28/01/2025
1. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Looks like:
Persistent & excessive worry about aspects of life (work, health, relationships)
Prone to ruminate.
Mindfulness helps you stay present, rather than getting lost in the cycle of worry about the past or the future.
2. Control Anxiety
Looks Like:
A need for control over situations & outcomes
Difficulty tolerating uncertainty
Mindfulness teaches acceptance and the ability to tolerate uncertainty.
3. Social Anxiety
Looks like:
An impulse to avoid social situations for fear of being compared, criticised or judged, shamed or embarrassed.
Mindfulness helps by reducing the focus on negative self-judgment, encouraging presence & self-compassion
4. Fear of Intimacy
Looks like:
Anxiety about forming close, intimate relationships
Fear of vulnerability & being hurt
Mindfulness helps you to stay present in your relationships and fosters a sense of safety and trust within yourself, so connection becomes safer.
5. Health Anxiety, Hypochondria
Looks like:
Excessive worry about having or developing a serious illness
Frequent checking of symptoms and seeking medical reassurance
Mindfulness helps you observe your thoughts and sensations without jumping to worst case scenario thoughts or conclusions.
6. Phobia Related Anxiety
Fear of an activity or thing, like a fear of dogs or spider, flying or heights.
Becoming panicked when faced with it.
Mindfulness regulates the nervous system and quell the survival instinct that perceives the danger.
7. Performance Anxiety
Racing Thoughts like “What if I fail?”
or “I’m not good enough” accompanied with feelings of self-doubt & low self worth.
The fear of being criticised or judged harshly makes it hard to concentrate and give your best.
Mindfulness calms both body & mind so you can focus and take action.
8. Attachment Anxiety
Looks like:
Fear of abandonment or exclusion.
Feelings of not being loved or loveable.
Mindfulness helps calm the conditioned attachment style and create internal resources of love & safety to rewire the brain.
