ECED 13- MY PERSONAL THERAPY
ANXIETY THERAPY

INTRODUCTION
Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental health disorder.People with an anxiety disorder are more likely than other people to have depression.Ask anyone to define anxiety and you will quickly realize there is no shortage of examples that people can provide. However, you may be surprised to learn that although anxiety is a very common human experience, the descriptions that people provide are quite varied,

and unique to each person. Anxiety is a human emotion that everyone experiences, but as we will soon see, this emotion is not experienced by everyone in the same way.
Anxiety is a normal response to a threat or to Psychological stress and is experienced occasionally by everyone.
  
VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE

We all know what anxiety feels like. Our heart pounds before a big presentation or a tough exam. We get butterflies in our stomach during a blind date. We worry and fret over family problems or feel jittery at the prospect of asking the boss for a raise. However, if worries and fears are preventing you from living your life the way you'd like to, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder. The good news is, there are many anxiety treatments and self-help strategies that can help you reduce your anxiety symptoms and take back control of your life. 

METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

• Exercise

Exercise is a natural stress buster and anxiety reliever. Research shows that as little as 30 minutes of exercise three to five times a week can provide significant anxiety relief. To achieve the maximum benefit, aim for at least an hour of aerobic exercise on most days.

• Relaxation techniques

When practiced regularly, relaxation techniques such as mindfulness meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, controlled breathing, and visualization can reduce anxiety and increase feelings of relaxation and emotional well-being.

• Biofeedback

Using sensors that measure specific physiological functions—such as heart rate, breathing, and muscle tension—biofeedback teaches you to recognize the body’s anxiety response and learn how to control them using relaxation techniques.


GOALS OF THE THERAPY
Imagine what your life would be like if...a life without chronic depression/anxiety means that you do not fall back into the abyss. Your days are filled with much more intimacy and positivity, towards yourself, your co-workers, your loved ones, and just life in general.Depressed and anxious states may come, but you have learned to let them go (this happens because you've learned the skill of not fighting your emotions). You spot the warning flags much sooner than you used to. You know more thoroughly what these flags are signaling, and know what to do in order to avoid the danger.This change means that you have learned the strange fact that depression/anxiety can be accepted without animosity, and that when you do accept, and don't struggle, you actually are able to prevent spiraling down. You don't get sucked in anymore, and all that energy that used to go towards fighting the whirlpools of depression/anxiety, now go into creativity, work, and loving others. Which makes life feel a lot more worth living. This is the goal of anxiety therapy that life becomes full of feeling and meaning, you are energized and actually enjoy the people around you.


FUNCTIONS OF THE THERAPY
They find it hard to be awesome, peaceful and composed at many of these functions.Sigmund Freud, the Austrian physician who founded the highly influential theory and treatment method called psychoanalysis distinguished three types of anxiety: reality, neurotic, and superego or moral. Reality anxiety is fear of real and possible dangers in the outside world. Neurotic anxiety is fear of being punished by society for losing control of one's instincts, for instance by eating large amounts of food very rapidly, or openly expressing sexual desire. Moral or superego anxiety is fear of negative self-evaluation from the conscience or superego. The anxiety may be felt as guilt, and those with strong superegos may feel guilt or anxiety when they do (or even think of doing) something they were raised to believe was wrong. In Freudian theory, anxiety functions to warn individuals of impending danger, and it signals the ego to take actions to avoid or cope with the potential danger.