We are taking some time to explore anxiety in the context of relationships and what those who experience anxiety can do to help their relationships thrive and what those who love and care for a person struggling with anxiety can do to support them.

The exact connection between brain fog and anxiety is a bit challenging to define, but there are multiple aspects of the anxiety experience that may contribute to the occurrence of brain fog.

Avoidance connected with anxiety responses can take on many forms. While it may reduce distress in the short term, avoidant responses, over time, can make matters worse.

Perfectionism is not always associated with high achievement or success. Perfectionism can be an attribute of anxiety that can impede function, create barriers to success, and steal joy from the person experiencing it.

So can your fatigue be a part of your anxiety experience? Learn more about how anxiety may be impacting your energy levels and what you can do to help.

Sleep. It is necessary for life, and yet, for so many people, a quality night’s sleep seems so incredibly hard to attain. Read more to understand insomnia as an aspect of anxiety.

People-pleasing can be an aspect of a compassionate, and kind personality trait, but, when not combined with boundaries, value for self, or fueled by anxious energy, it can actually be quite uncomfortable and harmful.

The patterns of indecision can take on many forms. But understanding indecision as a function of anxiety can help us know how to move forward.

Learn more about patterns of codependency and how they play out in families and relationships .

Learn more about avoidant behaviors and how it fits into the patterns of codependency.

Learn more about control and how it fits into the patterns of codependency.

Learn more about compliance as a learned survival response and how it fits into the patterns of codependency.

Learn more about low self esteem as a defense mechanism and how it fits into the patterns of codependency.

Learn more about denial patterns as the first element of codependency.

In this series, we will discuss how one becomes codependent, the negative impacts of codependency on persons and relationships, and the different characteristics of codependency.

EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization reprocessing and is a widely used therapeutic intervention for anxiety, trauma. and some other common mental health disorders.  Learn more about EMDR as an anxiety treatment.

DBT stands for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and is a widely used therapeutic intervention for anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and some other common mental health disorders.  Learn more about DBT.

CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is one of the most widely used therapy interventions for anxiety, depression, and some other common mental health disorders.  Learn more about CBT.

Anxiety in children can be tricky to identify. Read more to an overview of anxiety in children to understand the prevalence, symptoms, and treatment expectations for childhood anxiety.

“Brain fog” is a term for the common cognitive impairments that many suffering from anxiety face. Take a deeper dive into understanding brain fog and how it connects with commonly occurring anxiety responses.