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Common symptoms of Anxiety
The word "anxiety" covers a wide range of human experiences. The list of possible symptoms is long, and the severity of those symptoms ranges from mild to debilitating - all differing for each person experiencing the symptoms. In short, anxiety is that feeling that prevents you from being happy and content, that nagging feeling that you're not good enough, that fear of fully embracing who you are. Counselling is perfectly suited to helping relieve these symptoms, and can enable you to lead a more fulfilling life - no matter how mild or unimportant you may have told yourself those symptoms are.
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people come to see me. I often discuss topics relating to anxiety in my blog. Articles relating to anxiety can be found here.
Some common symptoms may include:
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people come to see me. I often discuss topics relating to anxiety in my blog. Articles relating to anxiety can be found here.
Some common symptoms may include:
- Constant feelings of worry that are out of your control
- Restlessness, tiredness, or irritability with difficulty sleeping and bad dreams
- Things seem out of your league, almost scary or frightening
- Feeling overwhelmed or that there is just too much to handle
- Feeling under pressure all the time
- A heightened sense of what others may say or think about you
- A desire to control your environment
- Tremors or shaking, especially in the morning or at times of stress
- Constant negative discussion with your self in your mind
- A reluctance to be in crowds or attend social events
- Headaches, and tightness/stiffness of the shoulders, neck, and back
- Tightness of breath and around the chest
- You feel worse in the mornings
- Regularly feeling down in the dumps
- Feeling worthless and powerless
- Feeling like a fraud at work or your personal life despite contrary evidence
Common symptoms of Depression
Depression is a debilitating condition that can affect anybody. For some, it is a long-term lived experience. For others, it has recently commenced and seems to have come out of the blue. Others still have been unable to shake the sadness or grief over a loss for a significant time. Counselling and psychotherapy are uniquely suited to assisting with depression by relieving the symptoms, investigating the roots of the depression, and creating a new way to live.
Some common symptoms may include:
I often touch on the the subject of depression in my blog. Articles that relate to depression are here.
Some common symptoms may include:
- Withdrawing from social contact, and from family and friends
- Not getting things done
- Relying on alcohol or other sedatives
- Feelings of guilt, frustration, and irritability
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Lack confidence and become indecisive
- Unhappy, sad, miserable, and disappointed
- Losing the ability to experience joy
- Thinking it's your fault, or that you're a failure
- Thinking that you're worthless, and your existence is pointless
- Constantly tired and run down
- Churning stomach
- Significant weight gain/loss
- Difficulty sleeping
- Headaches and flu-like muscle pains
I often touch on the the subject of depression in my blog. Articles that relate to depression are here.