Anxiety is defined as the condition wherein a person anticipates a realistic or perceived threat and is filled with uneasiness and worry while doing so. The feeling of anxiety is often a result of a painful past experience that left the person in emotional trauma. Speaking or performing in public, for instance, are situations where most people really feel the anxiety, especially if a past experiences with those situations were nothing you would want to remember.
The good news is, you can reverse how the brain makes you apprehensive by simply consciously thinking about it. The main cause of anxiety is in the way we think. By learning to be conscious with our thoughts, we get to understand what we fear. From here there are two things that can happen. Either we have more options with regards to finding solutions, or we simply understand that we fear something that shouldn’t be feared. When we face a stressful situation, a pattern of thought runs through our mind. This patter needs to be monitored. Often, we think too much of the negative. We think of “what if” situations and let our minds stay in that area instead of thinking “I can”, “I should”, or even “if this happens, then I will…”
Note that this negative manner of thinking can cause you to panic, and as we all know, all rationality goes out the window when we do. Monitoring where our trail of thought goes is the first step to change the way we think. By being conscious of the way we think during stressful times, we can make the necessary steps to eliminate the negativity that manifests in our personality.
Some of the drawbacks are it can get very complicated and may require a bit of time to be able to do so. Ask yourself a lot of questions during times of great stress so you can think of an answer than worrying about what might happen. Or if thinking about the bad things that can happen is unavoidable, try to formulate solutions or backup plans when things go wrong. In public speaking, for instance, tell yourself that worrying is a complete waste of time. If something happens, make up some funny lines to say so you can regain your composure.
Our perception of things will always affect the way we deal with each and every situation that we com across. Similar to stress, anxiety that is left unchecked becomes a problem. Knowing how to keep your thoughts from spinning out of control will prove to be beneficial regardless of situation that you find yourself in.
Johnson Star, certified behavioral consultant (USA) used to be always under stress. Just 5 years ago, he was exposed to behavioral management and has discovered many techniques to manage stress effectively. For more detailed information on various stress anxiety management, be sure to visit http://www.managingstresssecrets.com, and get your FREE 10-day mini-ecourse right now.
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Nice article, however there are a few more things you can do
1. Drop your shoulders.
2. Relax both arms
3. Focus on your hands – do some sort of activity that focuses on them, like knitting, drawing, typing, playing a computer game
4. Get a little notebook small enough to fit in a bag or pocket. When you’re feeling anxious, think of stuff you like and write it down. Anything – wet pebbles on the beach, the noise a gas fire makes, fluffy pillows…
5. Read your previous entries in the little notebook
6. In the car: Read out number plates of other cars to get through a particularly scary bit of road
7. Recite a poem
I agree, nice article. This is a fact that stress can harm us in a variety of ways.
But we can surely stop anxiety and avoid panic attacks once we understand our fear or cause of stress as this article explains. I must add that I really like this step by step practical technique that you mentioned. Thanks for great info!
Anxiety attacks can be so devastating, for some people these attacks can rune their life. But there are techniques that can completely free you from ever having another attack.
I love the info…keep up the good work
I will be reading
Bill Allin
good work i love it very much.
Great article. I've personally suffered from anxiety my whole life. It ebbs and flows. Sometimes it's not so bad, and other times I'll be suffering from a specific phobia.
Yes, it's all about beliefs- what plays over and over in our heads, aka our self talk….one thing that has helps me is just trying to stay positive and having a good attitude, I mean really thinking about my life and being grateful for even having the ability to keep trying- just compare yourself to most others in the world and then see how you feel, being grateful is huge.