Calming anxiety, depression and panic attacks with the Body Code

Because I’ve done a fair bit of work with different people, helping them with their anxiety, depression, panic attacks, OCD and PTSD, I’ve been able to observe the different ways that these conditions have manifested for them.

Some people have heart palpitations, and report a feeling like ‘a band around the chest,’ sometimes causing shallow breathing – a bit like panting. I always ask these people if they’ve been to the doctor and had their symptoms checked out, because I’m not a medical professional and would never advocate energy healing as the magic bullet for everything. The answer, more than once, has been, “Yes. I’ve had the scans and there’s ‘nothing wrong.’” Another client said, “I have an unexplained heart murmur, but they can’t find anything wrong.”

One woman reported an extreme of this – her heart rate was always elevated, even when she was regularly doing hard aerobic exercise to try and get it down.

One woman had a teeth-grinding habit, done when she was asleep and that her dentist was concerned about, because she was grinding off the tooth enamel.

Typically with high anxiety or depression levels, people find it hard to cope with ‘stuff’ and will have meltdowns at work, and need to go to the bathrooms to have a private weep about whatever is causing them anxiety.

I’ve helped clients whose anxiety has manifested as OCD behaviours – like trichotillomania, or hair-pulling used as a stress-coping mechanism; extremely black, repetitive and completely irrational and compulsive thoughts; depression as a result of losing a child, ending a relationship or of having a parent commit suicide; and anxiety linked to PTSD created as a result of extreme stress and trauma like serving in the armed forces, or of being subjected to childhood abuse.  Sometimes a physical issue like, for example, “My breasts never developed normally” can cause great anxiety and stress.

Sadly, often when helping people with anxiety or depression, childhood issues and traumas surface. As I get to know the client better, they may tell me what happened to them at age 8, or age 13, or whatever age their Higher Selves are asking me to release trapped feelings because they were unable to process them or deal with them at the time.

Very often limiting belief systems present themselves for release – things that we tell ourselves like, “It’s all my fault,” or, “I deserve to suffer,” and that have been contributing to the anxiety or overwhelm.

Here are some examples of feedback from around the world I’ve had relevant to anxiety, depression, panic attacks and OCD behaviours. These clients have worked with me in mini-sessions, one-to-one sessions, or as part of my Healing Circle.