Anxiety
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people get in touch, and one of the most tiring things to carry quietly.
This is Nikita Vashistha’s counselling work.More about Nikita
What this often feels like
Anxiety doesn't always look like panic. Often it's a low hum that never quite switches off — a mind that runs ahead, checks, rehearses and plans for something that hasn't happened yet.
Some days it's mostly physical. A tight chest before a meeting. A stomach that knows before you do. Sleep that won't come because your brain picked 1 a.m. to review everything you've ever said.
And it's exhausting in a way that's hard to explain to people, because from the outside you're managing fine.
What we’d actually do together
We'd start with what your anxiety actually looks like, in your words. Not a category — your version. When it shows up, what it's usually about, and what you've already tried.
From there we work on two things at once. The immediate: ways to settle your body, ways to answer the thought that keeps asking "and then what", ways to get through the meeting on Thursday. And the slower part: where this learned to be so loud, and what it's been trying to keep you safe from.
You set the pace. If something feels like too much to open today, we leave it there and come back to it when you want to. Nothing gets prised out of you.
When it might be worth talking to someone
There's no threshold you have to cross first. You don't have to be at your limit, and you don't have to have a name for it.
If the worrying is taking up more of your day than you'd like, or you've started quietly shaping your life around avoiding certain things — a call, a commute, a conversation — that's reason enough to talk to someone.
It's also fine to come simply because you're tired of managing it alone.
If you would like to talk
There is no rush, and booking a first session does not commit you to anything after it. You can also just ask a question first — that is a completely normal way to begin.