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Anxiety Triggers: What’s Stressing You Out?

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Anxiety can develop as a result of built-up anxiousness of nervousness held within the body. When a person experiences an upsetting event, the feeling of it can become trapped within the tissues of the body. We feel our issues within our tissues. Therefore, it’s important to become aware of the thoughts and feelings that might be anxiety triggers for you.

 

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Stress causes pressure to alert us that we need to tend to the body, mind, emotions. The presence of stress is meant to get our attention to let us know that there is something out of balance. Besides, excess stress and anxiety, within the body, must be dealt with or else it could lead to more serious health problems. 

Left unchecked, stress may lead to anxiety. Moreover, anxiety feels extremely stressful and also it’s fear-based. 

 

You’re worried that something bad might happen in the future. Or you’re afraid that a terrible thing from your past might pop up and haunt you again. 

 

With anxiety, your mind is usually focused on some situation other than the present moment. It’s hard to concentrate on today because your mind goes back to the past problems, or stays worried about future events.

When you can’t get your mind to settle down and you keep worrying over a period of time, anxiety can begin to take root. Anxiety is a sense of danger or impending doom coming at you. 

It gives you a feeling of helplessness and powerlessness which is why you are bound to worrying about things. Indeed, anxiety makes you feel like a victim because you don’t believe that you can deal with whatever comes up in life. It makes you want to retreat and run away rather than deal with the issues at hand.

 

 

The Effects of Anxiety

Anxiety can literally cripple you. Prolonged anxiousness can bring on excruciating tension, stress, tightness and constriction causing the body to experience chronic pains. So, this is why it’s vital to deal with anxiety as soon as you recognize its symptoms.

You may feel the urge to resist dealing with the negative feelings that are underneath anxiety. Yet, these emotions must be acknowledged or they might manifest as some kind of illness or ailment that is sure to get your attention. 

Your mind is designed to protect you and warn you of potential danger. But, the problem with anxiety is that your brain is constantly working overtime 24/7 to keep you on guard of any potential threat. This gives no rest to your body. It causes your body and mind to feel overworked and fatigued every day, all day long.

When you feel overly anxious, not believing that you can make it out of a tough situation, anxiety may begin to form as a disorder. As a result, it makes you doubt being able to handle every circumstance that comes your way. Even the simplest things, like going to a small meeting, can seem too overwhelming for you.

 

 

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Your mind is constantly busy serving up dreadful scenarios and your brain won’t let you rest even for one minute. So, any number of things can become anxiety triggers depending on your emotional, social, financial, spiritual and physical tolerance levels.

  • financial problems
  • relationship issues
  • social gatherings
  • lack of sleep
  • work or career problems
  • inadequate nutrition
  • being under intense pressure
  • sickness or ailments
  • feeling exhausted 
  • being unemployed
  • cluttered spaces
  • homelessness

 

Nervousness takes up a tremendous amount of energy. It makes your body feel like it’s drained of energy. Your brain is overly active with worries and negative emotions seem to be fighting you all time. Consequently, your body constantly feels extremely tired and fatigued.

 

 

How Panic and Anxiety are Closely Related

Anxiety can go on a downward spiral into full blown panic. Panic is a gut-wrenching sense of losing control. Imagine running down the street with your hair on fire. That’s what panic feels like. 

Being in a state of panic is the absolute feeling of total devastation. You feel that you are no longer in charge of a situation and your emotions are out of whack. You’ve exceeded your emotional capacity when you are panicking. You may even experience parts of yourself shutting down in order to try to cope with being panicked. 

With anxiety, it is very hard to relax because you feel so “on edge” all of the time. Though you try, you can’t stop yourself from imagining the worst outcomes. 

Your brain continuously delivers to you different scenarios that you have to be prepared for. Your mind can’t even give you one moment of peace because once you solve one problem, it’s on to the next one. Here comes the next potential threat barging in to get your attention. It’s so exhausting.

Anxiety leaves you feeling breathless like you’re gasping for air and it’s hard to breathe. Your mind keeps screaming at you to watch out for all kinds of potential dangers. You feel as if you’re at the end of your rope….just barely holding on.

 

 

Anxiety Coaching with Sarah to Overcome Anxiety Triggers

Back when I first began dealing with my own anxiety and depression, I was avoiding many unpleasant people and situations. I thought that I was better off dealing with my struggles on my own. I knew that I would figure my way out eventually and I felt more comfortable going through it that way. 

Yet, as I began to heal emotionally, I learned that I would have to find some healthy ways to face the challenges that I’d been avoiding.

