When I sit with my clients something that I often hear is “I’m not sure if this is anxiety or if this is stress due to my circumstances.” The question is, how do we know if we have anxiety or if we are struggling with a stressful situation.
Trauma refers to a range of negative experiences that result from physical or psychological harm, or the threat of harm, to oneself or to those we love.
Traumatic experiences have a profound impact on our emotional and physiological responses of the body, leading to symptoms such as anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, avoidance, and self-sabotaging behaviors.
