Many companies these days require some employees to make a presentation in front of a group of people. They could also be called on to voice their opinions in company meetings. This might happen to you, and the very idea of speaking in front of other people, may send you into a panic.
Read moreAnxiety is your friend - Article 4 of 4
Now I left off in the last article speaking about the dangers of not addressing or tending to stressors and anxiety when it comes up,
Often a metaphor that I use in clinic is that we want to deal with things as they come up just as if the analogy of a spark and a burning building. If you were a firefighter and you had a chance to fight a fire at the first sign of a spark, and you were able to snuff that out then and there versus a building that was a raging inferno which would you choose? Well, of course, you'd be
Read moreAnxiety is your friend - Article 3 of 4
So how was anxiety your friend? Well, we start to recognize that it's not necessarily the anxiety that's our friend it's more so the feedback that's where the actual relationship begins. Our conscious mind is regularly sending us messages in the form of symbolic feedback.
Read moreIdentifying and Managing Abandonment Issues 1 of 5
Abandonment is best described as a type of anxiety that some people experience when they lose someone or something they care about. Sometimes, when folk are insecure about things, they may have a fear of being abandoned.
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