Sometimes anxiety can be helpful because it is a typical stress response. Keeping an eye out for potential threats can remind us to prepare and pay attention – though an anxiety disorder is different.
Anxiety disorder is an extreme fear of the future even though there are no threats. You might feel anxious without a specific reason. When you are scared, your body steps into flight or fight mode, which causes your heart to beat faster, sending more blood to your muscles; you breathe heavier, and your muscles tense up for movement. And sometimes, it causes you to lose consciousness.
People struggling with anxiety disorder have difficulty finishing their daily tasks without having an attack. In most cases, it affects their job, daily lives, and relationship with others. While anxiety disorders are challenging to deal with, it is curable.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness. And cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a very widely accepted treatment for these conditions. CBT targets finding workable answers to an individual’s anxiety-related triggers and symptoms. Because thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected, CBT recognizes that altering one will affect others.
The main goal of CBT sessions is to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to interrupt and alter harmful or distressing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to their anxiety disorder.
CBT can treat anxiety disorders like generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobias, and social anxiety disorder. Here are the techniques CBT uses in treating anxiety disorders:
- Cognitive Restructuring or Reframing
- Thought Challenging
- Behavioral Activation
- Journaling
- Behavioral Experiments
- Relaxation Techniques
Where to Get Help in Dallas, Texas?
Mallard Lake Detox Center in Texas is a luxury rehab facility that offers dual diagnosis disorder education groups, psychotherapy group sessions, cognitive behavioral therapy, etc., in our Residential Treatment Program.
We will guide and help you heal from your anxiety disorder.
If you have more questions about CBT— call us.