Are you avoiding some aspect of your life? Are there activities that you wish you could just ‘jump into’ but something keeps you firmly tied to your comfort zone. Anxiety or fear is a necessary part of being human, it helps keep you safe, it’s like your own internal ‘smoke detector’. Like the ‘smoke detector,’ it is only as good as its sensor and batteries. If your sensor is too sensitive, your brain fires and warns you even when there is no risk or danger, kind of like that smoke detector firing when you just burnt toast. Psychotherapy, specifically cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), can provide strong lifetime tools strategies and reframing techniques to support relief from the symptoms of problematic anxiety.
