Anxiety Treatment
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

What is Anxiety?

For many, occasional anxiety symptoms are common and typically brief, not causing significant problems. However, when anxiety symptoms are persistent and severe, getting in the way of you living life and causing extreme distress, that may indicate an anxiety disorder.

People with anxiety disorders may experience constant anxiety or intense episodes (sometimes without clear triggers), leading them to avoid daily activities, even things they might love to do, to prevent these feelings. Even if they recognize their fears as irrational, it’s a struggle to control it and move forward.

Common characteristics of anxiety disorders are excessive and irrational fear, strong apprehension, and difficulty managing daily tasks. Symptoms include:

• Cognitive: Anxious thoughts (e.g., “I’m losing control”), predictions (e.g., “I’ll humiliate myself”), and beliefs (e.g., “Only weak people get anxious”).

• Behavioral: Avoidance of feared situations (e.g., driving) and activities that elicit anxiety-like sensations (e.g., exercise), subtle avoidances (e.g., talking more to distract), and safety behaviors (e.g., always carrying a cell phone).

• Physical: Excessive reactions such as heart racing and shortness of breath, often mistaken for physical illnesses like heart attacks.