How anxiety affects your body

How anxiety affects our

behaviour
• Avoidance

• Escape

• Safety behaviours
 How anxiety affects our
thoughts
• Something terrible is happening or is about
to happen
• Catastrophic thoughts

• We may describe ourselves as being a

‘worrier’ and have what if thoughts

• Anxiety problems may also cause a feeling

of depression ~ thoughts about feeling
helplessness about how to deal with anxiety
& feeling unable to cope with it.
 What is Stress?
• Our body’s way of responding to a demanding
or threatening situation
• This causes a temporary surge in hormones
which in turn lead to physiological,
psychological and behavioural changes
• This is a self-regulating process
• Long term stress can lead to other
psychological problems