Anxiety is a state of existing disconnected from our own inner strength.
We feel that we are caught at the mercy of external conditions and this can manifest in many ways, including obsessive, compulsive and addictive behaviour, withdrawal from life, apathy and aggression.
The truth is that all of these various manifestations are only ways to cope with the feeling that we are alone, vulnerable, helpless, stuck.
But this state of suffering is conditional on our continual engagement with the inner factors which support it.
If we simply believe our thoughts which tell us that we are helpless and follow down the same tracks of coping, which we already know to be unhealthy, then things will stay the same and our feelings will be reinforced.
The alternative path is to come home to our bodies, grounded in the safety and solidity of our physical nature and to stay with the emotion, the pain, the despair and to embrace and take care of it, rather than continuing to push it away.
Our pain is like a baby, which only cries louder when we attempt to close the door on her.
When we can embrace our baby, then she will gradually settle and we can let go of our running and discover a sense of solidity and power, that comes from the courage of staying and also empowers us also to move through our lives with presence and purpose.
Counselling can help us to understand how we came to feel this way and to develop some compassion for ourselves and psycho-education and coaching can help us to learn to take care of ourselves and make progress in life that solidifies the conditions of health.
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