We all experience feelings of anxiety at different times in our life. Usually, anxiety shows up as our body’s way of responding to stressful life events and it looks different for every individual.
Anxiety may present in the form of nervousness as you prepare for a job interview, sweaty palms on a first date, or even feelings of uneasiness when moving to a new area.
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These are all normal human reactions that act as the body’s emotional response to stress and help us overcome challenges. It is normal and healthy to experience occasional anxiety.
However, feeling anxious too often or at the wrong times can be harmful and might even stand in the way of living a healthy life. Excessive and persistent anxiety could indicate the presence of an anxiety disorder.
Anxiety presents differently from one person to another. The specific symptoms that someone notices will often depend on the type of anxiety or anxiety disorder that person is experiencing. Learning how anxiety feels for you and recognizing your individual symptoms are the first steps in finding healing.
Symptoms of anxiety may present physically, emotionally, or even socially. Some common symptoms are listed below.
As you read through these, remember, anxiety feels and looks different for every individual. You may be experiencing chronic anxiety and only have a few of these symptoms.
The important piece to remember is the question: ‘Do these anxiety symptoms affect your daily life?’ If the answer is ‘yes’, then you may be experiencing a higher level of anxiety than normal.
Contact us, a local anxiety treatment center.
Physical Symptoms of Anxiety:
Emotional Symptoms of Anxiety:
Social Symptoms of Anxiety:
Anxiety and anxiety disorders can be caused by a combination of factors, including genetics and environmental reasons. The exact culprit of an anxiety disorder is different for every individual.
Anxiety can occur even in the most loving, and healthy home environments.
Sometimes anxiety comes as a result of trauma, family conflict, major life changes, stress buildup, drugs and alcohol (especially during withdrawals), or even underlying medical conditions.
Anxiety disorders are also frequently diagnosed in coordination with depression or bipolar disorder.
You may alternate between periods of anxiety and depression, which might feel like you’re being extremely worried or you’re feeling uneasy, followed by feeling extremely hopeless or disconnected until the cycle repeats.
Managing anxiety is a daily effort that starts with determining the root cause. We can help with identifying the source of your anxiety and working through different thought patterns that may be contributing to the symptoms.
Our goal as a clinic is to help each client and their family find healing and connection with each other.
Our team of qualified therapists are trained to use a variety of different data-driven and evidence-based treatment models.
In your first few meetings with a therapist, they will work with you to determine which of these models fits best with your lifestyle and the symptoms you are experiencing.
A few types of treatment we use are:
Utah Family Therapy’s Intensive Outpatient Program was created to help individuals with moderate to severe anxiety, whose needs have not been met through regular therapy.
Remember there is hope.
Lets face it, who likes to talk about their crap with other people?
If you’re like most clients, you’re used to being judged despite hearing so many people talk about non judgment and when you do open up, it seems like the more you share, the less likely you are to get compassion.
We’ve worked our butts off to create a clinic where the unfiltered, real you, can show up and heal, so dammit give therapy a chance!
We love the unfiltered real you, let’s heal together. – Utah Family Therapy Team