As I’ve journeyed my way to recovery, I began deep studies into mental health and re-fueled my purpose to helping others through my story.

Soon after, I became a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and EFT Practitioner possessing many skills, healing modalities and tools to overcome anxiety triggers.

I bring a client-centered, “tough love” coaching style where I can guarantee you the anxiety relief results you’re seeking.  I will help you to uncover your subconscious self-sabotaging habits, break through the mind chatter of your “inner critic,” guide you through setting and reaching healthy lifestyle goals and hold you accountable to your values.

Reach out to me for my proven anxiety coaching packages at THE SARAH METHOD.    

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Anxiety Relief Options in Australia: Why Avoidance is More Harmful to Depression and Anxiety

Anxiety Relief Options in Australia: Why Avoidance is More Harmful to Depression and Anxiety

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The gut-wrenching dread of going through yet another panicky situation…. You can already feel yourself sweating, heart racing and breaths quickening. If you could get out of the situation you would. Just the thought of it is almost too much to bear. 

 

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So, you avoid making that phone call where you know you’ll have to deal with that difficult person. You skip going to the gym because you still feel fat and you don’t want to feel socially awkward. Instead of enrolling in the course that could lead to a job promotion, you avoid it because you don’t want to have to participate in the group activities that are a part of the course. 

What I’m talking about here is called avoidance. It’s extremely common to want to avoid things that you think may cause you pain (like public speaking). But, the problem with avoidance is that it causes the underlying anxiety to worsen.   

 

 

What You Need to Know About Anxiety and Avoidance

When you don’t deal with the existing anxious thoughts and feelings that are causing avoidance, it makes your anxiety act up even more. Anxious feelings are your body’s warning system to let you know that something is off balance. 

If you ignore those signals, your body will go into overdrive attempting to strongly alert you to the imbalances. This is why it’s more harmful to avoid dealing with things rather than facing them. You see, the problem won’t go away just because you are choosing to ignore it. It will simply find another way to get your attention. Consequently, physical ailments, illnesses and diseases may show up in your body to get your attention.  

What happens when you have been in a state of avoidance is that the issue will become even harder to deal with. In the beginning, you may have been afraid to be on the upper level of a tall building. So, then you begin to avoid being in any kind of multi-level building (even if it’s a store or an apartment that you need to get to). 

Over time, you will even become afraid to be in any type of similar building, even if it’s only a one-level building. If any building even somewhat resembles the tall building that you avoided (even though it’s at ground level in reality), it will cause you to feel panic and anxiousness.

 

Anxiety Avoidance Negatively Affects Your Brain

With avoidance, your mind will begin to believe that you can’t handle the particular circumstance that you’ve been avoiding. In this way, avoidance only reinforces negative and depressing feelings that you don’t want to feel. Believing that you can’t deal with certain pressures will lower your self-confidence and increase your anxiety. 

We humans are driven by either pleasure or pain. If we believe that something will be good for us or be pleasurable, it can motivate us to move towards that thing. However, when we fear that something will be hurtful or painful, it can make us want to stay away from it and avoid it.

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Anxiety is when you are either fearing an event or situation that has happened in the past, or you are worried about something that might happen in the future. To be anxious means that you’re not living in the present moment because your mind is plagued with worrisome thoughts about the past or future.  Anxiousness takes your mind away from being in the here and now since it causes you to feel a sense of impending doom or danger. So, avoidance is attempting to get away from the uncomfortable feelings of anxiousness or nervousness.   

 

Ways that People With Anxiety Avoid Things (Avoidance)

Avoidance can be an indicator of anxiety, depression or PTSD. One component of avoidance is feeling that you won’t be able to control your emotions if something bad happens. So, you tell yourself that you have to avoid it in order to stay safe.   

 

Here are some signs that you might be in a state of avoidance:

  • Staying away from any scary or stressful situation
  • Keeping very busy and distracted so you won’t think about problems
  • Not going to social gatherings for fear of being awkward
  • Avoiding large crowds of people because it feels overwhelming
  • Refusing to go to important meetings where there will be difficult people
  • Staying indoors inside the house for fear of the “world out there”
  • Minimizing an issue or refusing to think about the problem

 

How to Regulate Your Anxiety So You Can Deal

Here are several ways that you can get a handle on your anxious emotions, so that you’re not tempted to get into avoidance:  

 

Write About It

Journaling or writing about the feelings or situations you’ve been avoiding can help you to find a sense of control over that issue. On one side of the paper make a list of every fear, problem or worry you have about that issue. 

