So Why Am I Still…?

Have you ever noticed how you can be having a perfectly good day, everything's going well, and somehow your mind still manages to find something to worry about?

Perhaps your manager asks for a quick chat and you're immediately wondering what you've done wrong. You're enjoying a weekend with your family, but you're already thinking about Monday. Or you've finally got five minutes to yourself and your mind starts going through everything that could possibly need your attention.

In Episode 3 of So Why Am I Still…?, Louise Squires, Harley Street clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, explores why some people become so accustomed to anticipating problems that expecting the worst starts to feel automatic.

Drawing on her own experience of anxiety and the patterns she sees in her consulting room, Louise discusses how being the responsible one, the organiser or the person everybody relies on can sometimes become closely connected with worrying.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why your mind keeps looking for problems, even when everything is going well.

• The difference between useful planning and repeatedly imagining worst-case scenarios.

• How reassurance seeking and checking can become familiar responses to uncertainty.

• Why understanding your anxiety doesn't always stop the automatic response.

• How repeated patterns can influence the way you see yourself, and what it takes to begin changing them.

If you've spent years describing yourself as a worrier or an overthinker, this episode might give you something different to consider.

Listen to more episodes or find out about working with Louise:

https://harley-street-hypnotherapist.co.uk/podcast/

Louise works with clients at her Harley Street practice in London, in Bromsgrove and online across the UK.

Follow So Why Am I Still…? for conversations about anxiety, identity, confidence and the patterns we keep repeating, even when we know better.

When did you stop saying "I feel anxious" and start saying "I'm an anxious person"?

It's a small change in language, but it can make a big difference to how you see yourself.

In this episode of So Why Am I Still…?, Louise Squires, Harley Street clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, explores what happens when the thoughts, feelings and behaviours we've experienced repeatedly become part of our identity.

Drawing on her own experience of severe anxiety in 2011, Louise explains how she began recognising and interrupting the familiar patterns that had shaped the way she thought about herself.

From the successful professional who describes herself as an overthinker to the person who's convinced they'll always be frightened of flying, Louise questions the labels we give ourselves and the expectations that come with them.

Using the analogy of a pathway through long grass and a familiar road that's suddenly closed, she explores how automatic responses develop, why knowing better doesn't always change them, and how different experiences can begin to challenge long-held beliefs about who we are.

Because just because you've always been a certain way doesn't mean you have to spend the rest of your life being that way.

Find out more about working with Louise:

Harley Street, London and online across the UK.

https://harley-street-hypnotherapist.co.uk

Follow So Why Am I Still…? for straight-talking conversations about anxiety, identity, automatic patterns and changing the way you respond.

You know Googling your symptoms makes you more anxious, but you still do it. You know replaying that conversation won't change anything, but you're still thinking about it at two in the morning. You know you're capable, yet certain situations still leave you questioning yourself.

So why are you still doing it?

In the very first episode of So Why Am I Still…?, Louise Squires, Harley Street clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, explores the frustrating gap between understanding a problem and actually changing the way you respond.

From health anxiety and fear of flying to overthinking, avoidance and constantly seeking reassurance, Louise looks at how familiar patterns can begin influencing our decisions, behaviours and even the way we see ourselves.

You'll discover why the things we do to feel better in the moment can sometimes keep the same pattern going, how anxiety can gradually make our world smaller, and why being able to cope with something deserves more recognition than we often give ourselves.

Drawing on her own experience of anxiety and her work with clients, Louise introduces a central idea behind the podcast and her forthcoming book: understanding why you're doing something isn't always enough to stop doing it.

Find out more about working with Louise:

Harley Street, London and online across the UK.

https://harley-street-hypnotherapist.co.uk

Follow So Why Am I Still…? for straight-talking conversations about anxiety, automatic patterns, confidence, relationships and changing the way you respond.