| Often when someone suffers from the symptoms of anxiety, they tend to fear that these sensations are dangerous signs for more severe health problems such as mental illness or impending physical sickness.
This is not what anxiety symptoms signify!
It's important that the sufferer becomes aware of the causes of anxiety and understands why they are experiencing these anxiety symptoms.
Perhaps the most important reassurance is that anxiety symptoms are NOT indicators of a more serious condition. Most people experience anxiety symptoms when afraid or when they come under pressure. Often physical, mental or emotional stress.
When stress levels rise and continue to rise, then the intensity, frequency and number of anxiety symptoms tend to rise also. It's a related reaction in response to STRESS.
The body often registers STRESS as a threat.As a result, the body responds as it would in reaction to danger. It alters its physical functioning so that we are equipped to react to this danger. This reaction is usually labeled the “fight or flight” response.
This response is natural. It's the level of STRESS that pushes this natural reaction into an abnormal one.When the “fight or flight” response becomes a recurring reaction it can put further stress on the body.
Consequently, symptoms of anxiety will then be displayed, whether physical, emotional or mental.The body uses these anxiety symptoms to let us know that we're under stress and that we need to take the appropriate action to lower our stress levels. In effect, the anxiety symptoms are a signifier of self-preservation, not self-destruction as people tend to fear.
When we've been under stress for prolonged periods – whether conscious of it or not – the warning signs tend to manifest in symptoms of anxiety. When the sufferer understands that these are stress signals then there is no need to fear them.
While there is no need to fear anxiety symptoms, they do need to be addressed and removed. Most important the root cause of stress must be acknowledged.By understanding anxiety symptoms for the signals that they are, it takes additional pressure off the sufferer. It then comes down to taking the appropriate corrective action.
When you acknowledge the symptoms as signifiers only then can you can act accordingly to overcome anxiety.
Proven strategies can help people manage their stress levels and restore balance to their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. By eliminating stress patterns, the sufferer can begin to tackle their anxiety symptoms with confidence and the assurance that they can and will overcome their anxiety.
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