What is Anxiety?

 Anxiety is a state of uneasiness with excessive worry about everyday life events and about what may happen. Daily life becomes a constant state of worry, fear and dread. Eventually, the anxiety can dominates the person’s thinking that it interferes with daily functioning, including work, school, social activities and relationships.

There are a lot of symptoms that indicate anxiety exists, but one of the worst is living in fear that a panic attack can hit at any time. It’s really difficult to not start worrying about the awful physical reactions that occur during an anxiety attack. The most common symptoms include sweating, rapid heartbeat, and trembling. You get very jittery and dizzy. You sometimes feel as if you’re choking or having a heart attack. Your heart will race and you will start sweating profusely.

For those of you who wonder if you have anxiety, there are certain signs you can look for on a daily basis. For example, your pessimism can be to look back on your life and instead of congratulating yourself on successes, you will dwell on your failures. Pessimism is the tendency to expect misfortune or the worst outcome in any circumstances and you are always looking on the dark side of things. The most difficult part of diagnosing anxiety is sorting through what are real symptoms and what are normal reactions to life events. Unfortunately, worrying about an anxiety attack can actually trigger one.

There are also medical conditions that can have anxiety attacks as a symptom. You should have a complete physical with your doctor to know for sure if you have anxiety related troubles. By learning how your environment and your genetics can affect your anxiety attacks, you can begin to understand how to change your life.

 

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