Identifying your negative emotions Use the checklist below to identify which negative emotions you need to Tackle the work of releasing your emotions in small manageable steps.

Neither of these lists is in any particular order, because each individual will have their own ideas about what they might find easiest and hardest. my mother has told me I was an unsettled baby and I think I was quite an anxious child. Look at possible solutions. There are a few physical illnesses whose symptoms are just like Anxiety so you need to make sure that youre not suffering from one of those. If you feel yourself slipping back into Anxiety, then take action to stop the slide. The full version of s story is available from No Panic, see Apdix 2 for contact details. Catching a glimpse of the cooker may set off thoughts about checking the gas, or walking towards a restaurant may set off the thoughts that lead to a panic attack, but the first thing you may normally be aware of is the adrenalin surge of Anxiety. Once you have found a belief that seems to be important, examine how you feel about it at the moment. Humanistic - including person-centred counselling, gestalt therapy and many others. This is a REAL disorder and should be respected as such. If you are housebound, ask for a home visit. But the story isnt finished yet. Look at a cartoon of a spider. Exercise Read through the four personality types and decide which ones your Anxiety has enlisted to help. It leaves behind fears, worries, and exhaustion. CBT is offered within the NHS by clinical psychologists or specially trained CBT therapists. Depression is not just a case of feeling low, or of needing to cheer yourself up. Perhaps the first time you had a panic attack a helpful person called an ambulance, thinking you were having a heart attack. After all, someone who has been in hospital for a while, or who has been living abroad, would have to cope with the same changes. Think back to the time before you had Anxiety.