| Anxiety problems can overwhelm us and leave us | | | | before we get to them - the greatest form of |
| feeling out of control. They feel as though we are | | | | protection is not to get into the situation in the first |
| driven to act like this, strengthen with every 'attack' | | | | place. This is something seen in many anxiety-related |
| and lead to constant searching for reasons and | | | | problems, where we will often avoid bsituations that |
| answers. Involving self-doubt, insecurity and fear, | | | | make us feel afraid. |
| anxiety problems can appear too powerful to deal | | | | 2. Our Body: Prepares us for action: the fight-or-flight |
| with. | | | | response. We are charged with energy ready to fight |
| However, there is a way to understand these | | | | or flee. This response is responsible for all the physical |
| problems that takes away much of this power - to | | | | symptoms of anxiety that we experience. |
| know what they really are, how they work and why | | | | All anxiety problems stem from these two actions: |
| we get them. And with this insight it is possible to cure | | | | The first one relates to problems involving excessive |
| anxiety problems naturally ourselves, without deep | | | | and obsessive thinking, planning and worrying - it forms |
| therapy or medication; to stop them completely and | | | | the basis of anxiety disorders such as: OCD, GAD and |
| permanently at their very core. | | | | depression. |
| We cannot fight the unknown ... | | | | The second one relates to the physical nervousness |
| The key to curing anxiety problems lies in | | | | (being jittery/jumpy/on-edge) we feel, the preparation |
| understanding how they work. Like everything in life, | | | | for action, and is the basis for social phobias (indeed all |
| when we know how and why something works we | | | | phobias) and panic disorder. |
| know how to master it. To try and overcome these | | | | Everybody has anxiety... but for some of us, it can |
| problems without this understanding is exceptionally | | | | come to be with us more intensely, occur more easily |
| difficult for whatever we may try, as soon as any | | | | and more often; it can become more powerful and |
| symptoms occur, we think that it's not working, that it | | | | give rise to problems involving such things as persistent |
| cannot be the answer and continue the never-ending | | | | worrying and apprehension, obsessive thoughts and |
| search for the 'real answer'. | | | | compulsive behaviour, phobias, panic and depression. |
| For Example: | | | | Given a certain series of events, conditions and |
| Nervousness and anxiety are profoundly helped by | | | | circumstances every single person on the planet can |
| relaxation, and learning to be calm. There is no doubt | | | | become permanently apprehensive, constantly anxious |
| about this - a relaxed body (and mind) cannot be | | | | to some degree, for these problems reflect the way |
| tense and nervous for they are physiological opposites. | | | | we all work as human beings. |
| Relaxation really is calming - it is impossible to be | | | | These situations usually involve stress, danger and |
| relaxed and anxious at the same time. But many of us | | | | self-doubt ... self-doubt about our ability to cope and our |
| just cannot do this, for at the back of our mind lies the | | | | safety. |
| self-doubt; the 'what is wrong with me' fears that | | | | Self-doubt ... the more we have, the greater our |
| defeat all the efforts we make. | | | | anxiety (problem). |
| A specific type of self-doubt lies at the heart of all | | | | When we look closely at anxiety-related problems, we |
| anxiety problems, ranging from nervousness and | | | | see that they are not:- |
| worrying to anxiety disorders and depression. When | | | | * Diseases |
| we truly understand this self-doubt and how we get it, | | | | * Mental illness |
| we can remove excessive anxiety (and all the | | | | * Due to chemical imbalance |
| problems it causes) from our lives. | | | | * Caused by our genes |
| The answer to every single anxiety-related problem | | | | Indeed, these problems are not even 'disorders' (our |
| there is, lies in moving through this self-doubt into | | | | mind and body are totally ordered in what they are |
| self-confidence. And to be able to do this, we have to | | | | trying to do) and they most certainly aren't irrational - |
| know what is happening and why. | | | | they exist for the most rational reason there will ever |
| Let's look more closely at anxiety problems: | | | | be. |
| Anxiety is characterized by physical symptoms such | | | | Anxiety and panic are there to protect us. If this |
| as faster heartbeat, fast breathing, being jittery, on | | | | protection doesn't work - extreme anxiety and |
| edge, trembling etc.and symptoms of thinking including | | | | nervousness, chronic worrying, fears and phobias, |
| excessive worrying, planning and apprehension. | | | | obsessions and compulsions or severe depression and |
| It is a protection mechanism that has evolved over | | | | more can develop. |
| millions of years; serving to warn us that we are about | | | | All these problems reflect our inner-self's attempts to |
| to be hurt and to prepare us for action. And it does | | | | protect us - to protect us because of how we feel |
| this in 2 main ways:- | | | | about ourselves ... once we understand this, there is a |
| 1. Our thoughts: We think about potential situations | | | | real cure. |