Generalized Anxiety (GAD)

Do you spend a lot of time worrying about the same things in your life over and over? Overthinking starts to feel out of control and you start to worry about worrying so much. 

Worrying is normal and we all do it from time to time. It is future focused and generally starts with a ‘what if….’ question. Worrying aims to help you to solve potential future problems. Normal worry results in us taking an action to solve the problem and we no longer need to dwell on it.

Excessive worrying however is persistent, distressing and feels uncontrollable. It takes up a lot of space in your brain and keeps you feeling anxious and on edge. This is exhausting and it prevents you from engaging fully and wholeheartedly in in life.

Generalized anxiety is means that there are certain things that you worry about over and over, such as finances, relationships, your performance at work and so on. You might notice that you catastrophize about the these situations, constantly going over in your head the worst case scenarios. It can be really hard to get out of a worry episode, your head feels full and there is no space for the joyful things in life.

At Suaimhneas Cork CBT Therapy and Mindfulness, we will help you to develop your CBT therapy and Mindfulness skills so that you longer need to feel stuck in the vicious cycle of worrying, overthinking and anxiety.