ANXIETY
What is Anxiety?
While it is natural to feel anxious in stressful situations, anxiety disorders occur when these feelings become chronic, overwhelming, and disproportionate to the actual threat. They can significantly affect your personal, emotional, physical, and social well-being and often co-exist with conditions, such as depression and substance abuse.
Anxiety disorders can take different forms, including Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Phobias, and trauma-related disorders like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Each type presents unique symptoms but shares common features such as excessive worry, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, and physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, sweating, and muscle tension. Anxiety disorders often coexist with other mental health challenges, such as depression or substance use disorders, and can escalate into devastating outcomes such as self-harm and suicide without appropriate intervention.
Signs To Pay Attention To
Excessive Worrying: Persistent and uncontrollable worry about everyday situations, often disproportionate to the actual risk, lasting for six months or more.
Physical Symptoms: Intense physical reactions such as a racing heart, muscle tension, shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, or gastrointestinal distress, which can also contribute to difficulty sleeping or insomnia.
Panic Attacks and Fear of Dying: Sudden episodes of intense fear or panic, often accompanied by chest tightness, a sense of impending doom, or the overwhelming belief that you may die or lose control.
Restlessness and Feeling on Edge: A constant state of nervousness, irritability, or hypervigilance, making it difficult to relax or feel calm, often leading to sleep disturbances.
Avoidance Behaviour: Actively avoiding situations, places, or activities that might trigger anxiety or panic, significantly interfering with daily life, relationships, and responsibilities.
Ultra Personalised Treatment
The best treatment for anxiety involves a combination of approaches tailored to the individual, according to the severity, type, and personal circumstances.
The Istana Approach is a dynamic model for ultra-personalised treatment, providing a bespoke balance of clinical precision and human touch. Whatever is required for successful recovery and renewal is integrated into your evolving treatment plan.
You will have access to the very best clinical support, including medical care and medication if required, as well as psychotherapy. In addition, you will receive unparalleled lifestyle support encompassing movement, exercise, exquisite natural surroundings, nutrition, holistic therapies, and a compassionate team that is attuned to your needs, hopes, and dreams. We are here to challenge, hold, and support you as you transform back into the person you know yourself to be.
We are never prescriptive or bound by dated thinking or traditional approaches. Instead, we are highly progressive, responsive and adaptive to your evolving needs. This approach allows us to meet you as the unique individual that you are, enabling profound and effective change.
