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Anxiety Therapy London Guide<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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As a psychotherapist in London, I’ve worked with many clients who experience the effects of long term anxiety. Living with anxiety can be really challenging and left untreated can become debilitating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not just the fast pace and stress of London life<\/a> that can make you feel anxious \u2013 anxiety can manifest for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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What is anxiety?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling. It’s an emotional state with physical symptoms, which happen at the same time. Anxiety is a reaction to the threat of danger or a stressful situation, where the body goes into a state of high alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a normal emotion, and a natural response designed to move you out of danger as quickly as possible, before returning to normal. Anxiety becomes problematic when it’s experienced too often and for too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety can be experienced in combination with other mental health conditions, such as depression<\/a>. It can be effectively treated with talking therapies such as psychotherapy and counselling.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Signs and Symptoms of anxiety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There’s many signs of anxiety, some of them are mental, while some manifest as physical (psychosomatic symptoms<\/a>). If you’re suffering from one or more of the anxiety symptoms below, and they’re not going away, you may have chronic anxiety:<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Nausea and dizziness
Insomnia
Headaches or stomachaches
Being easily fatigued
Quick or shallow breathing
Increased or irregular heart rate
Pins and needles
Sweating or trembling
Shortness of breath
Tense muscles
Unexplained pains or sensations
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Emotional Symptoms:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling overwhelmed
Sense of dread
Feeling of impending doom
Restless or on edge
Irritability
Concentration problems
Poor decision making
Feeling out of control
Feelings of worry
Fear of loosing control
Negative feelings
Fear of heart attack or death


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How anxiety works \u2013 the fight or flight response<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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When we encounter a stressful situation, where we feel inadequate in meeting the demands required of us, the body goes into fight or flight mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body releases a cocktail of hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, which prepares the body for either fighting or running. The heart beats faster, pumping blood to the skeletal muscles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blood glucose becomes concentrated for extra energy, and more air flows in and out of the lungs. Non urgent functions such as digestion and immune system responses are put on temporary hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This state should last for up to around an hour before returning to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem we have in our complex modern society, is too many stressful situations. While exams and job interviews aren’t matters of life and death, they’re still stressful, and our bodies react by providing us with the emergency resources to fight or run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can leave the body and mind in a state of chronic stress and anxiety, with raised levels of cortisol and other stress hormones. Sometimes that can feel like a low level background stress. But it can also turn into severe anxiety, with constant fear, panic attacks and hyper-vigilance.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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What causes anxiety?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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People experiencing the same symptoms of anxiety can have them for different reasons. Here are some of the causes of anxiety:<\/p>\n\n\n\n