On the other side of the page, list out all of the positive things that could happen. Go line by line and cross out all of the negative things. Then circle all of the positive things you listed. 

Next, on the bottom of the page or on the backside of the paper, write a list of all the things that you actually do want to happen. Finally, underline each of the good things that you are now intending. 

Doing this simple process begins to retrain your mind to have more optimistic expectations of future situations. As you focus more of your energy into the good things that you actually want, instead of the bad things you’re fearing, you’ll begin to attract more of the good things to yourself.   

 

Focused Visualization

Forming a mental vision of a situation going well for you can help you to bring about the circumstances to make it happen. You may want to find a quiet place, close your eyes and relax for a few minutes. 

Bring to mind a time when something was very upsetting or distressing to you. Compare that to a similar situation that was easier to handle than you initially thought.

Now, remember another time when a situation was challenging (yet you were able to cope and get through it).  What exactly did you do in that situation to get through it? Visualize it in your mind and relive it like you’re watching a movie screen.

By doing this visualization exercise, you are training your brain to remember, reinforce and focus on your ability to cope with stressful situations. Day by day, repeat this visualization as many times as possible until you feel more able to handle the thing that you were originally avoiding.  

 

Call for Backup Support

Ask a friend, counsellor or mental health professional to help you through the thing that you are fearing. Even though you might be feeling worried, anxious or depressed, you don’t have to face it alone.

If you are afraid to be in large crowds, find someone to help you get over that fear. Maybe you are worried about feeling awkward in social settings. If so, then ask a more confident friend to go with you to an event. If you’re in fear of leaving your house (because the outside world feels scary), ask a trained therapist, to help you with exposure therapy, to decrease your fears and help you to feel safer going outdoors again.  

 

Anxiety Relief Options in Australia: Coaching with Sarah

Back when I first began dealing with my own anxiety and depression, I was avoiding many unpleasant people and situations. I thought that I was better off dealing with my struggles on my own. I knew that I would figure my way out eventually and I felt more comfortable going through it that way. 

Yet, as I began to heal emotionally, I learned that I would have to find some healthy ways to face the challenges that I’d been avoiding.

As I’ve journeyed my way to recovery, I began deep studies into mental health and re-fueled my purpose to helping others through my story.

Soon after, I became a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and EFT Practitioner possessing many skills, healing modalities and anxiety relief options in australia.  

I bring a client-centered, “tough love” coaching style where I can guarantee you the anxiety relief results you’re seeking.  I will help you to uncover your subconscious self-sabotaging habits, break through the mind chatter of your “inner critic,” guide you through setting and reaching healthy lifestyle goals and hold you accountable to your values.

Reach out to me for my proven anxiety coaching packages at THE SARAH METHOD.    

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How to Get Help for Depression and Anxiety

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You know that feeling when you just know that something bad is going to happen at any moment? That’s when you should be thinking about how to get help for depression and anxiety. You’re on edge, feeling antsy and you can’t sit still. You’re waiting for “the other shoe to drop,” or you’re waiting for “the bottom to fall out.” 

You don’t know what it is or where it’s coming from. But, you feel it. It’s an impending doom…. 

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An unshakable feeling of dread and it feels like it’s sucking the life right out you. What I’m describing is called anxiety. 

It’s normal to experience stress from everyday thoughts and situations. That kind of ordinary stress usually passes with a bit of time. But, when stress becomes extremely overwhelming, it can lead to anxiety disorder. 

Anxiety is an intense persistent fear that sweeps over your body and can make life feel unbearable. When you feel anxiety, there’s an inner panic going on inside of your body. You may begin sweating, trembling, breathing rapidly or even feeling physically tired. 

An indicator that anxiety has become a disease is when it interrupts your daily living. If your day-to-day life is consumed by trying to avoid situations where you might feel panic or intense stress, then you have anxiety. 

Avoidance is a very common tactic to get away from dealing with uncomfortably anxious feelings. But, the problem with avoiding the feelings of anxiety is that they will definitely magnify and get worse. 

Stress is a part of your body’s natural warning system to keep you safe. If you try to shut that down, your body will only scream louder at you in other ways. It will be like a super-loud alarm blaring at you until you listen. If you don’t deal with anxiety, in the early stages, it can cause persistent tensions, strains and chronic pains in your body. 

