Online Therapy for Anxiety

Check out Online-Therapy.com's services via my Affiliate link: Online Therapy and get 20% discount! Online Therapy for Anxiety. In this video, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD will talk about anxiety and how CBT can help you if you are suffering from anxiety. First of all, anxiety - in small doses - does not harm us. In fact, it helps us to stay alert and focused and to deal with challenging situations. Feeling anxious from time to time is just normal. But when you can't seem to shake your concerns and your daily life is a constant state of worry and fear, then anxiety has taken an unhealthy grip on your life. Anxiety is not one-dimensional, but instead vary from person to person. One person might get panicky at the thought of stepping into an elevator or speaking with strangers, while another may suffer from intense anxiety attacks that strike without apparent reason. Even though the face of anxiety varies, the common denominator is always the same: having constant fear or worry in situations that most other people would experience as problem-free. Common emotional symptoms of anxiety: - Constant feeling of worry and fear - Having problems concentrating - Irrational catastrophic thinking - Fear of losing control - Feeling of impending danger - Feeling irritable and restless - Constant feeling of being overwhelmed Anxiety is our body's ancient and innate response to stressful and dangerous situations, a reaction called “fight, flight or freeze". When we are in a life-threatening situation - like being attacked by an aggressive animal or person - our bodies autonomic nervous system is activated to help us to quickly get to safety by becoming stronger, faster or acting dead. The threatening message that our brain receives lead to our body to secrete stress hormones, like adrenaline, increasing our experience of severe anxiety. The sympathetic nervous system causes the blood to move from your skin, stomach, fingers and toes into the bigger muscles like the arms and the legs. Necessary senses are being enhanced; the pupils dilate, your vision and hearing become clearer, your heart races and your breathing becomes faster to get more oxygen to your lungs and the digestive system slows.