What you can do about it...
It all begins in the mind. Your thoughts are responsible for your happiness or unhappiness, anxiety and depression. You can learn how to manage your thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been proven through research to be more successful at treating depression than medication. You can learn techniques to restructure your thoughts and quiet the mind. All it takes is a willingness to do something different and making the intention to change.
Anxiety is caused by thoughts and judgements about what is happening. Events in one's life do not cause stress, it is the judgements about what is happening that cause the fear and worry. Catatrophizing is the "worse case scenario" thinking. It is amazing how quickly some people can go down this path and it can be hard to get out of this kind of thinking. Your mind develops neural pathways, like ruts, that cause depressing and worrying to be habitual. One can learn how to look at challenging situations and events as opportunities for growth and learning, which will result in more positive experiences and outcomes.
It is common to hear that folks have anxiety about their anxiety, they fear they are "crazy" because they feel crazy, and they usually think they are the only one who feels this way. A significant portion of my practice is working with clients who have anxiety and I have had great success with treating the people who were willing and eager to do their homework tasks.
Anxiety is caused by thoughts and judgements about what is happening. Events in one's life do not cause stress, it is the judgements about what is happening that cause the fear and worry. Catatrophizing is the "worse case scenario" thinking. It is amazing how quickly some people can go down this path and it can be hard to get out of this kind of thinking. Your mind develops neural pathways, like ruts, that cause depressing and worrying to be habitual. One can learn how to look at challenging situations and events as opportunities for growth and learning, which will result in more positive experiences and outcomes.
It is common to hear that folks have anxiety about their anxiety, they fear they are "crazy" because they feel crazy, and they usually think they are the only one who feels this way. A significant portion of my practice is working with clients who have anxiety and I have had great success with treating the people who were willing and eager to do their homework tasks.