Heather Quamme Counseling

12/20/2022

Holiday Stress
Anxiety over the holidays is a familiar feeling for many. One way to manage is challenging your thoughts and reframing your worries to reduce your stress. First try to identify what you are worrying about. Then look at this worry from multiple perspectives. Try to reprioritize so that the worry does not have as much power over you. Next restructure your thoughts. It may even help to give yourself a break and relax before you go back to try to resolve the issue and overcome the challenges you are facing. Be it simply undercooking your turkey, driving on the winter roads or managing all the struggling relationships over the holidays take the time you need to manage your anxious feelings. Anxiety can build and make the holidays stressful. If your stress is overwhelming please contact a healthcare professional who can work with you to build a support plan.

12/20/2022

11/21/2022

If depression or anxiety are getting in the way doing the things you or someone you know want to do then it is important to get help. Talk to your doctor or nurse practitioner to look at how to get help. Often our first reaction is to avoid connecting with others but this feeling is often a symptom the mental illness. Talk to someone who can help you.

11/03/2022

WHAT IS ANXIETY? Taken from anxietycanada.com
Anxiety is our body’s reaction to perceived danger or important events. It can be like an internal alarm system that alerts us to danger and helps our body prepare to deal with stress. Anxiety triggers something called the “fight-flight-freeze” response (F3). This has helped our ancestors survive throughout history. Sometimes when we experience a lot of stress our body goes into in a constant state of this fight-flight-freeze response then anxiety can impact our ability to function in our day to day life. Anxiety may be a problem if it; it happens a lot, causes you distress and stops you from doing the things you like to do. If you or someone you know is struggling with anxiety talk to your doctor on how to get help. There are many effective treatments and techniques to manage anxiety.