It’s possible to suffer from anxiety and not even realise it!

It’s very easy to mistake the symptoms of anxiety for the symptoms of a physical illness. Anxiety can have many causes - among these can be stress due to work, time pressures, money worries and relationship problems. The things that cause or provoke anxiety are called ‘triggers.’ Knowing what these triggers are, and how we react to them, is one of the first steps in helping us overcome anxiety.

While panic and anxiety can arise suddenly, there are often signs such as an event, a memory, an emotion or a thought that comes just before anxiety or panic.

These memories, feelings or thoughts often happen so fast that we miss them. We need to slow down and pay close attention to what is happening to us so we can find out more about our ‘triggers.’

When we begin to understand what causes our symptoms, we take a step closer to overcoming them.