The Anxiety You’re Feeling May Be More Common Than You Think
Your alarm goes off, you roll over and your heart is already racing. There isn't really a reason. There's no crisis, no emergency—but your chest feels tight, and your mind is spinning. Even though you just woke up, your mind is somewhere far off in the future mulling over what might go wrong today.
However, you push through, go to work, smile, reply to messages. On the outside, you look fine. But inside, you’re struggling with anxiety.
Does this sound familiar?
If you’re silently struggling with anxiety, you’re far from alone. At Healing Voices Psychotherapy, we work with adults who are high-functioning, successful, and deeply anxious. They don’t “look” anxious but they’re continuously exhausted by the spiraling thoughts.
Why Anxiety Symptoms Often Go Unnoticed in Adults
Anxiety in adulthood isn’t always panic attacks, hyperventilating, or breakdowns. Sometimes, it looks like:
Overthinking every conversation, sometimes even hours or days later
Obsessing over mistakes, real or imagined
Avoiding calls or messages from friends, work meetings, or even hobbies you enjoy
Constantly feeling on edge, overwhelmed, and exhausted
You may have learned to mask your anxiety and “power through" it even though it’s affecting your daily life. It’s common to write off anxiety symptoms as stress or “just being busy.” But when we don’t learn to manage the anxiety, it builds.
Ways to Help You Manage Anxiety
One of the most common phrases we hear in psychotherapy is: “I thought I just had to live with anxiety.”
When anxiety starts affecting your everyday life it can become unhealthy, leaving you feeling defeated and overwhelmed. But anxiety is treatable. And with the right therapist and approach, you can start to feel like yourself again. With a calm and clear mind, you can become more connected to your own life.
We use proven therapeutic approaches like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to help you:
Understand your anxious patterns
Learn strategies to stop spiraling
Build confidence in your ability to cope
Start enjoying the present again
Help is Available
Your anxiety isn’t your fault, and it isn't a flaw. Scientifically speaking, your brain is trying to protect you, even if it's doing it in ways that feel overwhelming. Therapy helps retrain that protective instinct, so you don’t have to push through or ignore it. Instead, it will start to work with you.
We know it can feel vulnerable to reach out. It can be scary to come to terms with the anxiety, but you are not alone. Getting support doesn’t mean you’re failing—it means you’re ready to take your life back.
Looking to take the first step toward a calmer, more grounded version of you? Looking for a virtual therapist? At Healing Voices Psychotherapy, our psychotherapist, Alysha Plaggemeier, is trained in helping adults manage their anxiety and start feeling relief again. Our therapists are here to help guide you and take you on the path of healing.
Book a free 15-minute consultation or your first session with us today if you are interested and are ready to learn how to overcome your anxiety.
