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Anxiety is a normal human emotion that we all experience from time to time. It is our natural response to stress and potential danger — a mechanism that prompts us to act and helps us protect…
Zakažite konsultaciju →Anxiety disorders affect around 30% of adults at some point in their lives. Despite their high prevalence, they are among the most treatable mental disorders — most people notice significant improvement after just 8–12 sessions of CBT.
Anxiety manifests in different ways — each type has specific characteristics and requires a tailored approach
Panic attacks are sudden surges of intense fear accompanied by strong physical symptoms. A person may feel a racing heartbeat, difficulty breathing, chest pain, dizziness and a fear of dying or "going crazy". Panic disorder is diagnosed when a person has recurring panic attacks and develops a fear of new attacks.
Social anxiety, or social phobia, is characterized by an intense fear of social situations in which a person might be evaluated or judged by others. People with social anxiety often avoid public speaking, conversations with strangers, parties or any situation where they might be the center of attention.
GAD is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about various aspects of life — work, health, family, finances. People with GAD often expect the worst outcomes and find it hard to stop worrying even when they know the worry is excessive.
Phobias are intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations. Common phobias include the fear of flying (aviophobia), heights (acrophobia), enclosed spaces (claustrophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), snakes, or blood and injections.
How anxiety manifests
Racing heartbeat, difficulty breathing, sweating, trembling and muscle tension. Dizziness, nausea and sleep problems are also common.
Constant worry, catastrophic thinking and difficulty concentrating. Overestimating danger and underestimating one's own ability to cope.
Avoiding situations that trigger anxiety, safety behaviors, constantly seeking reassurance and withdrawing from social activities.
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Zakažite konsultaciju→Three key approaches in the treatment of anxiety
Identifying automatic negative thoughts, recognizing cognitive errors such as catastrophizing and mind reading, and developing more realistic and balanced ways of thinking.
Gradually facing frightening situations through exposure, eliminating safety behaviors, behavioral experiments and relaxation techniques.
For each anxiety disorder there is a tailored approach — from interoceptive exposure for panic, through video feedback for social anxiety, to graded exposure for phobias.
For each anxiety disorder there is a tailored, empirically supported approach
Interoceptive exposure and cognitive restructuring — we learn to understand the bodily sensations of panic as harmless and change catastrophic interpretations of physical signals.
Video feedback, exposure and elimination of safety behaviors — we use recordings to correct a distorted self-image and gradually enter social situations without avoidance.
Uncertainty tolerance training and work on worry — we develop the ability to tolerate uncertainty without the need for constant control and predicting the worst outcomes.
Graded in vivo exposure — systematic and gradual confrontation with the feared object in real life, starting from milder situations toward more intense ones.
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Zakažite konsultaciju→Seek help if anxiety significantly affects your work, relationships or daily life, or if you avoid important activities because of fear.
If the anxiety lasts longer than six months, if you experience panic attacks, or if you have physical symptoms with no medical explanation.
If you use alcohol or medication to calm yourself down, that is a clear signal that it is time for professional support.
Panic attacks controlled my life — I avoided driving, crowds, even going to the store. After 10 sessions of CBT, I drive again and live normally.— Client, panic disorder
I could never have imagined giving a presentation without fear. Through gradual exposure and work on my thoughts, I now do it every week at work.— Client, social anxiety
For years I endured panic attacks. I learned to recognize and stop the spiral of anxious thoughts before they escalated into panic.— Client, 8 sessions of CBT
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