While visiting a therapist can help you to improve your relationships with your significant other, family members, and friends, professional care is also advisable if you find that you’re struggling at work. A variety of issues can spell trouble in the workplace, leading to disciplinary problems, a lack of advancement, and even conflicts with co-workers and supervisors. If you explain some of these issues to a therapist, he or she will work with you to understand why you react in a certain way — and then develop strategies that you can use to better handle each situation as it arises.…
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When faced with adversity on top of trauma you suffered in the past, your autonomic nervous system (ANS), which includes the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system, along with your enteric nervous system, kick into action. All of these systems govern how your body will react to the current adversity. So the automatic nervous system governs whether you will take flight or outright put up a fight. It also governs the freeze instinct that could overtake you.…
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 18 percent of American adults suffer from anxiety, making it the most common mental health disorder. If you’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, or have been prone to anxiety and panic attacks in the past, you might be worried about how to deal with the symptoms during recovery. Don’t allow your anxiety to get in the way of your sobriety and instead, here are a few ways to deal with your symptoms and stay on track:…
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