Anxiety Disorders

• Increased heart rate
• Rapid breathing (hyperventilation)
• Feeling nervous, restless, or tense
• Feeling impending doom, panic, or danger
• Feeling tired or irritable
• Feeling like your life is out of control
• Trouble sleeping
• Trouble concentrating
• Dilated and widened pupils
• Gastrointestinal (GI) problems
• Sweating and trembling
• Excessive worry

Sometimes the bodily systems that control anxiety get out of whack. When this happens, the brain becomes more sensitive to perceived danger, either real or imagined. The brain sends signals to the body suggesting there are lions, when in fact there are none.

If you are someone who seems to be anxious more often than other people you know, if your logical brain tells you it is extreme to worry so much about a particular topic but your body consistently experiences any of the above symptoms when you encounter or even think about said topic, you might have what is called an anxiety disorder. In short, this is a fancy term for your brain’s tendency to imagine lions that aren’t there, putting you on high alert. The subject that triggers your anxious response is what professionals use to categorize the type of mental disorder you have.

The stress of constantly living with imaginary lions takes its toll physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It can severely impact an individual's ability to cope and live a normal, healthy life. The tragedy is that 75% of people with anxiety suffer silently(3). Some think they can manage the lions on their own. Others don’t want their loved ones, co-workers, and friends to know they are struggling. Many don’t know how to filter through the massive amounts of research and resources. Many fail to recruit a lion tamer (mental health professional or mind coach). For these reasons and more, anxiety blows a massive victory on society, individually and collectively. 

This doesn’t have to be.

Here at Psycophi, we want you to recognize the lions medical professionals call anxiety disorders. We want you to respond in scientifically proven and helpful ways. We want you to optimize your life to live who you are capable of being, not who you currently are when you’re surrounded by untamed lions.  

First, let's name it to tame it. Medical professionals have categorized common patterns of anxiety dysregulation into varying disorders. Here is a snapshot of the most common anxiety disorders. Only a trained professional can give you an official diagnosis, but as you know your own triggers best, this list may give you insight into what type of disorder you may have.

The first stage of healing comes by recognizing your anxiety disorder symptoms and learning more about your very normal condition. So congratulations for initiating Stage 1: Recognize – The Brain Lions Edition. But what you are probably thinking is, “What the heck can I do about it? I am sick of living with anxiety. My body is tired and worn out. I just want to get better. I want to live a fulfilling life that isn’t hindered by anxiety.” Welcome to Stage 2 here at Psycophi - Responding to Anxiety. 

Dealing with anxiety is multifactorial. In other words, there are many ways to go about it. There are medication options, lifestyle modification options, professional assistance options. With so many options and so much information, it is enough to make non-anxious people anxious and anxious people severely impaired.

Psycophi | Mental Health Solutions is dedicated to simplifying this complex and rather daunting mental health journey into bitesize steps that are scientifically proven to improve your anxiety.

We know it can take months to get an appointment with a psychiatrist, a doctor who treats anxiety and other mental health conditions, or to set up counseling with a psychologist, a therapist who coaches you to cope with your stresses. Part of our mission is to slide into that space of time when you are waiting for professional care but still suffering from the weight of your mental health burdens. We specialize in teaching you lifestyle modifications you can start implementing TODAY so you can take back command of your life and not have to wait another moment. 

Some of the best natural ways to reduce anxiety is by changing the way you sleep, eat, move, and breathe. It may seem simple, but we believe small steps lead to big results. When you take the links to each of these pages on our site, you will learn how all the little daily habits you make can either strengthen or weaken your mental capacity to cope.