{"id":416,"date":"2022-10-10T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:45:39","slug":"anxiety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"416\" class=\"elementor elementor-416\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1bb5d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1bb5d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e37eca9\" data-id=\"e37eca9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4e0fb2 elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"b4e0fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-nav-menu.min.css\">\t\t\t<nav migration_allowed=\"1\" migrated=\"0\" role=\"navigation\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-vertical e--pointer-none\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-b4e0fb2\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/trauma-complex-trauma\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Trauma &#038; 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Abuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-65\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/couples-counselling\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Marital and Couples Counselling<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-64\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/depression-anxiety\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Depression<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-427\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/anxiety\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Anxiety<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-63\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/separation-and-divorce\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Separation and Divorce<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-72\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aislingpsychology.ca\/areas-of-treatment\/stress-burnout\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Stress Management and Reduction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb1e8ba\" data-id=\"fb1e8ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf6b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acf6b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ANXIETY<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa1b695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa1b695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Some degree of fear and anxiety are not just \u2018normal\u2019 they\u2019re essential, alerting us to and steering us away from danger. But, when fear and anxiety become pervasive or unrealistically heightened, they can with every area of our lived and have negative consequences for our physical health.<\/p><p><br \/><strong>Approximately 12% of Canadians will experience an anxiety disorder during any given year, and 25% will experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Sufferers most often recognize the illogic of their responses but nonetheless experience them as real, cognitively, emotionally, and physiologically.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80e2127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80e2127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">There are different types of anxiety disorder :<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d923063 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d923063\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Generalized Anxiety Disorder<\/strong><\/span> is a persistent pattern of excessive and unproductive worry often resulting in muscle tension, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, sleep disturbances, and irritability.<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Specific Phobias<\/strong><\/span> are excessive fears of particular objects ,situations or activities. Phobic responses can be elicited by almost anything, but most commonly by such thing as , heights, closed spaces, flying, animals, blood. etc.<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Social Phobia<\/strong><\/span> is a pattern of extreme and debilitating shyness. Those with social phobia typically worry that they will be judged negatively or will look foolish and be humiliated.<\/li><li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Panic Disorder<\/span><\/strong> involves recurrent unanticipated attacks of intense anxiety. Sufferers may fear that they are dying and experience physical symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, abdominal distress, numbness, tingling, or faintness.<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Obsessions<\/strong> <\/span>are persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are intrusive and cause marked anxiety or distress. Sufferers may try to ignore or suppress them or to counteract them with other thoughts or actions (compulsions).<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Compulsions<\/strong> <\/span>are repetitive behaviours (Such as washing, checking, or placing things in a particular order.) or mental acts (Such as praying, counting or repeating words).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b706874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b706874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fortunately, anxiety disorders respond extremely well to treatment in the form of counseling, alone or in combination with medication.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANXIETY Some degree of fear and anxiety are not just \u2018normal\u2019 they\u2019re essential, alerting us to and steering us away from danger. 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