A Guide to Anxiety | Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy

Learn All About Anxiety

Anxiety is a general term that takes into account numerous disorders that lead to apprehension, nervousness, fear and worrying. It is a disorder that affects the way that we feel and behave. Anxiety feelings and behaviors can manifest into actual physical symptoms. There are several types of anxiety disorders that are classified. These include phobias which is a fear of anything from spiders to thunderstorms, panic attacks which cause a person to shake as well as experience confusion, dizziness and difficulty breathing, social anxiety disorder which is an apprehension of being in public places because of fear of public humility or embarrassment.

What Causes Anxiety?

Anxiety can be caused by a number of factors. Environmental factors that contribute to anxiety include work related stress, stress from school, natural disasters, abuse, death, victimization’s, problems with friends, marriage or relationship and financial stresses. Medical factors that can lead to anxiety include conditions such as asthma, heart condition, anemia and infections. Other things medically that can lead to anxiety are side effects of medications, stress from a devastating medical condition and symptoms from a medical condition.

Substance Abuse And Anxiety

Substance abuse plays a huge role in anxiety. It is estimated that more than half of people who have anxiety do so because of some sort of addiction to alcohol or drugs. The types of anxiety include Generalized Anxiety Disorder, social phobia or panic attacks. Anxiety can also occur during withdrawal from illegal drugs like heroin or prescription medications such as opiates, benzos or barbiturates.
How To Overcome Anxiety
One way to overcome anxiety is to begin each day with positive affirmations. These are positive sayings such as “It is a great day to be alive” or “I am going to make this a good day.” When you go to bed at night, think of all the positives things that happened throughout the day. Think of the good things you did and all that you accomplished. Talk about your feelings and fears with someone you know you can trust and feel comfortable with. It always helps to talk things out with someone. Believe it or not, exercise is great for anxiety. It helps you not only stay fit and healthy but it keeps fears away. Exercises that are good include aerobics, walking or swimming.

How To Treat Anxiety  

Medications are a very common treatment for anxiety. Some of the more common ones are SSRI’s which include Prozac and Zoloft, SNRI’s such as Effexor and Cymbalta, MAOI’s like Nardil and dopaminergic drugs including Wellbutrin. Therapy is another treatment used which includes individual, group, marital or family therapy.

Hypnotherapy For Treating Anxiety

Hypnosis is a fantastic tool for anxiety treatment. This uses mental and physical relaxation, intense concentration and focused attention to help the client to gain access to the subconscious part of the mind where the cause of the anxiety is stored. The goal of this is to focus on certain thoughts or tasks that may be contributing to the anxiety and then eliminate them. If you are looking to find hypnotherapy in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Gateshead or Durham for treating anxiety call hypnotherapist Ian Smith now on the telephone number provided below.

Ian Smith (Distinction) D.Hyp  T.F.T  M.U.F.H  M.A.A.H  U.K.C.H.O  N.R.H  C.I.S.H
Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy in North Shields
Telephone: 0774 3353367.