Mood Solutions

Sadness. Anxiety. Anger. Grief. These uncomfortable emotions can be healthy and everyone feels them. Yet, sometimes they get in the way of us living our best life. They can even become so overwhelming they impair our ability to perform the most basic and mundane tasks. Or make us feel chronically uncomfortable in social situations or maybe even in our own skin. So how do we allow ourselves to authentically feel emotion without letting it consume us or prevent us from being our best self? The answer will be dependent on the person. However, it is often a combination of newly implemented coping skills, behavioural changes, mind/body techniques, cognitive strategies and trauma interventions that makes distressing feelings manageable again so you can be the best version of you.

Experiences consistent with mood challenges include:

• uncontrollable crying spells

• panic attacks

• moving between emotional highs and lows

• avoidance of certain people, places or things

• low-energy

• insomnia or hypersomnia

• feelings of emptiness

• fear of abandonment

• an inability to experience happiness during previously enjoyed activities

• muscle tension

• impaired memory and concentration

Struggles with mood can be consistent with several clinical diagnoses including:

-Major Depression

-Generalized Anxiety Disorder

-Panic Disorder

-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

-Phobias

-Bipolar Disorder

-Borderline Personality Disorder