ANXIETY

Anxiety is characterized by worry, fear, and apprehension. It can include physical feelings like heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, stomachaches, headaches, increases in blood pressure, sweating, pupil dilation. Anxiety can bring on a sense of dread, panic, and chills.

The fact that the source of anxiety is unclear is what distinguishes it from fear. While anxiety can be triggered by an obviously fearful event or memory, the intensity of the feelings is considered beyond an average fearful reaction. Anxiety may be a signal that some area of a person's mental and emotional life is, or was, overburdened.

Growth through Dynamic therapy helps people become familiar with how their minds and bodies react to anxiety. They learn through experience how to better protect themselves from the damaging affects of anxiety. They may also learn a great deal about their personal sources of anxiety. Mental and emotional growth can transform the experience of anxiety into a source of strength and self-knowledge.