By Peter Crump
 Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. It is a normal part of our life and is probably experienced by 100% of the population at some time or another. Life is like that, there are always events which will produce anxiety or anxiousness in normal people.
The death of a loved one, a life stressor like divorce, family problems and so on. There are a myriad of situations where anxiety is a perfectly normal human reaction.
However there are also situations where we would not expect the average person to experience anxiety. Or there are situations where the average person would experience some anxiety, but not to a marked or continuing degree. However there are still people who do experience anxiety in these situations. They could experience anxiety that is far more extreme than would be expected in the average person, or for a much longer duration than would be expected, or both.
Where this is the case the existence of this anxiety, particularly on an ongoing basis, can produce effects for the individual, both psychological and physical.
Physical symptoms, |
|
Read more...
|
By David Smith
 Panic attacks are normal in the sense that it is the body and the minds reaction to a certain stimulus. A certain portion of the brain controls the anxiety switch and becomes activated when there is a potential threat or danger.
This reaction is normal as it prepares the body for either a flight or fight syndrome. It also triggers other defenses into action and prepare for an assault. However when no actual assault occurs, this goes back into its original non-disturbed state and is at rest.
However, when the anxiety switch is repeatedly activated during times of stress, sadness, loss or anger, it can remain in the activated position. Frequent activation causes panic attacks and phobias to develop acknowledged as a new benchmark for the body despite minute or limited trigger.
Even when internally the body knows that the anxiety is a false alarm, the brain controls can no longer alter it consciously ones it becomes used to the frequent trigger. Unfavorably, during a limited or minimal anxiety the brain tends to over react and creates a cycle of |
|
Read more...
|
| | << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 Next > End >>
| | Results 8 - 14 of 28 |
|
|
|
