Anxiety, the feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. Psychiatry defines anxiety as excessive apprehensiveness about real or perceived threats, typically easing to avoidance behaviours and often leading to physical symptoms such as increased heart rate and muscle tension.
We all have experienced anxiety, as a therapist I view if the anxiety is effecting your daily life than seeking to explore through talk therapy and nutrition can be of great benefit to open up doors. Those open doors lead to not being afraid of life but, leading to a path towards your best life.
The feeling of anxiety can be caused by a present threat or an anticipation of a future one. There can be environmental factors such as childhood trauma, social isolation, negative life events to, stress related to work or education, physical problems, and social and societal pressures. Gender can also play a role as women are twice as likely to experience anxiety than men (this is partly as a result of estrogen and progesterone). There can also be a genetic link, drugs and alcohol can bring on symptoms.
Symptoms and patterns of thinking include: trouble concentrating or making decisions, feeling irritable, tense or restless, experiencing nausea or abdominal distress, having heart palpitations, sweating, trembling or shaking, trouble sleeping, having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom.
Treatment can include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) or some form of talk therapy, learning tools that manage the symptoms. Looking at your biotype can help in using supplements that assist neurotransmitters and brain chemistry.
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Ref: Mayo Clinic
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