Life Changes according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Divorce, marriage, new baby, betrayals, relationship trauma

• New job, burnout, lost job, new school, move

Social Anxiety according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Fear or stress about social situations

• Worried people will notice that you are acting nervous and judge you for it

• Avoiding social situations

Generalized Anxiety according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Excessive worrying about several things (school, work, performance, events)

• Restlessness, muscle tension, difficulty concentrating

• Irritability, being on edge

Panic Attacks according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Rapid heartbeat/pounding heart

• Feeling short of breath/unable to breath

• Sweating

• Trembling/shaking

• Feeling dizzy, hot or cold

• Fear of losing control or dying

Acute Stress Disorder according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Directly experiencing a traumatic event/witnessing that event happening to others

• Recurrent, involuntary, intrusive memories/dreams of the distressing memory/trauma

• Negative mood

• Feeling like you are in a daze

• Avoiding people, places, or situations that remind you or could remind you of the trauma

• Sleep disturbances

• Hypervigilance 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Experiencing/witnessing a traumatic event

• Flashbacks/dreams of the event

• Change in mood, hypervigilance, angry outbursts, irritability, depression, isolation

• Inability to remember aspects of the event

• Persistent exaggerated negative beliefs about yourself, others, or the world (“I am bad,” “I cannot trust,” “The whole world is dangerous,” “My nervous system is ruined”)

Separation Anxiety according to your therapist in Sugar Land:

• Excessive distress when thinking about leaving home or a loved one. Or  stress when separated from home or loved ones.

• Persistent or excessive worrying about losing a loved one or possible harm or death of a loved one.

• Persistent worry about getting lost, kidnapped, or having an accident. Worrying about contracting an illness that would force you to be separated from a loved one.