Understanding Anxiety

Anxiety is often a signal that core emotions like anger and sadness need to be expressed.

Doctor Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) states: “The cause of anxiety may be related to the belief that one’s sense of self is worthless, the belief and thinking that you have a low sense of self-worth, or that your value isn’t high”. 

According to Dr. Michael Dadson, “Anxiety is a natural response to stress or repeated exposure stress or to a stressful incident.” Anxiety can also be accompanied by symptoms of depression or avoidance. Types of anxiety disorders include: generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobias, and agoraphobia.

Dr Dadson, also relays, “Anxiety disorders often involve excessive feelings or fear and anxiousness that are unnecessary or unwarranted."

                 Doctor Michael Dadson's counselling videos on anxiety and depression.

Psychology Today, notes, "Anxiety is miserable. And most people reach for a pill or push it away to reduce it. But if we think of anxiety as a signal or as the tip of an iceberg, we can take steps to more permanently ease it. Anxiety tells us deep biological programs called core emotions have been triggered out of conscious awareness. These core emotions are designed by evolution to be felt and expressed. When we push them away, we feel anxiety."

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