Panic attacks and phobias

These can happen or develop when anxiety, and the resulting bodily symptoms, becomes so overwhelming and unbearable, that you feel you will become ill if we don’t remove yourself from the situation immediately.

Although this helps in the short term, the management of anxiety is never learnt, so these particular situations have to be avoided in the future, however inconvenient or limiting this may be.

A therapist can help you understand what is happening in your body and how this links to your feelings. They can teach you techniques to calm your anxiety and help you to gradually learn to face the feared situations.