Psychological Counselling

I have been experiencing nightmares almost every night for the past year. They usually involve being chased, losing someone, or other frightening situations. I often wake up suddenly with a racing heart and feeling scared. The nightmares are affecting my sleep quality and leaving me tired during the day. I would like to know what could be causing these recurring nightmares, whether this could be related to anxiety, stress, or another sleep disorder, and what treatment or therapy options are available.

Need some coping strategies to deal with health anxiety please. It's present almost everyday . Just a weird body sensation in the morning triggers it, like I have tinnitus from last 10 years . Sometimes it gets too loud. Got checked from ent...all clear. Get muscle aches after workout, which again puts my mind at doubt that it is something worse.

Hi please help me to overcome some issues. I always have fear, anxiety about health, to stay alone in home( sometimes I can stay 50:50). I feel always my head weight, blurry eyes n stupid headache with dizziness n always in worry. Literally I am not living my life fully n daily house hold work become stressful n at night while sleeping I feel very good because of no work n no tension is tr as it's time to sleep. I am very much sick of these overthinking n at that time my head goes some kind of pain , weight n I open a bit of eyes for headache . If my friends ask for get together, events n any special days I feel exhausted thinking of how I go n how I manage till the time I reach to that point I feel all these symptoms n after that I am perfectly normal n felt like that was me dealing with all. Please help me what is it n why it is happening n solution for this

Two week or days before my periods, i get this sense of dread, rage, anxiety, loneliness, and fear. Once the bleeding starts i am myself again. Is this PMS or pmdd? Please advise.

Hello, I'm an exam aspirant facing a severe nervous system collapse due to a trauma bond with a female friend. I was just prescribed Escitalopram & Desvenlafaxine by a psychiatrist for panic/somatic symptoms. I cannot afford paid therapy right now, so I need a specific, practical tool, not generic advice. ​My core issues: ​Cognitive Dissonance: I feel extreme, irrational "pity" and guilt towards her, keeping me mentally trapped. ​The Trap: Absolute No Contact is impossible. She visits my house regularly and interacts with my family. ​"Freeze" Response: When she is at my house, I freeze. I am terrified of getting close, but paralyzed by guilt to walk away. I surrender my boundaries. ​Please give me a specific CBT technique/grounding exercise to: A) Kill this irrational pity instantly. B) Break my freeze response and maintain emotional neutrality (Grey Rock) when she is present.

I wake up in the middle of the night despite having slept on time. Even if I sleep late, I still end up waking up in the middle of the night. When I finally wake up in the morning, my jaw is clenched, like I do it in my sleep. I've been going through this issue for well over a year now. I'm scared.

I am a 20-year-old college student experiencing cognitive and emotional difficulties for around 7 years. I have severe brain fog on most days, with poor concentration, memory, critical thinking and decision-making. Even small amounts of work can cause cognitive overload, and I quickly become anxious, frustrated and impulsive when I cannot complete something. I also feel emotionally numb. I rarely experience happiness or sadness strongly anymore, and I struggle to understand or express my emotions. I have become increasingly absent-minded, irritable and unable to tolerate pressure. I often live moment-to-moment and struggle to plan for the future. I feel as though I have been stuck in “survival mode” for years, but I do not want to self-diagnose. I would like to understand whether this could be related to chronic stress, anxiety, sleep, nutritional/hormonal issues, depression, or another medical/psychological condition. I cannot afford regular counselling, so I am seeking suggestion

I had IBS digestive distress lose stools and sometimes normal with anxiety still I have when periods approach its worst .. that anxiety has made my life upside down very worst panic attacks anxiety I had and still fear has not gone away .. when fear comes feeling like something bad is going to happen to me feeling like going to hospital again and again for checkup why is it so why fear comes again and again cannot keep my mind free feeling scared to walk alone too thinking that something will happen to me now cannot go along cannot stay carrying with me petril md and amitone 10mg with gastric tablets along with me wherever I go I m taking stop IBS tablets also with shelcal hd and dv 60uprise

Title: Can a psychologist tell how many therapy sessions a patient will need? If a patient comes to a psychologist with a specific problem, after taking a detailed history and understanding the problem, can the psychologist usually estimate approximately how many therapy sessions might be needed? For example, can they say something like “This may take around 4 to 6 sessions”, or is it generally impossible to predict because it depends on how the patient responds to treatment? Or it's not right to ask such questions. I wanna calculate cost total I’m interested in hearing from psychologists/therapists about how this works in actual clinical practice.

Sometime 8 months back while me and my family of wife and small kid, were on a road journey, We met with a major accident due to my mistake. Gods grace, we got saved without any major bruises. However even now I am not able to come out of that trauma. While my family has moved on, I can't forget the incident and I still getting flashes of that incident . I keep thinking what if something had happened to anyone of us or being fatal. I would have lived my entire life in this guilt. Even now I get depressed by all this thoughts. What can I do to come out of this conditions and start forgetting this incident.