Anxiety and Squirrels

In this article I’ve got a short video for you. It’s about anxiety and how a squirrel reminded me about a particular aspect of it.

While I was out on my run around Ely the other morning, I had a little encounter with a squirrel. It was a beautiful Autumn morning and I was running through Ely Country Park. All of a sudden there was a whole cacophony of noise and rustling and commotion going on next to me. I didn’t know what was going on!

When faced with a sudden disturbance, it’s no surprise that your mind and body hone in on it and prepare you for action. In the absence of knowing what is going on and what is going to happen, you want to be ready to do something if you need to. These moments can happen now and again. There’s some uncertainty or confusion. You take in a breath, your heart speeds up a bit and you can feel that little bit of adrenaline go through you.

And sometimes when I’m working with people for anxiety in Ely, they tell me how draining, limiting and exhausting their anxiety is. All that overthinking and tension tires you out. It can interfere with your daily life. The little moments of this that come and go aren’t the problem with anxiety. It’s when that spiral of anxious thoughts and feelings seems to go on and on. You think the worst, feel anxious sensations and probably turn to avoiding things.

I’m often asked by an anxiety client about how they can switch off their anxiety and never experience it again. Some tell me they never want to have anxiety, worry or fear about anything ever again, full stop.

Help For Anxiety in Ely and Newmarket

Anxiety feels unpleasant. It can affect every aspect of your life. If you’ve been battling with anxiety then you just want it to end so you can feel better.

Given how we are designed to respond to threats, it would be unhelpful to try and switch off all anxiety and fear. If you were faced with an actual threat then you want to be primed to respond quickly to keep yourself safe. That is helpful.

What you need to be able to do is to bring down unwanted anxiety if it rises and to overcome unnecessary anxiety from your life. If you know logically that you are safe then your anxious response has been firing off too much and seeking to over protect you from a perceived threat that it doesn’t actually need to keep you safe from.

Anxiety takes control over your thoughts and feelings. You can feel like you are just thrown from one anxious thought to the next.

When I work with my clients, my goal is to help them to be able to take back control over their thoughts and feelings. You want to start feeling better and experience less and less anxiety. And if there is an unwanted thought or an unnecessary feeling, then you need to know how to cut it off before it grows and spirals.

Have a watch of my video by clicking on this image – it’s worth watching if only for my impression of a squirrel:

Squirrels aside, anxiety is unpleasant and uncomfortable.

If you are struggling with those anxious thoughts and feelings then do get in touch. We’ll meet for a free consultation and talk through what you are currently experiencing and how you want to be thinking and feeling. And I’ll answer any questions you may have before deciding to go ahead. We can soon have you back feeling more calm, confident and in control over your thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions.

To your health and happiness, 

Dan Regan

Anxiety Therapist in Ely & Newmarket

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