Anxiety treatment in NC might be helpful if you…

• Feel stressed out & overwhelmed often?
• Have racing thoughts and excessive worrying keeping you up at night?
• Have trouble concentrating or find yourself being easily distracted?
• Feel tired or have muscle tension?

What is Anxiety?

The American Psychological Association defines anxiety as “an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure.” Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life, for instance, when you have a job interview or when you are about to become a new mom.

However, there is a difference between normal and abnormal anxiety. It becomes a problem when it stays for long periods of time, and/or is so frequent and/or intense. As a result, you just don’t feel good. Sometimes, it interferes with your daily activities, such as job performance, school/work, relationships, and daily living. If this is you,  anxiety treatment can help. We provide counseling for anxiety in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Florida, so reach out today.

Types of Anxiety

Trauma Anxiety

Our brain is designed to ensure our survival as the most important goal. As a result, when people experience trauma, the brain, and nervous system can be affected in a way that leads to different perceptions of the world and a sense of safety. It can be adaptive if they are still in dangerous situations and the body can respond quickly without thinking. However, it can become a problem when people can’t feel safe when the danger is no longer present or they keep reliving the trauma anxiety. Their perception of danger or memories of being in danger can quickly trigger the stress response in the body leading to fear, nervousness, anxiety, and even panic.

There can also be fears of reliving the trauma in flashbacks or nightmares, anxiety about being reminded of the trauma, avoidance of those reminders, and fear of panic attacks. Counseling for anxiety has been shown to help with Trauma Anxiety.

Grief Anxiety

Anxiety is a common experience in people who are grieving. There may be a sense of fear and helplessness. People may experience intense anxiety about being in a world without the lost loved one, changing identities, or fear about moving on and forgetting the loved one. Anxiety can also come from being reminded of our own mortality and/or other loved ones’ mortality. Counseling for anxiety has been shown to significantly improve Grief Anxiety.

Perinatal Anxiety Disorders

According to a meta-analysis, “individual disorder prevalence estimates ranged from 1.1% for PTSD to 4.8% for a specific phobia, with the prevalence of having at least one or more disorder estimated to be 20.7% [16.7% to 25.4%].”

Perinatal or postpartum anxiety symptoms can include constant worrying, racing thoughts, restless sleep or sleep difficulty, intrusive thoughts or images, panic, and other physical symptoms of anxiety such as hyperventilation.

Examples of anxiety disorders according to the DSM-5:

• Specific Phobia is major anxiety when you encounter a specific object or situation and a desire to avoid it. In addition, phobias may lead to panic attacks in some people.
• Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) involves high levels of anxiety, fear, and avoidance of social situations due to feelings of embarrassment, self-consciousness, and concern about being judged or viewed negatively by others.
• Panic Disorder involves repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks). You may have feelings of impending doom, shortness of breath, chest pain, or a rapid, fluttering, or pounding heart (heart palpitations). You may feel like you are having a heart attack. Consequently, these panic attacks may lead to worrying about them happening again or avoiding situations in which they’ve occurred.
• Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless, or embarrassed.
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder includes persistent and excessive anxiety and worries about activities or events — even ordinary, routine issues. Moreover, the worry is out of proportion to the actual circumstance, is difficult to control, and affects how you feel physically. It often occurs along with other anxiety disorders or depression.

These are the common anxiety disorders that Mindspace Counseling can treat for residents of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.

What Can Anxiety Treatment and Therapy Do for You?

With the help of our anxiety therapist, you will gain a better understanding of how your thoughts and behaviors may have contributed to your anxiety. You will learn specific skills to help you manage your anxiety symptoms and be able to function more effectively in your daily life. If you live in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Florida, please reach out to schedule by clicking below:

With the help of anxiety treatment, you will:

• gain a better understanding of how your thoughts and behaviors may have contributed to and even perpetuate your anxiety
• learn specific skills to help you manage your symptoms and
• be able to function more effectively in your daily life
• have improved quality of life and satisfaction

Get Started with Anxiety Treatment in North Carolina and South Carolina today!

Anxiety doesn’t have to control your life anymore. You deserve to live a life free of worry and full of present-mindedness. Get started with an anxiety therapist in North Carolina today with these steps:

1. Contact Mindspace Counseling
2. Meet with one of our anxiety therapists
3. Start overcoming your anxiety and taking your life back!