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JD's Midlife Tools For Living Practices, LLC
-With all the uncertainty in today’s world do you struggle to relax?
-Are your anxious and worry thoughts hard to control? Do you feel restless, tense, your heart pounds and you avoid things you didn’t before?
-Do you have a hard time falling or staying asleep at night because you rehash the day’s events over and over again?
-Do you wake up feeling overwhelmed by all you need to do or figure out?
-Do you fear letting people down? Feel rather out of touch with your body and out of balance? Feel that life is a burden and you just can’t seem to feel happy or carefree like perhaps you once did?
-Have you been isolating yourself? Does it seem like you are disconnected? Do lots of things trigger your worry or fear? Do you find yourself thinking of the worst-case scenario? That everything is surely to be a catastrophe?
You are in good company if you answered yes to any of the questions above in your struggle with anxiety. According to the CDC about 40 million adults in the US have such intense anxiety that is affects their daily activities. Sadly, 63% don’t seek treatment for it too.
When you feel anxious the stress builds up in your body and you begin to notice tension in various parts of your body. Your neck and shoulder areas are key places with muscles that hurt from being tense. Not only does sleep become challenging but you may experience sweaty palms, headaches, stomach upset, a racing heart. These physical symptoms can be distressing to experience. You may feel claustrophobic or on the verge of a panic attack.
To avoid triggering your anxiety you might start cutting yourself off from activities you once enjoyed. You worry about being a burden to family and friends. You may not know how to communicate your needs. You don’t want to let anyone down so you push through the stress and avoid self-care and rest. You try hard to live up to the standards you think people expect of you.
Friends and family try giving advice but comments like “Try not to worry” or “Don’t panic” just leave you feeling guilty and misunderstood.
You probably wonder what is fueling the deeper cause of all this anxiety you carry and want so much to be able to do things and live your life without having all this worry.
We may have extra anxiety because of a life transition or new situation. Watching the nightly news filled with anger and violence and mass shootings unfolding on the screen can bring out anxious feelings in us. Coping with the last several years of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought a heightened level of stress and anxiety to us all. In this age of social media pressure is hard to avoid. Everyone else on Facebook seems to have a perfect life when we compare to ours.
Everyone has a low level of anxiety at times. But when anxiety starts to interfere with your life it becomes a problem. Often anxiety doesn’t get better on its own.
Therapy for anxiety can help you regain a sense of joy allowing you to more freely take the next steps in your life’s journey. You learn coping skills and come to understand the core issues causing your anxiety with me as your gentle non-judgmental therapist guide. We will go at your pace and work on your specific goals. And you can get yourself back on a smoother life path.
If you have questions about what to expect in your first therapy session, how long and often to you will attend therapy, what to talk about in sessions you can find answers on our “Practice Information” under the ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ section.
If you have questions about fees, in network insurances, how we protect your health information, what our consent for treatment agreement is please check out our “Practice Information” page.
Take that next step and contact me today!
For some coping tools for anxiety see the “Practice Tools” page!
