{"id":170,"date":"2016-01-04T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2023-07-06T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:15:36","slug":"anxiety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wellness-topics\/anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Anxiety describes a range of symptoms and types of disorders that often include:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Can happen to anyone at any time<\/li>\n<li>Excessive worrying or apprehension<\/li>\n<li>Restlessness and\/or muscle tension<\/li>\n<li>Fear and\/or a panic response to something<\/li>\n<li>Feeling overwhelmed, threatened, and\/or unsafe<\/li>\n<li>Can be related to a variety of situations, issues or medical conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please note: if these symptoms are severe or an ongoing concern, consult your doctor or nurse practitioner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Anxiety effects:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One\u2019s ability to concentrate<\/li>\n<li>Energy levels and ability to sleep or stay awake<\/li>\n<li>Daily living and one\u2019s ability to enjoy life<\/li>\n<li>Ability to go to class or work<\/li>\n<li>Ability to make friends or maintain relationships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contributing factors to Anxiety are:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stressful situations (sometimes these appear to be minor)<\/li>\n<li>Loss\/change<\/li>\n<li>Low self esteem\/low self confidence<\/li>\n<li>Childhood\/Adult emotional, physical and\/or sexual abuse<\/li>\n<li>Trauma<\/li>\n<li>Substance use and abuse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What you can do:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk about it<\/li>\n<li>Know you are not alone<\/li>\n<li>Consult with your health care professional<\/li>\n<li>Remind yourself that healing takes time<\/li>\n<li>Develop a wellness plan (you can do this with your counsellor):\n<ul>\n<li>Physical self-care (exercise; nutrition; sleep; reduce alcohol, drugs, caffeine)<\/li>\n<li>Lifestyle habits (routines, goals; stress reduction; relaxation)<\/li>\n<li>Emotional self-care (feeling your feelings; self forgiveness; professional help)<\/li>\n<li>Social Support (friends; family; colleagues)<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual connection (prayer; meditation; community; find purpose and meaning)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Counselling Services at Brandon University<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/counselingcenter.illinois.edu\/\">Counseling Center at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anxiety describes a range of symptoms and types of disorders that often include: Can happen to anyone at any time Excessive worrying or apprehension Restlessness and\/or muscle tension Fear and\/or a panic response to something Feeling overwhelmed, threatened, and\/or unsafe Can be related to a variety of situations, issues or medical conditions Please note: if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316,"parent":105,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/578"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/personal-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}