As mentioned in the last weeks’ posts, there are several views of the cause of anxiety which have different implications for how to treat anxiety. In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. Psychodynamic therapy views anxiety as symptoms of stress and strong…
The posts of last weeks have been about our relationship pattern which affects our ability to take care of and calm our emotions as well as impacts our self-worth. This connection is to a large extent based on childhood experiences which also impacts our expectations of to what degree we can depend on and…
As mentioned in the last weeks’ posts, there are several views of the cause of anxiety which have different implications for how to treat anxiety. In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. Psychodynamic therapy views anxiety as symptoms of stress…
As mentioned in the last weeks’ posts, there are several views of the cause of anxiety which have different implications for how to treat anxiety. In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. There is another school of thought that views…
Here continues a summary of my posts on how to recover as quickly as possible from stress and exhaustion. In my daily work with people who have sought help for problems with stress and fatigue, I have been able to distinguish 3 building blocks in stress management: 1) Regulate your stress level, se techniques in…
Last week’s posts was about the similarities between sense of coherence and the serenity prayer. I will continue with inspirational quotes. Steve Jobs, who was one of the founders of Apple, made a famous speech to the graduating students of Stanford in 2005. The speech reminds us of our limited time on…
Last week’s post was about different possible causes for anxiety. In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts about the fear of experiencing different kinds of real or perceived dangers. There is another school of thought that views anxiety as symptoms of stress and strong mixed…
Last weeks’ posts have been about anxiety provoking thoughts and how these can be handled to reduce experienced suffering through different techniques. These techniques are used in cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT. In this view anxiety is triggered by the fear of experiencing different kinds of perceived dangers at the moment or in the near future…
Today’s post concludes the posts on Antonovsky’s concept Sense of Coherence. What determines whether stress will be harmful or not is whether or not the stress violates our sense of coherence. The sense of coherence is the extent to which one has a pervasive, enduring and dynamic feeling of confidence that stressful situations…
Cognitive distortions, also called thought traps, are anxiety inducing thought patterns. They are ways of thinking that seem true but are in fact not reasonable, realistic or relevant to the situation. Noticing when we are using thought traps and countering them is an important part of CBT-exercises, which also can reduce symptoms of anxiety. Here…