anxiety

You’re not too much, you’ve just been carrying too much.

When anxiety becomes your baseline, when love feels like walking on eggshells, when your worth feels tied to how much you do or how well you perform, it’s easy to wonder if you’re the problem.

But you’re not.

What you’re feeling isn't weakness. It’s wisdom.

It’s your nervous system trying to protect you after too much stress, too little safety, too many moments of having to hold it all together when no one else showed up to help.

Anxiety doesn’t always scream. Sometimes it’s quiet.

It lives in the background hum of worry, the tight chest, the racing mind that never stops planning for every possible outcome. It’s the exhaustion that doesn’t go away with rest, the pressure to get it right, to not upset anyone, to hold the peace, fix the problem, or prove your worth.

Maybe you’ve spent years being the reliable one, the strong one, the one who keeps smiling and ticking every box, even when you're running on empty. Maybe you’ve been praised for how much you care, how capable you are, how calm you seem… and no one sees the panic or pain beneath the surface.

And when your anxiety is tangled up with relational trauma, like narcissistic abuse, betrayal, emotional neglect, or being constantly invalidated, it goes even deeper. Maybe you were told you were too sensitive or too much. Maybe love came with conditions: be good, be quiet, be perfect. 

Or maybe you’re grieving something you can’t explain. 

A loss that changed you. 

The version of life you thought you’d have. 

The relationship that broke your trust. 

The self you used to be before everything got so heavy.

These experiences don’t just live in your memories.

They live in your body, your breath, your posture. In the tension that won’t release, in the way your jaw tightens, your stomach clenches, your heart races at the smallest trigger.

But you are not broken.

Your responses make sense. They’re survival strategies you developed in environments that didn’t feel safe. And even now, they’re signs of how deeply you care, how much you’ve held, how strong you've been.

But strong doesn't have to mean alone.

And survival doesn’t have to be the whole story.

Therapy offers a space to slow down, to soften, to be fully seen without needing to explain or perform. With Brainspotting, we can gently access the parts of you that are still holding the overwhelm, without re-traumatising or rushing.

Together, we’ll begin to untangle the anxiety from your identity, the perfectionism from your worth, the people-pleasing from your peace. We’ll help you reconnect with your truth, your voice, your boundaries, your sense of self.

You don’t have to earn rest.

You don’t have to be perfect to be loved.

You don’t have to carry this alone anymore.

You are not too much.

You’ve just been asked to hold too much, for too long.

Let’s begin to put it down, together.

When you're ready, schedule a free clarity call to take the first step towards your healing