Don’t talk about it

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/could-talking-anxiety-make-worse/
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What’s more, several recent studies suggest that anxiety isn’t always rooted in a traumatic past, but may be a quirk of certain brain structures.  ‘We hear a lot about why talking is the best thing for mental health,’ says psychologist and anxiety specialist Dr Zoubida Guernina. ‘But with anxiety, there are so many powerful emotions, it’s very hard to process them through just talking.’

The ideal treatment, she adds, ‘helps the client to face the fear, to become much more proactive and find solutions for themselves.’