Overcoming The Gloom and Doom of Living with Anxiety
Posted in Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Wellness on Nov 23rd, 2011
There are so many things in life that can make us anxious. After all, anxiety is one of the mind’s way of dealing with stressful situations. In our everyday lives when we get so consumed by the things that cause us stress like relationships, work, sitting in traffic…we tend to lose sight of the bigger picture. Perspective becomes distorted causing our emotions to take over and our health to suffer. If depression is worry and regret of the past, anxiety is an intense worry of the what if’s of the future.
When we become anxious our bodies go into sympathetic nervous system mode. The fight or flight response takes over and that’s when the heart pounding and sweating begins. How we learn to cope and or prevent anxiety is key. Although consuming a bag of potato chips may sound tempting when stress hits, we all know that there are better ways to manage that will better our health.
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