Worry & Stress

Worry and Stress

Everyone gets worried from time to time but if your thinking keeps spiralling out of control and into chronic worrying it may be time to seek help.  Worry and stress can have different symptoms that affect both our bodies and our minds.

Do you find that you:

Jump to negative conclusions.

Spend time worrying or feel distracted at work or at home.

Try to predict the future but the outcome is never good.  For example someone at work mentions that the boss wants to see you and you immediately think “I’m in big trouble” or “I’m going to be fired”.

Think the worst? For example a family member is late home and you think he/she might be involved in a car crash.

Have a mind like a washing machine on spin-cycle with oodles of different thoughts, worries and ideas and you just can’t get them to stop.

Have a feeling of dread or unease and you don’t know why.

Have difficulty falling asleep at night or, once asleep, you wake in the middle of the night and spend hours trying to get back to sleep.

Feel tension in your shoulders, or get headaches or regularly get an upset tummy.

Cry or become annoyed very easily.

Have a ‘tight’ feeling in your chest.

Just not feel like yourself.

Solution

Therapy helps you to recognise your unique individual signs and symptoms of worry and stress and it teaches you how to regain control and stop yourself from worrying about things over which you have no control.

What Caroline Crotty can do for you

I can help you to understand what is happening for you physically and emotionally and help you to learn how to cope and to relax.  By learning how to regain control your mind and thoughts, you learn how to manage the worry and stress and ultimately control what is going on in your mind – so that if you have a negative thought you can quickly stop it and change it to a more logical and rational thought.  After therapy you will sleep better, feel more positive and confident because you will be in control.

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