Anxiety Issues
...and how to heal
Do you have underlying anxiety issues that are challenging you? Underlying anxiety can severely impact healthy relationships and increases the chances of us having relationship anxiety. Anxiety can act as a barrier to vulnerability and intimacy. We are fearful of judgement causing emotional distancing - we misinterpret our partner's behaviour as critical. Sometimes we don't realise that we have underlying anxiety and that this is impacting our relationship. Working through underlying anxiety sets the foundation for sustainable, healthy relationships.
What sits behind relationship anxiety?
There are many underlying anxiety-related issues that can significantly impact our ability to connect, trust, and thrive in relationships. We may appear to get angry, avoidant, prickly or get overwhelmed for no reason. We are often confused by our behaviour ourself. This impacts our relationships. These anxiety issues include:
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Social anxiety: the fear of judgment, rejection, or embarrassment in social situations that can greatly hinder relationship development.
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Depression: overwhelming feelings of sadness or hopelessness that can drain emotional resilience. Often the caused is anxiety related.
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Panic attacks: which includes sudden waves of intense fear or scary sensations that can arise without warning
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Addictive behaviours, such as emotional eating, drinking, shopping, gambling or phone scrolling are all used to create distance and cope with anxiety, often at the expense of relationships
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Phobias: phobias relating to relationship include an intense fear of falling in love, a fear of marriage, fear of sex or commitment. All phobias can limit daily functioning and confidence
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Intrusive thoughts: unwanted, distressing thoughts that can create feelings of guilt or fear can heavily impact relationships
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Trauma: perhaps we have had a past abusive partner or suffered narcissistic abuse and perhaps our partner's innocuous mannerism transports us back to a past relationship.
Why do I need to address underlying anxiety issues?
Reduces
Hyper Sensitivity
Underlying anxiety can make us hypersensitive to criticism and overwhelmed. Resolving the anxiety means you give the relationship more time and focus giving it the best chance.
Reduce Compounded Stress
Issues such as depression or phobias add to the stress load of the relationship. Addressing the root cause means there is more time for the relationship and creating intimacy.
Objective
Perceptions
We can project our fears onto our partner misinterpreting support or neutral actions as rejection. Resolving anxiety issues helps create healthier self perceptions.
Breaks
Addictions
Many addictions such as alcohol or SSRI use or binge eating are aways of escaping the anxiety. Breaking the destructive cycle allows you to build sustainable relationships.
Need help with panic attacks?
TOP TIP
Having other life stresses or an underlying anxiety issues disorder, such as GAD, social anxiety or depression puts other strains on the relationship. This gets interwoven with relationships and can be flung into dark places you or into panic iYou can listen to my Panic Audio (it's a free download) when you are having a panic attack to help yourself calm down and reset.
Unlock your
relationship resilience
I offer specialist support to help you understand and overcome your underlying anxiety issues so that you can move forward with confidence in your relationships. Let’s work together to build the emotional resilience you need to unlock a future filled with harmony, trust, and connection.
