Life can be overwhelming sometimes and you can feel out of control. Things can be going well and then spiral out of control. Throughout my years, I have not only realized what the symptoms of anxiety are, but have figured out preventative ways to combat anxiety attacks before they occur.Anxiety attacks are not brought on by the same thing for every person. An event that may seem normal to one person can send another person into a...more
Everyone knows how it feels to be anxious. Anxiety attacks can happen in any place, at the most unexpected time. While anxiety is a normal feeling that we all experience at some point in our lives, it can somehow be disturbing, especially because it can affect a person's state of mind at the time being. This is the reason why it is important to learn how to stop anxiety before it leads to something serious. Regardless of the root...more
The causes of anxiety attacks are numerous. In the US, the National Institute of Mental Health has been investigating what causes these attacks. Their findings have proven to be detrimental.According to the NIMH the causes can be summed up to four sources: genetics, brain malfunction, biochemical abnormalities, and environmental stress.Genetics. Numerous clinical investigations regarding anxiety disorders have found out that genetics play a major role as to which persons will be afflicted by this disorder. If one or both parents are known to have this disorder, then there is a good chance that anxiety disorder may be passed down to their offspring. This finding would underpin the belief that mental illnesses aren't hereditary.Brain Malfunction. It was also discovered by researchers that certain parts of the brain responsible for organizing whatever data the body receives from external stimuli become over reactive when exposed to certain kinds of stimuli. This malfunction gives rise to anxiety attacks. To discover this fact, the researchers did some experiments. The researchers tried to induce panic attacks to their research subjects by deliberately exposing them to...more
There are quite a few people who consider performing day to day activities stressful. These types of people are not able to face the normal demands of life such as socializing, traveling, going on an adventure trip or even doing simple things such as opening a door. People who are experiencing stress, tension or even nervousness in...more
Generalised Anxiety Disorder is a term use to refer to a condition in which a person suffers consistently higher than average anxiety levels. Both adults and children can develop generalised anxiety disorder, but the question is, what causes it to develop?Basically, the reason for this is that in modern day life we are exposed day in...more
Anxiety, the Signs came about as a result of a realization that many of us never realize or comprehend the changes and state we go through when we suffer from an Anxiety attack. The signs may be short lived and mild to say the least when we go through an attack, or baffling and disorientating when it hits us when we least expect it.Most of us go through life without realizing the stress and the amount of strains psychologically and spiritually our bodies are going through during our every day jobs. We will be aware of the amount of physical strain our bodies and mind go through by our feeling tired and wasted after a strenuous session of work. this would result in the need to take a break from the routine to give our bodies some time to refresh and regenerate its supply of energy to go on working, not realizing that we need time to reflect on our actions as well as those of others, our environment and its state before moving on to new matters. A period of reflection, recollection, filtering and dumping or off loading things that would otherwise clutter our minds.Modern life has made life more demanding and taxing not only on our bodies but on our minds as well. Think...more
Anxiety attacks can be a terrifying experience. Most individuals experience a feeling of immense concern and impending doom during an attack. Some physical indicators and signs accompany an anxiety attack and it is essential to be able...more
Unfortunately anxiety and panic attacks effects millions in society as of today. Dealing with these conditions and not knowing what to do can really disrupt a persons life. To the contrary there are effective techniques in remedying...more
"I cannot ‘come back' and defend myself. I cannot respond to others. This is scary, beyond scary. It is terrifying. Sometimes the words seem to be accessible, but as I open my mouth they disappear. In the presence of...more
Do you know that having anxiety attacks on a regular basis is like drinking a slow-acting poison? These attacks will slowly erode your self-confidence until it is destroyed completely. To prevent you from turning into a shell of your...more
Everyone suffers some form of anxiety from time to time. It keeps you acutely aware of what is around you. And performers generally find that they perform much better if they suffer some butterflies before the performance.So it can be a...more
Anxiety attacks are pretty debilitating to say the least. It can affect some people so badly that they stay at home, as the attacks come more often when out and about.For others, they can come out of the blue, from no real cause, not...more