Anxiety and Depression

When you think of your mental health, do you think of…

Relentless anxiety keeping you awake at night?

Depression sapping your energy?

A lack of purpose and motivation slogging your most important decisions and relationships?

When you suffer from anxiety or depression, life feels like a never-ending struggle.

Anxiety makes you live life “on overload.”

It interferes with concentrating and functioning effectively at work or school.

Fear, procrastination, and avoidance keep you from accomplishing your goals.

The constant nervousness and overthinking prevent you from relaxing and enjoying time with family and friends. Sadly, you can’t just “be in the moment” because you know these moments will never come again.

You also know that holding onto this stress will eventually take a toll on your body: headaches, trembling, muscle twitches, stomach issues…

… not to mention the restorative sleep. NOT!! Waking up at 2:00 AM, ruminating… you just can’t shut off your overactive brain. The lack of sleep accumulates, and one day’s sluggishness runs into the next day’s exhaustion.

Then, there’s the panic – your racing heart and that tight band around your chest. You now know this isn’t a heart attack, but it’s a pretty convincing near-death experience. And when’s this going to happen again? When you’re driving? You start to fear the fear and avoid situations you used to handle with ease. The cycle continues… relentlessly.

You wish you could dial down the energy, dig a hole, and sit in it – quit the world for a while. But you can’t.

And then, there’s the dark void of depression.

It’s a constant weight on your chest, bringing you down everywhere.

Even when you hear something positive at work, it lands flat because you still feel worthless.

You feel lonely when you see other couples and families laughing and enjoying their lives in a way you can’t.

You feel like a bad parent because you can’t take care of the kids when you can’t take care of yourself. Not brushing your teeth, wearing the same clothes, not caring how your hair looks… you’re living life in the shadows.

So, you put on a mask to get by. When others laugh, you fake a smile. But inside, you feel like a failure as a person, family member, and friend.

You might even wonder, “What’s the point of going on?”

These feelings probably started after something painful in your life.

Maybe you felt you needed to regain control, and the anxiety took over.

Maybe the feelings overwhelmed you, and you just shut down.

Either way, you were trying to cope with it.

Coping with what life throws our way shouldn’t rule our lives, especially when it works against us. Anxiety can become a bully, and depression can turn into a 1,000-pound gorilla holding us down.

There are ways to turn this around.

Suffering doesn’t have to rule anymore. You can choose a different way of showing up in your world.

Flight attendants tell us to put on our oxygen mask before helping others with theirs. Let me give you permission to do this and show you how it’s done. Self-care isn’t selfish; it’s survival.

You and those around you deserve the best version of you.

It’s been long enough. Call me today for your free consultation: (832) 510-0373.