You catch yourself overthinking every “maybe I messed up,” staying up too late because your thoughts won’t shut off. In meetings, you pretend you’re okay while your chest tightens. You scroll through your phone to distract yourself, but the unease follows you. Sometimes it’s so quiet inside that you don’t even know you’re anxious till your body alerts you.

Because anxiety doesn’t stay in its lane. It burrows into relationships, work, even the small joys—festivals, food, laughter. In our cities, where success is currency, admitting you’re overwhelmed often feels like admitting defeat. And the cost isn’t just emotional. Chronic anxiety can affect sleep, immune health, performance. Allowing it to grow without attention means more exhaustion later. Recognising it now can change the momentum of your life.

Start noticing. When did you last feel buzzed in your chest, or had vibes of dread without reason? Let those moments be signals—not problems to fix, but clues. Try one small practice: when your mind spirals, stop. Breathe. Anchor with what you can touch, hear, see in your surroundings. Let the moment remind you you’re here, not back in the past, not ahead in worry. Then lean on tools made for this. Something that helps you externalise the worry, grounding reminders, small rituals of safety.

Therapy gives language to what your anxiety already knows. It helps you understand the pattern behind the fear, not just treat the panic. You get to trace how past messages—“be strong,” “don’t show weakness,” “overthinking is useless”—shaped your nervous system. More than coping tricks, you learn capacity: to feel safe in your body, rest without guilt, carry your future without being ruled by its “what‑ifs.”