Anxiety can feel like an unwelcome companion that follows you everywhere. Your heart races during everyday situations, worry consumes your thoughts, and sometimes it seems like there's no escape from the constant state of alertness.

As many as 70 percent of U.S. adults have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives. The all-too-common reality of trauma can frequently leave a survivor without a clear memory of what exactly happened.

When analyzing the causes of trauma, the results cover a lot of ground. Such outcomes are increasingly common and very much require support and treatment.

We live in the age of anxiety. It’s not like there weren’t enough reasons to be chronically stressed in the past, but today, we hear about all of them in real-time.

If your image of therapy is based mostly on pop culture or secondhand reports, you’re in for a surprise with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Yes, your sessions will involve you and a therapist talking in a private setting.