February 22, 2022

What Is High Functioning Anxiety?

Author By - Asmita Bhattacharjee Categories high functioning anxiety individual counseling mental health professional help psychotherapy therapy

This condition refers to symptoms that are opposite to those of conventional anxiety. Anxiety usually involves secluding oneself from others and staying aloof. Anxiety makes you want to stay away from people and gatherings and parties. On the other hand, high functioning anxiety means to outwardly maintain a happy and calm demeanor which is way different from the actual, inherent insecurities. While suffering from this disorder, one may pretend to socialize and fit in but secretly wants to discard all kinds of social events and meetups. They try to maintain a false image. 

People become overachievers due to their constant questioning of their self-worth. However well they do, they’re never good enough for themselves. This is because they feel that they’re not entitled to make mistakes or do anything less than what can be called perfect. They feel that they would be judged, humiliated, and disregarded by others, otherwise. Thus, they become more and more conscious of themselves and what they do. Following are the symptoms of high functioning anxiety. 

  • Overworking

This refers to draining oneself in work to stay occupied. This results from the need to meet self-assumed expectations and deadlines. Patients feel that they don’t deserve a break or even a tad bit of relaxation before they complete the work that they’re doing. They focus solely on one thing at a time. Before the completion of something that’s near to perfection, they have breakdowns and panic attacks, caused due to stress and anxiety. After prolonged hours of work, pangs of unproductivity hit hard and this is the worst time for high functioning anxiety patients who find it difficult to cope, during these times.

  • Inability To Say No 

People having high functioning anxiety feel the constant need to please people and work according to their expectations, even if that means, taxing their health. They go out of their way to be there for them and make them feel comfortable. This is also a kind of defense mechanism because they don’t want other people to go through what they feel. They don’t want to face their thoughts. 

  • Overthinking

The question of “what if” is the most commonly asked question when it comes to high functioning anxiety. People think about all how things could go wrong and turn away from their favor.  They are unable to consider themselves good enough for anything and thus, the obsession with work and exemplarity. It might not show in their faces but when something happens that they had not anticipated, it bothers them. They have a hard time accepting changes and coming to terms with those.

February 20, 2022

How To Build Trust In Your Relationship?

Author By - Asmita Bhattacharjee Categories couples marriage counseling mental health professional help relationship coaching therapy

The most important thing to sustain a relationship is trust. Loving someone is never enough and commitment comes with a lot of other factors. If you want to build trust in your relationship, you’ve got to be transparent about yourself and make your partner feel that you are comfortable enough when you’re with them. More often than not, relationships tend to fall apart because of trust issues, even if the two people love each other. We are going to give you some pointers that would help you rebuild trust in your relationship. 

  • Communication

Effective communication is the key to every successful relationship. If you’re not vocal about your thoughts and opinions, it would become very difficult for your partner to infer what you truly want. Lack of proper communication would give rise to trust issues and misunderstandings would start cropping up. Things become way easier if couples sit down and discuss their day-to-day issues and experiences, instead of piling things up for later. If you want to build trust in your relationship, learn to communicate well and encourage your partner to do the same. The mutual exchange of emotions is what makes relationships work well. 

  • Reciprocation 

In a relationship, you’ve got to reciprocate. The efforts of one person can never be enough to maintain proper balance. Try keeping each other happy by remembering the little things that matter. Small loving gestures can go a long way in building trust in your relationship. A very important part of reciprocating is acknowledging the efforts of your partner. In this way, you would develop a deep connection and create a comfortable space where you can open your heart out and share anything whenever you want to. Take your time and encourage each other throughout the process. Trust cannot be built in one day and needs a lot of time. However, if you make the right kind of effort and reciprocate well, it’s worth the time. If you’re committed to someone, you’ve got to do the bare minimum without being asked for it. 

  • Honesty 

The one virtue that’s extremely important to build trust in your relationship is honesty. What’s more important than keeping the promises you make is not making unrealistic promises that you can’t keep. If you can keep your words, your partner’s surely going to begin to trust you. Even if you’re not able to keep your word due to some reason, convey that well to your partner and create a transparent, unfiltered space where you wouldn’t have to pretend or lie. If you have to lie to your partner for something, there’s surely something wrong with the relationship and needs to be worked on. If you’re honest, half of your problems would vanish anyway. Admitting your mistakes wouldn’t make you a bad person. It would instead make you appear genuine, in the eyes of your partner. False facades don’t last long but true relationships do if their foundation is built on honesty. 

February 18, 2022

How To Maintain Work-Life Balance?

Author By - Asmita Bhattacharjee Categories health mental health professional help therapy work-life balance

It cannot be denied that work often tends to overpower other factors in our lives. This can happen due to a lot of reasons such as longer work hours, increased responsibilities, piled up work, etc. However, it is up to us to ensure that we don’t start neglecting ourselves and our personal lives by focusing just on work. Professional achievements play a major role in our lives but we should make sure that we don’t lose out on ourselves and what our personal relationships have to offer us. Do you want to know more about the ideal work-life? You’re at the right place! We’ll be sharing some of the most effective work-life balance tips. 

  • Health Comes First 

Health refers to both mental as well as physical health here. Your career should never come in the way of living a healthy life. However important your work is, if you’re not feeling well, you should attempt to cancel that meeting or that office party. Remember, if something’s taxing on your health, it’s not worth it. Maintaining a healthy work-life balance also means staying away from excess stress and anxiety, associated with work. The answer to how to recover from work tiredness is quite simple. Do things you love, spend time with your loved ones, and try meditating, once in a while. You should try out therapy sessions and seek professional help if you’re suffering from anxiety, depression, or other similar mental health issues. 

