Do you ever wonder what anxiety is?
To someone experiencing anxiety, that may seem a silly question; but it really isn't. If I say I am experiencing anxiety, what does that actually tell you, realistically very little? The reason for this is because the emotion (bodily experience) we call anxiety is a very subjective interpretation of our bodily feelings and they are quite unique to us. While it is true that the chain of events leading to the activation of our defence system (fight or flight) is fairly universal, how we interpret the experience of anxiety or fear is not at all universal. That said, I have found that clients are generally far less bothered about how they experience anxiety than they are about how to actually lessen or get rid of it.
Anxiety Specialist
Anxiety disorders are my speciality and coincidentally or not, they form about 90% of my Client's issues, both here in Singapore and on my Online Therapy Service! Of course, you may think that is a high percentage but let me explain. Most human conditions, that are not directly classed as an anxiety disorder, do involve anxiety. People with a major illness, divorce, retrenchment, fear of public speaking, smokers etc. all have higher levels of anxiety than normal. So the treatment of their anxiety is either primary or secondary. Reducing their anxiety first will always aid in the treatment of the real issue that brought them to therapy! If anxiety, however, is the reason they came to therapy, then the treatment of their anxiety often spills out, positively, into other areas of their lives. Either way, primary or secondary, the treatment of anxiety can have a profoundly positive effect on a person's life!
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The Sum Of It All
