What is the Anxiety and Anxiety disorder?
Anxiety is both your Friend & Enemy?!! Interesting?
What is Anxiety?
A feeling of worry, Nervousness or Unease about something that Uncertain outcome and a strong desire or concern to do something or for something to happen. It is a body reaction to a challenge or demand, so it is both your friend and Enemy. Every Human being should aware about this ANXIETY & ANXIETY DISORDER. Hope the following session will make you understand in easy manner.
Anxiety as a FRIEND:
It accompanies your intellectual activity as its shadow. How? By Motivating you to plan your approach to a challenge.
Let me tell with few examples…
- When you get ready to propose your love to your Buddy..
- When you get ready for an Interview..
- When you get ready for your first speech at stage…
- When you get ready for your Exams….
You have one FEEL….. Palpitation, Nervousness which makes you to prepare to face the challenge …that one FEEL is Mr.ANXIETY!!
Accompanies you ,Prepares you, Promotes you! Like a FRIEND!!!
i.e SHADOW OF INTELLIGENCE!!
In 1949,psychologist Howard Liddell mentioned Anxiety as Shadow of Intelligence.
Tips to Overcome:
Rule 3-3-3:
When you feel anxious or stressed, Look around you, name 3 things you see, 3 things you hear and move 3 parts of your body {Ankle,Hand & Arm}. Just try, it works miraculously. I personally got benefitted by this rule.
S.T.O.P Method:
S- Stop or Pause the moment
T – Take a Deep breath
O- Observe. Notice inside you and Outside you {What and How you feel, What are you doing-your actions}
P– Proceed now.
These will make you to overcome from your Anxiousness.
Practice Relaxation Techniques: Focus your Breath, Take a deep breath & Relax, Observe your body. Relaxation techniques-click here to read
Healthy Life Style – Healthy eating and doing Exercises regularly
Practice Mindfulness
Do Meditation
Seek Professional Help {Nothing Wrong in it}
Why,How & When it becomes your ENEMY??
I will tell the flip side of this story..
When the feel becomes Intense, Excessive, Persistent fear & worry about everyday situation which inhibits your work & Destructs you…
Like ,Stops you to attend the Interview, Stops you to perform on stage & stops Everything!!
Who did this? Only your Enemy!!
He is so called Mr.ANXIETY DISORDER.
Symptoms:
- Feeling agitated
- Restlessness
- Fatigue
- Irritability
- Excessive worrying
- Concentration difficult
- Eating &Sleep disturbances
- Irrational fear-Variety of Phobias
- Avoiding Social relationships
- Depression
- Physical illness – Headache, Dizziness, chronic pain
List goes on..
What is Anger and its affects and Management?
What is Sadness and its affects and Management?
5 Major types of Anxiety Disorder:
General Anxiety Disorder: Chronic Anxiety, exaggerated worry or tension, even when there is little or nothing to provoke it.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder {OCD}: Recurrent unwanted thoughts{Obsession} or repetitive behaviors {Compulsion}. Eg. Frequent hand washing
Panic Disorder: Unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied with physical symptoms like Chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder {PTSD}: developed after exposure to terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred as threatened Eg: Disasters, accidents.
Social Phobia: Overwhelming Anxiety and excessive self consciousness in everyday social situations.
Health Affects:
- Phobias and Depression
- Deranges immune system and you become more vulnerable to infection.
- Disrupts Hormones and chemical which results in chronic stress, obesity and possibility of getting other metabolic disorders. Click here to see Tips for weight loss
- Hypertension, Heart problems, Digestive problems are common.
In general, it has systemic effect all over the body
How do you destroy your Enemy??
- Find your Enemy i.e ANXIETY
- Understand Him
- Accept that he is within you
- Face the fear with courage. Let your enemy get afraid
- Healthy Eating.
- Exercise
- Relax mode
- Practice Mindfulness
- Do yoga
- Seek Professional Help{Nothing wrong in it!!}
Remember,
Stress is a response to a threat in a situation!!
Anxiety is a reaction to the stress.
Jealousy and Envy differences with Examples, Strategies to cope up with
sadness is an emotion, not a mental illness
Anger Management Strategies
Scientific facts behind love,Love Chemistry, Compassionate love, EQ of love
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