  • Loving Your Job 

As much as it’s important to establish a career and have an identity of your own, you shouldn’t settle for something that you don’t love or believe in. Your work should inspire you to get out of bed every day and get ready for work, even if you’re not fond of every aspect of your work. If you don’t like what you’re doing and do it just for the sake of doing it, you won’t be happy or satisfied. That would automatically have an impact on your work-life balance. An ideal work-life doesn’t result from the perfect job or a huge amount of success. It can only be achieved if you have job satisfaction. 

  • Take Frequent Breaks 

The age-old saying, “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is indeed, quite true. If you keep on working for a long time, there’ll be a time when your body would revolt. At no point should you work more than you’re supposed to and for long periods without breaks. If you’ve been going through a rough patch and feel pressured, take a break and go for a vacation. Studies have shown that going for a vacation doesn’t just increase productivity when you come back but it also makes you feel better and more confident about yourself. Are you having a tough time at work and struggling to maintain a healthy work-life balance? Go for that long-pending trip with your family or BFFs or if you feel like going for a solo trip, there’s nothing like it! 

February 16, 2022

What Do Career Counselors Do?

Author By - Asmita Bhattacharjee Categories career counseling counseling individual counseling professional help

Career counselors are professionals who help their clients determine the perfect career for them with methods like aptitude assessments, career transitions, and the confidence to overcome challenges. A career counselor usually deals with high school students or college students to fixate their career objectives and help them develop the suitable skills that they would require to excel in their careers. They provide all the tools and resources you need to reach closer to your aim. The point of career counseling is to find purpose in your life and figure out ways and means to attain that purpose. Following is a list of things that career counselors are responsible for doing when they are consulted. 

  • Assisting the client in recognising the factors that are responsible for the career development and providing them with tools and resources for their individual growth and development that is directly proportional to their careers. 
  • Analyzing and evaluating the results of aptitude assessments and other testing methods to help recognise suitable careers and help prepare for them. 
  • Guiding clients in setting realistic goals and planning out ways to achieve those goals in an organized manner, and to ensure success. 
  • Counseling clients throughout the entire process of them finding the most appropriate career for themselves and providing them with all the necessary support that they might require for the same. 
  • Organizing one-to-one and group career counseling sessions to cater to the career needs of students with similar skills and interests. These sessions also provide the scope of networking and forming new connections with like-minded people that might turn out to be helpful for the clients in the long run. 
  • Fulfilling the academic, as well as the emotional needs of a client because looking for the suitable career is often related to immense stress and anxiety. Emotional support is one of the most important things that career counselors should provide students with. 

If you want to become a successful career counselor, you would not only require professional degrees but work experience also plays a  major role. If you don’t have real world working experiences, your degrees and accolades would be of no value. Moreover, you would have to update or renew your certification or license every two to three years if you want to keep practicing as a career counselor. Being able to communicate well is a great skill that would turn out to be a blessing in a job like career counseling. If you are not able to communicate well with your client, your client wouldn’t be able to connect with you and share their difficulties with you. You would be able to provide emotional support to your client only if you have the adequate communication skills. 

February 14, 2022

What Is Executive Coaching?

Author By - Asmita Bhattacharjee Categories coach coaching counseling executive coaching professional help

The term coaching is quite popular in management circles nowadays and has become quite important. One of the most popular types of coaching to arise from management development research is Executive Coaching. It is extremely effective and has emerged to be the most high paying job in recent times. It refers to a bunch of one-on-one interactions between an external coach and a manager or executive. The main aim of this procedure is to provide people with the knowledge that they require to develop themselves and become more effective. Behavior change is the main notice of executive coaching.

In order to understand executive coaching better, you have to differentiate between executive coaching and psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is for people who are going through certain mental health issues while executive coaching is for managers and executives who need coaching related to being more efficient in their business roles. Enabling managers to utilize their full potential so that they add value to their workplace is the actual job of executive coaches. The relationship between an executive coach and a client is very professional, and not as personal as it’s with a therapist or a mentor. There’s a fixed normative structure that needs to be followed while you’re in session with your executive coach. From the very beginning of your relationship with your coach, you would be aware of the fact that it’s going to end soon if things go well and the advice given by the coach works. However, when you consult someone for your personal problems, it wouldn’t necessarily have to end after a particular period of time. You can require their advice on some other issue that might be concerning you. 

Hiring an executive coach always involves a risk factor for companies and business owners. A good executive coach would be free of all kinds of biases and favoritism, and this couldn’t be expected from everybody. This could create problems within the core members of the business but companies realize that only if they incest well on a coach, their work would also get done. Most executives use executive coaching these days. Improving work life balance, gaining self-confidence, becoming a better leader, and the opening of new career opportunities are some of the benefits that you will experience if you engage in executive coaching. 

While executive coaching can turn out to be extremely beneficial for companies, it should never be considered as an additional or extra step towards the development of the company. The investment that goes behind hiring an executive coach should fall under general developmental expenses. If you treat it like an additional expense, you would never be able to normalize it. Moreover, while you should listen to the advice of your coach, you should not blindly trust them. Their job is to guide you, but the decisions that emerge as a result of that guidance should be your own. In this way, you would be able to make the most of your sessions with an executive coach. 

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