Wendy. Periodically.

We are diving into the ever cheery topic of death. Don’t run away! This will be useful to you. We therapists love to talk about death with our clients. Seriously. We can’t get enough of it. Why? As Kahlil Gibran stated in The Prophet, “Life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” You know what else is one? Anxiety and death. Death gets around. Shhh…don’t tell Life.

When we are anxious we are diving into a primal fear of loss of control and the fear of not existing. When a stimulus triggers us, a part of us shows up to warn us that something is off and might be threatening us, to the point of death. We don’t need anxiety in everyday life, yet many carry it around like a cup of coffee (P.S. don’t drink caffeine if you have an anxiety disorder). We therapists have to help our clients understand the difference between life threatening situations and everyday situations. We need to help you learn how to take a breath a calm yourself down while digging into existential issues and possible past traumas. When we do what we do best, and you do the mental work, we can help you live life more fully rather than fearing death and loss of control on the daily. For further discussion on this topic, please contact me.