Constant anxiety for no clear reason: when to get help

Restless, tense and sleeping badly without a clear cause? How persistent anxiety can show up, and why a doctor or therapist is the right first step.

What goes on inside

A restlessness that is almost always there, even when nothing in particular is happening. Often it shows up in the body more than in your thoughts: a racing heart, tension, poor sleep.

How it can show up

The restlessness is there in the morning before the day has properly started.
You find it hard to switch off, even when everything is actually fine.
Your body is often tense, for example in your neck, stomach or chest.
You avoid situations without being able to say exactly why.

Questions for you

There are no right answers. Take the question that stays with you.

Roughly how long has this restlessness been with you?
In which moments is it weaker, and what is different there?
Who could you tell about it so that you are not alone with it?
What has kept you so far from talking to a doctor about it?

When other help fits better

If the anxiety has lasted for weeks or limits your daily life, talk to a doctor or a licensed psychotherapist. Persistent anxiety can be treated, and seeking help for it is a normal, sensible step.

What coaching can do

Coaching does not treat anxiety. Once treatment is under way, coaching can help alongside it with concrete decisions or work questions, if that fits with your treatment.

If it is too much right now

Coaching is not psychotherapy and not a crisis service. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact the emergency services where you are right away, or a crisis service near you.