Anxieties are easy to understand

Anxieties are an over sensitivity to the flight or fight response. As the box shows flight or fight is an essential part of what it is to be human and has evolved to keep us safe. But if this fear response is over active and fires when it is not needed, then this can manifest as a problem. You are at permanent risk of emotional hi-jacking.

And then (and this is the crucial bit), the attempt to mitigate or cope with this will itself make the situation worse.

Over-worrying, avoidance, phobic fears and panic attacks are the typical consequences to a fear response that is unravelling. And as these develop it becomes more and more difficult to live a life of balance and which works. This of course feeds the problem, as fuel on a flame.

Flight or Fight response

. The "fight or flight response" is our body's primitive, automatic, inborn response, from our limbic system that prepares the body to "fight" or "flee" from perceived attack, harm or threat to our survival. When our fight or flight response is activated, adrenaline, noradrenalin and cortisol are released into our bloodstream. These cause our body to undergo a series of very dramatic changes. Our respiratory rate increases. Blood is shunted away from our digestive tract and directed into our muscles and limbs, which require extra energy and fuel for running and fighting. Our pupils dilate. Our awareness intensifies. Our sight sharpens. Our impulses quicken. Our perception of pain diminishes. Our immune system mobilizes with increased activation. We become prepared—physically and psychologically—for fight or flight. By its very nature, the fight or flight system bypasses our rational mind. As such, we tend to see everyone and everything as a possible enemy. We see everything through the filter of possible danger. thebodysoulconnection.com



Symptoms

Treatment


Panic attacks

Trauma and PTSD

Phobias

Generalised Anxiety & Worrying

Social Anxiety

Performance Anxiety


Case Studies

Depression and Anxiety





Fear is a Puppy Dog chasing its tail

With thanks to Roger Elliot of Hypnosis DownloadsYour body feels an anxious feeling and this transmits to your mind which then looks to see why and what is going on. And what it looks for it will find which in turn will further raise the feelings. So levels continue to rise – like a dog chasing its own tail.


The bottom line:
Even severe disorders can be relieved, with an approach comprising:
1. Trance work to decouple the primitive limbic flight or fight firing - using Rewind.
2. Developing a better relationship with your anxiety – not fearful, but accepting and even welcoming. You do this in your Observing self.
3. Finding new ways of thinking, relaxing and visualising - that build control and confidence.
4. Being primed and confident to take action to make necessary life changes.

I keep up to date and reliable evidence of my results with all my clients. Over 85% suffering from worries and fears and phobias of all kinds have either significantly improved or completely recovered in a handful of sessions.

You can be very confident of real help. There is plenty of reason for hope.

Have you found relief from trauma or near trauma? Or did you find that there were other ways for you to heal. Or perhaps you are still suffering and need advice. The Anxieties forum is your space to share what you have found or know to be true There is as much space as you need - write a webpage, invite comments. Say what you think!

---






Man the hunted
We did not survive in hostile environments by being over-confident, brash, loud animals. We survived by learning how to be quiet, timid and very, very careful. In a world where most large animals were stronger, faster, more vicious and armed with teeth or claws, the best way for humans to survive was avoidance.

Safety in the modern world
If you're thinking, 'Well what does this have to do with my life today?' then you're right. This heritage has left us with the ability to be scared, to scan our environment for danger and to panic. The important thing to realise is that this ability can be used habitually and inappropriately.

How anxiety attacks spread
For survival purposes, once we have 'learned' that a certain situation is dangerous by panicking, the mind 'remembers' this fact to ensure that the next time it sees a similar situation, it can give you the necessary response to enable you to run or fight, just like the woman in the story.

This is not the normal type of 'remembering' like remembering a name or telephone number, it is the sort that makes you feel good when you hear a particular piece of music, or feel happy when you look at holiday photos, or maybe feel a bit like a kid again when you walk into school as an adult.

Sloppy' Unconscious pattern matching
We call this type of remembering 'unconscious pattern matching' because it is the 'back part' of your mind, the unconscious mind, that causes you to react in a certain way when it spots a particular situation or other 'trigger'.

So if you have a panic attack in a car, you might feel anxious next time you are on a bus or train, because the situation is roughly similar. As far as survival goes, it is much better for us to 'err on the side of caution'.





---



You will know very well if your anxiety antennae are too sensitive for comfort.
Do you need help to quieten things down, to get some clarity and guidance back to wellbeing?




---

Go to Anxiety Symptoms
Go to Anxieties Treatment
Go to Panic Attacks
Go to PTSD and Trauma
Go to Phobias
Go to Worrying and Generalised Anxiety
Go to Social Anxiety
Go to Performance Anxiety

Go to Anxiety Case Studies
Go to Simon's story
Go to Anxiety and Depression
Go to Anxiety Self Help
Return to Counselling




East London, on the Central Line, around 30 minutes from the City
94 Malford Grove, South Woodford, London E18 2DQ
for Woodford, Wanstead, Leytonstone, Leyton, Walthamstow, Chingford, Highams Park, Hackney, Forest Gate, Stratford and Bethnal Green.
Also Chigwell. Epping, Buckhurst Hill, Ilford, Barkingside and Loughton, Edmonton, Enfield, Ponders End


Landline: 020 8257 0429, Mobile/text: 07870 104651, Skype name: famrichhg



©2011feelbetter-counselling-eastlondon.com
Contact Charges About Me Evidence
Privacy policy Site map


SBI!