| Many people experience anxiety at least once in their | | | | you were in a public place you probably worried that |
| life. Some people are trapped in a cycle of anxiety and | | | | you would be stared at or laughed at. In all likelihood, |
| frustration that may last almost a lifetime. Either way, | | | | that did not happen. |
| they are left dealing with emotions and feelings that | | | | Then consider the situation you were in when the |
| can affect every part of their life. Chronic anxiety is | | | | anxiety began. Is there something about that situation |
| perhaps one of the most common chronic problems | | | | that makes you uncomfortable? Does it make you |
| people face. Yet it is the least talked about, among it's | | | | worry about being in a situation that unsettles you? |
| sufferers. | | | | Determining this could be the key to stopping your |
| Many people feel embarrassed about having anxiety | | | | anxiety. Was it just a feeling of being out of control, or |
| attacks. Some because they feel it makes them look | | | | uncertain future, or appearing foolish? Did you suddenly |
| weak to be afraid of nothing, or nothing important. | | | | feel like everyone was looking at you? |
| Others are afraid that they will get labeled as being | | | | Any one of these things can bring on anxiety, but the |
| somewhat psychotic for having these feeling all the | | | | important thing to remember is that it is completely |
| time. Surely there must be something wrong with them, | | | | normal and you will get through it without any |
| at least that is how they see the situation. | | | | permanent psychological or physical damage. Many |
| But people suffering from anxiety need to know that | | | | people experience anxiety because we already |
| there are no psychotic issues surrounding what they | | | | accept some forms of anxiety as completely normal. |
| are going through. In fact many times there are logical | | | | stage fright, is a form of anxiety that we easily accept, |
| and reasonable explanations for the way they are | | | | because everyone experiences it if they have ever |
| feeling. Often it can be traced back to an event or | | | | had to stand before a crowd. |
| situation where they felt they were not in control and it | | | | So don't compound you anxiety by thinking that you |
| simply escalated from there. | | | | are somehow experiencing an unusual psychotic |
| Other times it is related to unaddressed issues that | | | | event. It can be terrifying, after all those are the basic |
| may be lingering in your subconscious. Issues that may | | | | feeling of anxiety, fear. But it is will pass and if it is |
| make you feel unsettled but you have chosen to | | | | something you experience a lot, and you cannot |
| suppress for whatever reason either consciously or | | | | resolve the origin, learn to use it. |
| subconsciously. You have experienced a traumatic | | | | Many actors have learned to use their stage fright as |
| event and are just now feeling the anxiousness of it. | | | | a kind of energy, their heart is pumping, they are feeling |
| Like aftershocks from a big earthquake you are now | | | | a heightened feeling of awareness. All good things if |
| experiencing some residual anxiety. | | | | you can use them to your advantage. So if you can |
| If you cannot remember the event that triggered the | | | | come to terms with your anxiety and begin to treat it |
| anxiety then you need to deal with the anxious feelings | | | | as a natural event, then you can enjoy a life without |
| directly. Otherwise, you should look to address the | | | | feeling the anxiety is in control. |
| original event and work your way through it logically. | | | | For those few people who have anxiety attacks, |
| Allowing yourself to feel the panic or anxiousness that | | | | seemly without cause. It can be unsettling but it is |
| it brings on and reasoning through that it is normal and | | | | something you can work through. You should see a |
| now you can let it go. Because this type of anxiety | | | | professional if the anxiety begins to happen a lot or |
| originates from some event in the past and is really no | | | | seems to happen for no reason all the time. They can |
| longer an issue you can let it go. | | | | help you find ways to deal with it or possibly even |
| If you have to address the current feelings because | | | | eliminate it. |
| you cannot remember the original event that triggered | | | | So the important things to remember is that although it |
| your anxiety then the first thing you need to | | | | is an uncomfortable feeling, everyone has experienced |
| understand is that you should not fight those feeling | | | | it a some point, it will pass, and you are not losing your |
| when they come on. They are perfectly natural, | | | | mind. |
| fighting them only causes them to become stronger | | | | One final point to note is that some people respond to |
| and much more difficult to deal with. | | | | excessive stress with anxiety. So if you are finding |
| Allow them to run their course, without denial or | | | | that your moments of anxiety are increasing, take a |
| frustration. then address how they made you feel. | | | | look at the stressors in your life. Maybe the stress is |
| How they affected your life at that moment and how | | | | starting to build and you need to deal with it before the |
| you now feel. You obviously survived the feelings. If | | | | anxiety caused by the stress becomes uncontrollable. |