What is Anxiety

Anxiety is an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse).

Acording to Wikipedia anxiety is a physiological and psychological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an uncomfortable feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, apprehension, or worry. It is a generalized mood state that occurs without an identifiable triggering stimulus.

It is a normal reaction to stress. It may help a person to overcome a difficult situation, for example at work or at school, by prompting one to cope with it. But when anxiety is excessive it becomes a disorder, it fall under the classification of an anxiety disorder.

People who suffer from anxiety disorder are always expecting the worst and can't stop worrying about health, money, family, work , problems or daily issues.

They have an unrealistic view of problems, they feel restlessness , irritability, muscle tension and have difficulty concentrating.

How Anxiety interferes in life

Anxiety creates problems and interferes with daily life because all the activities are approached with a dominant thought of expecting the worst. Anxiety problems affects the way a person think because of the way they view their problems.

People with anxiety problems suffer irritability, tension and sleeping problems. They can also be paralyzed because they are constantly worrying and can't think clearly.

They feel helpless with a sense of confusion, and extreme worry that is out of proportion with the problems that might be facing and need to overcome.

Steps to overcome Anxiety

1. The first step to overcome anxiety is to relax. Practice any relaxation method . A good technique for relaxation is hypnosis:

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2. Start doing physical activities, go to a gym, go for a walk or play any sport you like.


3. Write a daily journal to discover the unrealistic expectations of problems. Practice faith and surrender


4. Engage in an alternative therapy such as Emotional Freedom Techniques, or Self-hypnosis Techniques to overcome these problems.


5. Monitor your inner-talk. Be aware of your thoughts and your negativity. When you are in an anxious state, problems seem to be tenfold, everything magnifies and a little problem becomes massive and hard to overcome. Be aler about your inner-dialog and try to surround yourself with positive and supportive friends.


6. Be patient with yourself.


7. If you believe you need help look for professional help

Conclusion

Everybody experience anxiety problems sometime in life but when it results in panic we have to become aware that there is something that is not right.

When anxiety becomes a big problem such as a panic disorder the person suffer intense fears or phobias that interfere with their daily life.

It is normal to feel anxiety in unfamiliar or challenging situations. The gift of anxiety is to make a person alert and focus to face problems but when this emotion is so strong that interfere with performance it becomes a negative emotion that is no longer serving anybody.

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