| Your fear and anxiety may be controlling your life. | | | | thinking. Your therapist will help you identify irrational |
| Anxiety is very real to sufferers. Some people even | | | | thought and negativism. You question your thoughts |
| become home bound and do not desire to go out | | | | and beliefs and test there reality. |
| among people. They sometimes do not have any | | | | GAD sufferers need to replace the negative feelings |
| specific fears they are just afraid of losing control | | | | with positive ones. |
| somehow. | | | | You can work on your distortions with your therapist. |
| These could be symptoms of (GAD) Generalized | | | | Challenge the negative thoughts with positive |
| Anxiety Disorder. If you are very worried and | | | | thoughts. Cognitive behavioral therapy usually includes |
| anxious about everyday things you may have GAD. | | | | some homework for your fear and anxiety. It takes |
| A little anxiety is good for us it makes us it makes us | | | | a while to break down a lifetime of negative |
| more productive. But anxiety that shuts you off | | | | thoughts. Cognitive therapy includes getting in tune |
| from the rest of the world is not normal. | | | | with your body, know what anxiety feels like. Learn |
| There is treatment for this disorder. The most | | | | coping skills and relaxation to avoid anxiety. Confront |
| common is cognitive behavioral health anxiety | | | | your fears. |
| therapy. In cognitive therapy the irrational thoughts | | | | Find activities you enjoy to distract yourself from the |
| and negative thinking are replaced with happy | | | | feelings. GAD is a mental health diagnosis and should |
| positive thoughts. With GAD they perceive things as | | | | be treated by mental health practitioners and a |
| being more dangerous than they are. | | | | psychiatrist. |
| The second step is to challenge your negative | | | | |