What happens when negative thinking seems to be taking up too much of your thoughts? A powerful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tool to treat depression is recognizing what and when an unhelpful thinking habit is happening and challenging it. Unhelpful Thoughts can be so automatic they hide in plain sight. So what are negative thoughts and what can you do about...[ read more ]
Running late, forgetting a deadline, losing your phone- stress for sure. Worrying constantly about these things happening, feeling out of sorts, always on edge- this is Anxiety. Our bodies respond physically, emotionally and cognitively when these things happen. The sympathetic nervous system releases stress hormones which lead to a fight, flight, freeze or attend response. This response revs us up...[ read more ]
