ANXIETY MANAGEMENT

An initiative by Mental Health Enhancement Mission(INDIA)

ANXIETY IS MORE THAN JUST NERVOUSNESS.

We all know what anxiety feels like?

Our heart pounds before a big presentation or a tough exam. 

We get butterflies in our stomach during a blind date. 

 

We worry and fret over family problems or feel jittery at the prospect of asking the boss for a raise. However, if worries and fears are preventing you from living your life the way you’d like to, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

Anxiety is one of the most pervasive mental health problems

It may be the cause of most mental illnesses, ranging from depression to alcoholism to schizophrenia.

It may be the hallmark in one form or other of panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and phobias.

Anxiety also occurs as more or less chronic illness of its own.

If you are constantly more and more anxious in your daily life about your future, ego, self respect, emotion, and responsibilities and affecting your efficiency, disturbing your apetite, disturbing your sleeping pattern, than you may have generalised anxiety disorder

PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS OF ANXIETY NEUROSIS

It’s normal to worry and feel tense or scared when under pressure or facing a stressful situation. Anxiety is the body’s natural response to danger, an automatic alarm that goes off when we feel threatened. 

Although it may be unpleasant, anxiety isn’t always a bad thing. 

In fact, anxiety can help us stay alert and focused, spur us to action, and motivate us to solve problems. 

But when anxiety is constant or overwhelming, when it interferes with your relationships and activities—that’s when you’ve crossed the line from normal anxiety into the territory of anxiety disorders.

  • You have stomach complaints range from a butterfly sensation to cramps indigestion, vomiting tendency and diarrhoea.
  • Your blood pressure and pulse may rise and a feeling of shortening of breath.
  • You may excessivly sweat and are restlessness.
  • You may bounce your legs and play with your hands and putter about without a clear goal in your mind
  • You may feel difficulty in focusing task at your hand.
  • You are worry all day and your sleep become restless and you have nightmares
  • During the day you are tired and irritable
  • You feel put-upon by others, overwhelmed by expectations.
  • You are burstig into tears without warnings.
  • Your every tests are normal but still the symptoms and all complain persists.

Types of anxiety disorders

There are six major types of anxiety disorders, each with their own distinct symptom profile: generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and social anxiety disorder.

Generalized anxiety disorder

If constant worries and fears distract you from your day-to-day activities or you’re troubled by a persistent feeling that something bad is going to happen, you may be suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). People with GAD are chronic worrywarts who feel anxious nearly all of the time, though they may not even know why. Anxiety related to GAD often shows up as physical symptoms like insomnia, stomach upset, restlessness, and fatigue. Read More 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by unwanted thoughts or behaviors that seem impossible to stop or control. If you have OCD, you may be troubled by obsessions, such as a recurring worry that you forgot to turn off the oven or that you might hurt someone. You may also suffer from uncontrollable compulsions, such as washing your hands over and over. Read More

Panic disorder

Panic disorder is characterized by repeated, unexpected panic attacks, as well as fear of experiencing another episode. Panic disorder may also be accompanied by agoraphobia, which is a fear of being in places where escape or help would be difficult in the event of a panic attack. If you have agoraphobia, you are likely to avoid public places such as shopping malls or confined spaces such as an airplane. Read More

Phobia

A phobia is an unrealistic or exaggerated fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that in reality presents little to no danger. Common phobias include fear of animals such as snakes and spiders, fear of flying, and fear of heights. In the case of a severe phobia, you might go to extreme lengths to avoid the thing you fear. Unfortunately, avoidance only strengthens the phobia. Read More

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur in the aftermath of a traumatic or life-threatening event. Symptoms of PTSD include flashbacks or nightmares about what happened, hypervigilance, startling easily, withdrawing from others, and avoiding situations that remind you of the event. Read More

Social anxiety disorder

If you have a debilitating fear of being seen negatively by others and humiliated in public, you may have social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia. Social anxiety disorder can be thought of as extreme shyness. In severe cases, social situations are avoided altogether. Performance anxiety (better known as stage fright) is the most common type of social phobia. Read More

Do you have an anxiety disorder?

If you identify with several of the following signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

  • Are you constantly tense, worried, or on edge? 
  • Does your anxiety interfere with your work, school, or family responsibilities? 
  • Are you plagued by fears that you know are irrational, but can’t shake? 
  • Do you believe that something bad will happen if certain things aren’t done a certain way? 
  • Do you avoid everyday situations or activities because they make you anxious? 
  • Do you experience sudden, unexpected attacks of heart-pounding panic? 
  • Do you feel like danger and catastrophe are around every corner?

Signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders

Because the anxiety disorders are a group of related conditions rather than a single disorder, they can look very different from person to person. One individual may suffer from intense anxiety attacks that strike without warning, while another gets panicky at the thought of mingling at a party. Someone else may struggle with a disabling fear of driving or uncontrollable, intrusive thoughts. Still another may live in a constant state of tension, worrying about anything and everything. 

But despite their different forms, all anxiety disorders share one major symptom: persistent or severe fear or worry in situations where most people wouldn’t feel threatened. 

 

ANXIETY AND OTHER MENTAL AND PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS

Generalised anxiety disorder may convert into 

Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder

WHO ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO ANXIETY NEUROSIS

As per our findings and research so far we have found…

Generalised anxiety appears to be about twice as common in women as in men.

  • Most people who suffer from anxiety become worried even as children though the degree of anxiety fluctuates throughout the life.
  • Stressful events enhance the degree and vulnerability
  • Alcohlic peoples are more vulnerable
  • Sentimental and emotional people are more vulnerable
  • Hyperactive people are more vulnerable
  • The person who always wants to remain in excitation are more vulnerable
  • Introvert people are most vulnerable
  • The people who are more interested in tasty foods are more vulnerable
  • The people with higher power of imagination is more vulnerable
  • The people who is lazy and narcoleptic is more vulnerable
  • The people with shorter breath is more vulnerable
  • The people with higher ambition is more vulnerable
  • The people with poor decisiveness is more vulnerable
  • Mental sensitive persons are more vulnerable
  • People with sensitive skin is more vulnerable

WHAT IS THERE IN BRAIN WHICH MAKES MORE VULNERABLE

  • Excessive neuro sensitivity(increased awareness and responsivity to various stimuli)
  • Excessive sensitive pineal gland
  • Deteriorated correlation of resultant wave pattern of body to that of resultant wave pattern of brain
  • Correlational status of left brain to that of right brain is high
  • Dominating physiological forces over pathological forces
  • wave pattern of right brain dominates over wave pattern of left brain
  • More fluctuation than normal in rate, depth and rgythm of respiration.
  • More fluctuation in rate rhythm and depth of heart functions

OUR APROACH TO CONTROL ANXIETY IS TO BRING BACK THE BRAIN TOWARDS HOMEOSTASIS

Anxiety can be controlled by decreasing the neurosensitivity (decreasing the awareness and responsivity to external stimuli).

Self-help for anxiety and anxiety disorders

Not everyone who worries a lot has an anxiety disorder. You may be anxious because of an overly demanding schedule, lack of exercise or sleep, pressure at home or work, or even from too much coffee. 

The bottom line is that if your lifestyle is unhealthy and stressful, you’re likely to feel anxious—whether or not you have an anxiety disorder. So if you feel like you worry too much, take some time to evaluate how well you’re caring for yourself. 

  • Do you make time each day for relaxation and fun? 
  • Are you getting the emotional support you need? 
  • Are you taking care of your body? 
  • Are you overloaded with responsibilities? 
  • Do you ask for help when you need it? 

If your stress levels are through the roof, think about how you can bring your life back into balance. There may be responsibilities you can give up, turn down, or delegate to others. If you’re feeling isolated or unsupported, find someone you trust to confide in. Just talking about your worries can make them seem less frightening.

Self-help strategies for chronic worriers

In addition to making positive lifestyle changes, you can reduce your anxiety levels by challenging the irrational beliefs, pessimistic attitudes, and rigid mental habits that trigger and sustain worry. 

To learn more about how you can help yourself overcome an anxious outlook, 

When to seek professional help for anxiety

While self-help coping strategies for anxiety can be very effective, if your worries and fears have become so great that they’re causing extreme distress or disrupting your daily routine, it is important to seek professional help.

If you’re experiencing a lot of physical anxiety symptoms, you should start by getting a medical checkup. Your doctor can check to make sure that your anxiety isn’t caused by a medical condition, such as a thyroid problem, hypoglycemia, or asthma. Since certain drugs and supplements can cause anxiety, your doctor will also want to know about any prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, herbal remedies, and recreational drugs you’re taking. 

If your physician rules out a medical cause, the next step is to consult with a therapist who has experience treating anxiety disorders.

Spiritual Psycho-neuro Analysis for Anxiety