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Effective Treatment for Anxiety ďLJ,ĞůĞŶDĂǁƐŽŶ͕^Đ,ŽŶƐ͕/ƉD͕d͕h<͕<&ZW Contact me for more information I have clinics in Ledbury and Corse, Gloucestershire Contact me on: T: 01531 579 035 M: 07904 457 075 or email me at helen@complete-balance. co.uk You can also find out more information and article on my brand-new website: www.complete-balance. co.uk Newsletter Sign up for my newsletter via my website in order to receive health information and promotional offers. 68 Overview Most people will experience some sort of anxiety at some point in their lives and this condition can vary from severe to less severe with a whole host of symptoms included. be different when the anxiety has been present for longer. I want to share some tools and techniques that you can start using immediately to help you reduce anxiety and stress in your life and become calmer and more balanced. r
Depression What is anxiety? The body responds to a stressor by interpreting it as a threat, when we feel threatened our nervous system responds to this by flooding our bodies with stress hormones including adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones get the body revved up to take flight or to stay and fight. This response is a primitive one hard-wired into our nervous system and for most of us, this response is firing a lot of the time. The result of this is that our bodies are being flooded with stress hormones on a regular basis which can cause a whole host of problems including anxiety. Symptoms of anxiety We all respond differently to stress, trauma or threatening situations so our symptoms will also differ. The symptoms experienced will also Some common symptoms of anxiety may include: r
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Communication problems How I work with anxiety I will often use a combination of the therapies that I practice in order to treat anxiety and its symptoms. The Bowen Technique, for example, has several procedures that are very effective in helping the body recover from anxiety. Often the trauma of a stressful event is locked into the body at a cellular level which might be causing the anxiety. Bowen seems to work well to release these memories and patterns that can be causing problems, sometimes even years after the trigger. I may also offer advice and test clients for specific remedies and nutritional supplements that could help with the symptoms that they are To advertise call 01684 833715 or email: [email protected]