What's the crisis team? Noone has ever mentioned that to me. To be honest apart from medication and a self CBT referral ive had no help for my mental health.
Sorry.
Crisis team is usually offered to those really in need. More to do with extremely low moods, depressive thoughts. Basically a team that works with someone who as the name suggests 'in crisis'. So they help in a variety of ways usually home visits, appointments to get people back on track. They also are there to asses for those really vulnerable that may need to be admitted to hospital, or their intervention can always help.
As the other poster had been through intense therapy and of course I didn't want to delve and there was no need to share; it was just a reminder to said poster if they needed anything to call the crisis team, use mind website to get help. It was a great post from them to explain the therapy that 'we' both had.
For you my friend
@GiggleBee don't worry about the crisis team at all. I know anxiety effects mood too. My best advice for you would be to 'push' your GP if possible. Although some are terrible compared to others if you need help.
Look at the mind website as I have mentioned and see what they say about anxiety. There maybe some tips there. It's mind.org I think
You have great advice especially the meditation. Mindfulness, which is focus on what you are doing in the moment is rated as one of the things that can help. There are many similar on YouTube.
Distraction is good too. Already advised.
CBT will help you look at the way you see your brother and his wife. It's all about changing your thoughts from negative to positive which when worked through properly it can help. It's not for everyone, depends on you, therapist is a big one, and other things. However, there is different levels. So having a refresher is great and gets you thinking.
Although some therapies are cut, there are other options available so you may find that once you work with one therapist you could be offered another. Not always, however that's how I got one therapy because the therapist noted I would benefit from it too.
Always remember though anxiety is absolutely normal emotion. It's really awful for it to be out of control. I think we forget that it's just an emotional response. In some instances it can help, such as just before a performance on stage, before an exam that type of thing. It can really push us to succeed!
Now what I am going to say sounds a little obvious but although I wore a badge for years and was quite happy to say I had severe clinical depression and GAD. It's actually the acceptance that you are actually ill. It's totally weird to get to that point. At times it seems silly when you say I have 'insert mental health' problem. No problem letting the world know but it's accepting that you are ill that makes a big difference.
Off my soapbox now but any problems you know where to find me.