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I am in doubt whether I have anxiety issues or not which needs medical consulation .is it better to consult any psychiatrist or is there any way I can ensure I can handle it myslef.I overthink each and every decision in my life and always find easy way to escape instead of facing problems.
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Hello Practo user, It is important that you consult a clinical psychologist to help you identify what you're going through and consequently, help you understand the issues that are causing the problem. They will also help you resolve these issues and manage your problems. The symptoms you have mentioned may or may not be indicative of an anxiety disorder and would require a proper diagnosis from a clinical psychologist. I would suggest you consult with a clinical psychologist soon and explore your problem to identify the condition.
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Structure your day, 20-30 minutes physical activity to enhance the mind-body energy balance, better social with peers and family members
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Hi. You can always have a consultation with variety of mental health professionals. You can consult anyone of them as per your understanding and choices. They will listen to you and let you know the problem and accordingly you can get help to deal with your challenges. Thank you
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Hi, Anxiety is a part of our life.  Anxiety can be helpful, but if it's beyond one's control, it can lead to stress. Sometimes we successfully handle the stress sometimes not. This is nothing wrong, no person in this world has been successfully handled all the stresses everyone needs help. Talking about these feelings and sharing the emotions can be very helpful
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Consult a mental health professional, in person ar via phone on video consultation you can contact me
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Tips to overcome Anxiety 1 Learn relaxation techniques like slow deep diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation technique 2. Practice yoga and meditation 3. Practice mindfulness 4. Regular physical exercise 5. Avoid excessive coffee and tea 6. Good balanced diet 7. Good night sleep 8. Quality family time 9. Good social network 10. Keep yourself occupied with work that you love All the best be happy 💐💐
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I understand your predicament and would like to make a few suggestions that might help you. I want you to know that with awareness of how the mind works and how thoughts are generated, you will get better at dealing with them. Today, the mind is fixated on something. Tomorrow it could be obsessed about another person/event/topic. Understanding the nature of the mind and how thoughts are generated will help you deal with them. The nature of the Mind, which in simple terms we experience as thoughts, is such that, it will keep shifting its focus from one object/topic/event to another. Ii always needs something to hold on to. Another important characteristic of the Mind is this - You will either have thoughts about the past or the future. This will keep alternating. Try thinking about the present moment - you will see that the Mind and 'Now' can never coexist. The Mind has 3 states in general. Sometimes, you may find yourself having very positive, inspiring thoughts. During other times, you may find yourself very emotional, or all charged for action. Whereas during other times, you may feel very lethargic, dull or lazy. These states will keep alternating. Having understood the nature of the mind, the first step towards mental health is to become aware of your thoughts. Learning to be an observer of your thoughts, learning to observe them from a distance like clouds passing in the sky. The next step is knowing that you have the power to choose which thought you wish to focus on and act on and exercising that power. With practice, you will have better mastery over this process. Having negative thoughts is something that plagues everybody from time to time. Trust me, even if everything was perfect, you will still find some shortcomings somewhere and brood about it. Tension or anxiety is a physiological response which is again part of being human. It is normal to have such thoughts about any situation. As mentioned above, with practice, you will learn to focus and entertain only those thoughts are healthy enough to be acted upon. Whenever you feel overwhelmed by thoughts, just bring your focus back to your breath and take a few relaxing breaths. You will automatically be able to focus on the task at hand and do what is required. Whatever you feed your mind through your sense organs will be replayed to you as thoughts. Be conscious of this. Take care of the content you feed your mind - the kind of books you read, the websites you visit, the kind of music you listen to, the kind of food you eat, the kind of company you keep ( "You are an average of five people you spend most of your time with" ) Ask yourself : Where would I like to see myself ten years from now? What should I do today to reach there ten years from now? What would I do if I knew I wouldn't fail? What would I do if I weren't afraid? No matter how impossible the answers might seem, I want you to know that you can and will make them possible. Take the first step. The rest will follow. A beautiful future awaits you. Take ownership of every time, take responsibility for it and confidently work towards your dreams and aspirations. One day you will thank these dark moments for being the fuel for your success. Exercise daily and make sure you eat healthy. Have faith in yourself. You are capable of dealing with this. You are going to do just fine. Take care.
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Thankyou for Sharing I appreciate that you are aware about your feelings and approaching guidance from Professionals, First of all calm yourself, believe in yourself first, take help from psychologist to understand your emotions. Yes you can always consult with any mental health professionals they all are there to help you in their best way.
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Hi, Need to understand whether you have anxiety or social anxiety. Your statements are either this or that. Handling by yourself is slightly difficult at this point as thoughts are unclear. You need help for sure.
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Recommend to visit psychologist
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Hi I suggest you to consult psychologist and start your therapy sessions. You can connect to me through this app for individual session.
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U can handle it yourself but with slight help from therapy. Consult with me or any psychologist for therapy and counseling online All the best
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Hello there! I appreciate your effort to come out and talk about your doubts. It really requires courage to confront them. Since you are going through a dilemma here it's suggestible that you seek a professional assistance. Once we get a better picture of what it is, we can work on to cut down your "over thinking" cycle.
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pen down the things mindfully which are bothering you and consult a psychologist to get a clear viewpoint of your current situation.
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Hi dear thanks for your approach and appreciate your courage to get clarity for your situation. Yes certain it is difficult to understand what anyone is going through, may be certain stress could lead to negative thoughts. More over you say not confident of facing challenges, fearful for most of the difficulty due to this you couldn't take decision. know the reason for Anxiety, purpose or about what is making you scared, professional or personal life issue?
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you can take the support of psychologist and get self clarity and guidance. 🙂
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however try to focus on positive side of life, hobbies, know your strengths to deal with stress, self introspection or working could help you lot to improve your confidence. take care.
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Hey ! Hope you are doing well! You can always speak with a psychologist before visiting a psychiatrist to understand it better . Here we would need to explore a bit more about your situation. Overthinking is a part of human nature but if it starts hampering your day to day tasks of if you notice any physical symptoms I.e. breathlessness , sweating etc that’s when you should not avoid speaking with a professional.
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To help yourself with overthinking- create a worry time! Let’s say everyday from 6pm to 6:15 pm is your worry time . Now allow yourself to worry about everything that has bothering you in this time . During the rest of the day you need to remind yourself that I will allow myself to think about my worries but in my fixed time and then do it in your worry time . See, you can’t stop your thoughts but you can divert them and worry time will help you to cope with overthinking and also you will be using your minimum energy on your overthinking . Another thing is write down your worries and allow yourself to worry during this time .
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You can always reach out to me to talk about your concerns and together we can work on exploring and formulating ways to cope with this situation. Stay safe !!
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Instead you can consult a Psychologist to understand yourself and your problems.. https://prac.to/hema-sampath-psychologist-dir You can reach me by using the above link to book an appointment.
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