Stress / Anxiety

Stress comes in many different guises. There’s the kind when you experience an inner conflict between what you should be doing and what you'd rather be doing, such as not smoking and desperately wanting a cigarette. There’s the tension that comes from fearing the unexpected or the inevitable, like worrying about looming deadlines or how you can meet next month’s mortgage payment. And there’s the frustration that comes from not being able to achieve what you want, such as getting people like subordinates and teenage daughters to do what you want.

Whichever, you’ll most likely experience prolonged tension which changes your physiological state. Your body may also release chemicals like adrenalin, originally designed to help you fight or flee from predators. But in this modern ‘sit-at-your-desk’ age, they have nowhere to go. So they linger around in your bloodstream where they can be physically damaging and add further to the feeling of helplessness.

The long-term effects of stress can be dangerous, and in extreme cases can lead to severe physical illnesses.

The best way to deal with stress is to relax. But in your changed physiological state, and with the chemicals in your bloodstream, this isn’t always so easy.

At the Milton Clinic, we have a whole range of relaxation techniques to help you deal with whatever kind of stress you’re experiencing.

There are tapes and CDs to help you calm and relax your mind and body, one-to-one counselling sessions to help you re-image the mental ‘threat’ pictures, and hypnotherapy sessions to help you internally re-frame the ‘problems’.