Anxiety and Stress

Stress is caused by a number of factors. The most common is over stretching ourselves or having unrealistic expectations either put on us by others or that we put on ourselves. Stress can manifest itself in a number of ways including anxiety and depression. Taking time to identify the cause of the stress and sometimes a different way of working with it is one way to help relieve this.

Anxiety, which is often caused by stresses, can be crippling and terrifying. Every person has a certain level of anxiety and this is essential for us to get things done and stay safe. Anxiety becomes an issue when it over takes and runs away from us.

Anxiety is often based in the future. Working with a counsellor on the cause of the anxiety and coping strategies for dealing with the anxiety is one of the best ways to get it under control and back to a "normal"