 

12 Signs You Might Have Anxiety

You may have any one of or several of these symptoms if you have anxiety: 

  • inability to think or concentrate on anything but your fears
  • the sense of impending danger coming upon you
  • constantly worrying about something
  • nausea or problems with digestion
  • rapid breathing (hyperventilation)
  • feeling tense, nervous or restless
  • sweating, shaking or trembling
  • panicked feelings or thoughts
  • hot and cold bodily flashes
  • tightness in the chest area
  • feeling tired or weak
  • increased heart rate

 

Knowing Anxiety and Depression Symptoms

Depression is a more severe form of anxiety. When anxiety remains present for too long or goes untreated, it can cause a person to go into a depressive state. Sufferers of depression may experience hopelessness, loss of interest in hobbies or activities and social self-isolation.

A deep sense of sadness, irritability or emptiness can all be indicators of depression. Depression is not just a sad feeling that comes and goes. Depressive episodes could last for the entire day and can continue for several days, weeks and months.

Did you know? Right now someone is searching on how to get help for depression and anxiety. About 3.3 million people are currently living with anxiety, 2.1 million people are dealing with depression and around 5.7% of Australians have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within the last 12 months (The Australian Bureau of Statistics). 

 

 

7 Signs You Have Depression

You may have any one of or several of these symptoms if you have depression:

  •  excessive guilt or low self-worth 
  • hopelessness and helplessness about the future
  • thoughts about dying or suicidal thoughts
  • inability to concentrate on anything
  • changes in weight or appetite
  • low in energy, tired or weak
  • disrupted sleep patterns

 

 

Anxiety Relief: Self-Treatment for Anxiety

Here are five simple ways of how to get anxiety relief when you’re feeling anxious, tense or stressed out:

 

Get Active and Eat Healthier. Bouts of anxiety can be combated by regular physical exercise. A healthy diet consisting of many organic foods such as: fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes can help to minimize the symptoms of anxiety and depression. You may want to avoid or limit your intake of caffeine, alcohol and tobacco too.

Find Community. Joining an anxiety support group can help you to feel less isolated and alone in the world. You might find that you feel just a bit better sharing your anxiety struggles with others who understand what you’re going through.

Self-Compassion. Give yourself permission to mess up. Mistakes are a part of learning and failure is a part of life. Extend the same courtesy to yourself that you would give to a friend. Be willing to get it all wrong, forgive yourself and try again later.

Calm Your Thoughts. By now, you’ve probably already heard that meditation can greatly help with anxiety and depression. So that’s most likely not a surprise to you. But, have you actually tried meditating yet?

Meditation can stop your thoughts from making you feel panicked to making you feel more calmer and in control of your mind. Just five minutes of meditation every day can help to soothe your nervous system and calm your anxiety.

Talk to Someone. Reach out to a person you trust and say that you need help dealing with your anxiety. It could be a counselor, coach, friend or psychologist or doctor. Just find someone who can help you with your anxious feelings. 

 

 

How to Get Help for Depression and Anxiety

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 She created a free course that targets anxiety, phobias and chronic pains and can treat them naturally and effectively within 7 days. Coach Sarah’s anxiety relief course comes with 7 proven anxiety coping strategies to help her students to easily achieve anxiety relief and mental calmness. 

 

 

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About the Author: Trauma Coach Sarah

Having conquered the 911 US Pentagon terrorist attacks, escaping an abusive marriage then re-building her own self-esteem after divorce (twice), side-stepping several betrayals, rescuing her own house from foreclosure, surviving bankruptcy and making it successfully through the pains of motherhood, Sarah A. Israel is a true survivor.

“Rather than allow my extremely tumultuous life struggles to bring me down, I’ve masterfully conquered and used them as fuel to carry me forward towards a calling of helping others to get through their traumas.”

~Sarah A. Israel, Trauma Recovery Coach and Clinical Emotional EFT Practitioner. 

 

 

How to Get Help for Depression and Anxiety

Coach Sarah is the founder and facilitator of the ‘Breathe Easy Trauma Recovery Group’ in Melbourne, Australia. She actively hosts this community group of individuals (who are experiencing anxiety, depression, chronic pains and traumas) by guiding people to holistic healing therapies. 

 

 

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Sarah A. Israel is a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach through The Centre for Healing in Melbourne, Australia. Coach Sarah is trained in and is a practitioner of Clinical Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and has completed the ‘Abuse Awareness and Response Training’ through Alpha Academy.

Trauma Recovery Coach, Sarah A. Israel is currently studying for her Diploma in Mental Health and holds a ‘Be There Certificate” by Born This Way Foundation which means she is expertly trained to assist people dealing with mental health issues.

In her leisure time, Sarah enjoys spending time at the beach with her adorable son. She loves to do art sculptures and paint vibrant artwork. Sarah also enjoys cooking delicious ‘soul food’ meals in her cozy home.