Anxiety

If worries and fears are preventing you from living your life the way you'd like to, you may be suffering from anxiety. The good news is that there are treatments that can help you reduce your anxiety symptoms, and help you to feel more in control of your life.

When to seek help?
If you identify with several of the following signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away, you may need support.

Are you constantly tense or worried?

Does your anxiety impact on your ability to work, initiate or maintain relationships or participate in everyday activities?

Excessive fear of particular situations or things, including public places?

Do you experience intrusive thoughts, fears or images which are distressing?

Do you engage in uncontrollable, repeated or distressing behaviours to reduce feelings anxiety?

Do you experience significant fears of scrutiny or judgement from others, or fear of embarrassing yourself in social settings?

Do you avoid everyday situations or activities because they make you anxious?

Do you experience sudden, unexpected attacks of panic?

Emotional and cognitive symptoms of anxiety
In addition to symptoms of excessive fear and worry, people experience a range of emotional symptoms of anxiety. These may include:

  • Feelings of apprehension or dread
  • Trouble concentrating
  • Feeling tense and jumpy
  • Anticipating the worst
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Watching for signs of danger
  • Feeling like your mind has gone blank

Physical symptoms of anxiety
Common physical symptoms of include:

  • Pounding heart
  • Sweating
  • Nausea or dizziness
  • Frequent urination or diarrhoea
  • Shortness of breath
  • Hot and cold flushes
  • Muscle tension
  • Headaches
  • Fatigue
  • Insomnia

How Seed Psychology Can Help You
At Seed Psychology, our psychologists will help you to identify potential factors that may be contributing to your anxiety, and will assist you to develop skills to effectively manage and minimise these symptoms of anxiety and their impacts on your life. Treatments involve exploring and introducing healthy patterns of thinking and behaviour which can help to greatly reduce your symptoms of anxiety. Contact Seed Psychology to make an appointment with one of our highly experienced psychologists.