Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety can feel paralyzing.

Fear is a normal part of our human experience, and anxiety is a natural response to stressful situations. It keeps us away from high cliffs and dangerous animals and has helped us survive and evolve through evolution.

Feeling nervous about a job presentation or an exam in school can enhance our performance by keeping us on our toes and helping us prepare for it.

But when that anxiousness affects your breathing, relationships, life choices, and daily living, it is time to get help. Persistent anxiety can impact you physically and emotionally. Feeling anxious to the point of having increased blood pressure, sleepless nights, constant worrying, and on-guard waiting for something terrible to happen are symptoms that go beyond basic anxiousness.

Low energy, sadness, and lack of interest are not who you are.

It’s hard to remember what it is like to feel joy and happiness or have a genuine smile.

Things that used to be fun feel dull, and there seems to be less energy to do the basics every day. You are tired and stay in your pajamas on weekends, sometimes all day. You are resting, but you don’t feel rested.

Your sleep may be disturbed, and your weight may even change. You seem like a shadow of the person you used to be. It’s hard to care about others or your job when your battery is five percent.

These are signs of depression.

Depression is tricky, and it takes you over slowly.

It makes you lose insight and forget that things used to be different.

Emptiness is the best way to explain how you feel. All hope seems lost, causing you to feel a sense of helplessness.

Those pleasures you once had seem meaningless now, and sometimes staying in bed seems better than facing another day.

Suffering in silence isn’t the answer.

Whether you are dealing with persistent anxiety, depression, or both, I can help you understand and overcome.

It is OK to say that you are not well and need support. Therapy can make a world of difference.

We will talk through your life story so that I can get a sense of whether your anxiety or depression is recent or caused by something that happened so long ago that you can’t remember if things were ever any better.

Once we understand the underlying causes of your anxiety or depression, we will devise ways to help you respond differently, allowing you to gain a more positive outlook.

Therapy can help you regain your self-esteem. Let’s talk and figure out where things went wrong and what you need to do to live without misery.