Anxiety is characterised by feelings of uneasiness and elevated worry. It can exasperate in the realm of your mind, sometimes flooding in to overwhelm your senses with intense terror,fear or panic.

Whenever you’re being threatened,pressured or vulnerable having anxiety is a completely normal response to stress. Often your body and mind will respond automatically to a challenging situation where your heart rate increases, breathing quickens, and your sympathetic nervous system releases a surge of stress hormones. Also known as the ‘fight, freeze or flight’ response, anxiety is a red flag that something is amiss. Once the stressful situation has passed, physical symptoms of anxiety usually subsides. Yet for many people, anxiety lingers on long past the time it’s required.

A prolonged battle of anxiety can seriously interfere with your ability to function in daily life, and also take a toll on your relationships. Some people describe anxiety as being held hostage by your mind, like a prisoner in your own body. Counselling can help you to regain control by harnessing your body mind inner calm, and you can confidently start living on your life with own terms again.

Effective treatment for generalised anxiety where it’s pretty common to feel Muscle tension
Easily startled
Restlessness
Irritability
Elevated breathing and heart rate
Hot flushes and/or cold chills
Trembling
Feeling dizzy or faint
Sleep difficulties
Excessive sweating
Chest and abdominal pains.

That are based on number of evidence-based counselling techniques which are highly effective in addressing the symptoms and causes of generalised anxiety, such as Mindfulness-Based Therapy and Narrative Therapy. On the contrary a, Clinical psychologist Dr.Pim Cuijper’s research of 2016 meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of different treatments for generalised anxiety suggests that (CBT ) or Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy is the most effective treatment known for generalised anxiety, surpassing the efficacy of other treatments (eg: medication, relaxation training) in both the short and long-term.