Hey, I'm Kristen the anxiety therapist and today I'm going to be talking about six signs that it might be time to see a therapist for your anxiety. Now, anxiety itself is a very normal emotion. It's something all humans and animals experience because it's our fight flight or freeze response. So it can help to keep us safe.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen the anxiety therapist and today I'm going to be talking about how to set healthy boundaries, this is something that so many people struggle with and it comes up so frequently in my therapy sessions with clients, most of whom tend to have high functioning anxiety, be people pleasers kind of have this fear of disappointing others and therefore they tend to put other people's needs above their own and don't set boundaries with others. And what happens when we don't set healthy boundaries with others is that it actually leads to more anxiety.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen the anxiety therapist. Um today I actually had a certain topic in mind but decided to do an impromptu video on covid anxiety. Um I know we're all tired of talking about it, we're all tired of hearing about it, but I think a few of the points I'm going to make really apply to a lot of different parts of life and different situations.

Hey everyone, I'm Kristen the anxiety therapist, I hope everybody had a happy and healthy holiday season and that your new year is off to a good start today. I'm going to be talking about new year's resolutions and how they can actually be counterproductive for perfectionists. So if you are somebody who has perfectionistic tendencies, then this might apply to you.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen the anxiety therapist and today I'm going to be talking about mindfulness, which can be really helpful in managing symptoms of anxiety. So mindfulness is described as the to be present, focused, aware of where we are and what we're doing and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what's going on around us, we all have the ability to be mindful.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen the anxiety therapist. Thanks for checking out my vlog today, I'm going to be talking about the difference between extraversion and introversion. These are personality traits that are part of the big five and they're assessed using the Myers Briggs Type Inventory. So a lot of you guys have probably taken this before.

Hey everyone, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist, and today I'm going to be talking about hangxiety, which is hangover anxiety. Um I think a lot of us are familiar with the physical symptoms of a hangover, but what doesn't get talked about a lot are the emotional symptoms of a hangover and this is what hangxiety is, it can affect anyone and you know, anyone can maybe drink a little too much the night before and then try to piece the night together or replay things, making sure they didn't offend anyone or say something stupid.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist, thanks for checking out my vlog today. I'm going to be talking about insomnia, which is closely linked with anxiety and I figured this would be a good week to discuss this topic since we just had daylight savings time and I'm sure a lot of us have found that our schedules were a bit thrown off this past week.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. Thanks for checking out my vlog today. I'm going to be discussing a few more cognitive distortions. If you missed the last few videos, a cognitive distortion is basically a thinking trap or thinking error. Um it's an automatic thought process or belief that we're not really consciously aware of and it often leads to distressing feeling.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist, and on today's episode, I'm going to be talking about two more cognitive distortions um these really seem to be resonating with you guys and I've gotten some good feedback. So I decided to stick with this as a theme for a while and there are definitely plenty to cover.

Hey guys, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist and today I'm going to be talking about another cognitive distortion or thinking error that can lead to anxiety. Um if you saw my video a few weeks ago, I discussed the difference between expectations and goals and this thinking error kind of goes hand in hand with that.

Hey everyone, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist and today I'm going to be discussing another cognitive distortion called catastrophizing. If you missed the video last week, cognitive distortions are basically thinking airs the word cognitive pertains to thinking and then if something is distorted then there's an air, right? So we all have thinking.