Therapy?
Online therapy sessions can help combat fear, and because of their digital nature, support is both accessible and effective, regardless of your location in the world. All interactions are confidential, private, and secure through encrypted video calling. There are no waiting lists, no long-term commitments, subscription fees, or hidden charges. You simply pay per session.
Accessible and Flexible Care
There’s no waiting list, you can start as soon as you’re ready. Our experienced therapists are available 24/7, so you can book sessions that fit your schedule, wherever you are in the world.
Secure and Transparent
All sessions are held via encrypted video conferencing for complete privacy. You pay per session, with no hidden fees, and every new client begins with a free introductory meeting to find the right match.
Take the First Step Towards a Better Life
Do you often experience fear, anxiety attacks, or an undefined feeling of panic? An online therapist can provide effective help for anxiety symptoms. Cognitive behavioral therapy is often used for anxiety and panic. In this approach, you discuss the problem in detail, after which your therapist will suggest specific exercises. These may include breathing and relaxation techniques, or gradual exposure to the situations you fear.
Our therapists are broadly trained and often use a combination of treatment methods. Your treatment plan will be fully tailored to your symptoms, personality, and preferences.
Relief is possible, and it can start today. Book your free introduction session to find the right therapist for you and begin building a calmer, more confident life.
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FAQs About Anxiety:
Normal fear is situational and temporary, typically serving as a safeguarding response. In contrast, problematic fear can be illogical, become a chronic state of being, consistently impacting your thoughts and behavior, and be quite debilitating.
Mental health conditions such as PTSD, anxiety disorder, and phobias can have excessive fear as a symptom.
Whether medication is needed will depend on your specific situation and whether you consent to taking medication.
However, if medication (whether as a short-term solution or for long-term management) is needed, your therapist will refer you to a psychiatrist since they are the only mental health professional who can legally prescribe medication. Luckily, our diverse team here at Global Online Therapy also includes psychiatrists.