Knowing Anxiety

Knowing Anxiety
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Anxiety is considered a “bad feeling.” In many
instances, anxiety is needed and in fact
healthy, however, if it barrels out of control,
when it interrupts your life or debilitates you,
then it is time for you to act. By identifying
the source of the anxiety, you can learn
approaches to prevail over these disruptive
emotions.

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Anxiety comes from an imbalance in thought. Anxiety
develops when we think far too much in regards to the
what if ’s in daily life or when we're fixated with the
future. All this pondering results in worry and fear
which then causes emotional and physical responses.

When habituated, the ceaseless “future” worry and fear
suddenly grows into a natural and common mentality.
This happens because our minds are consistently seeking
homeostasis or balance. Our minds adapt and, before we
understand it, the overwhelming anxiety becomes a
common part of our lives.

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To break or prevent the habit, skills has to be developed.
From a spiritual and psychological prospective, anxiety
could be relieved by a constant and encouraging focus in
the present moment, since anxiety is systemic of future
thoughts. Trusting and living in the now is a goal if you
want to be anxiety free.

To reverse or change a heightened state of anxiety, many
of the following ways may be used. Your own therapist
and doctor at Florida Therapy can assist you decide which
one will work best for you.

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Top Ten:
1. Mindfulness: Focus your attention on
an object, a person or something that takes
your attention off the cause of your
anxiety. Get an object in the room, lets say a
vase. Completely focus on the vase and all
the particulars of the vase. Think about
what it really looks like on the inside and
how the vase was created.
Think about the time and effort it took to make the vase. Concentrate
on the vase so as all your thoughts are on the vase. This is the process
of mindfulness.

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2. Meditation: There are many different
kinds of meditations. Many say that
prayer is speaking with God and
meditation is listening. Meditation is a
process that can bring focused awareness
of the now. Through a relaxation process,
your thoughts and attention are
concentrated for this moment. It is in this
point in time that you are able to be free
of any anxiety. Anxiety only exists in the
“what if ” future thinking, not in the now.

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3. Yoga: Oftentimes, referred to as
physical meditation. Through a process of
movement and holding precise Yoga
poses, your thoughts is compelled to focus
on the present moment. These physical
poses or slow movements are created to
force you to concentrate on what you are
doing. As just stated, in the present
moment, there can be no anxiety.

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4. Distraction: Concentrating on something which will take away
the feelings of anxiety is a very common coping procedure. Do
everything you're interested in, whether or not it’s a video game,
your chosen Tv program, a sports game, a puzzle or even sex.
Among the best example of distractions is when people who have a
fear of flying watch movies or listen to music to distract them from
harmful thoughts. Using anything that is positive and joyful that
could keep your focus is a superb way to distract you from your
anxiety.

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5. Physical activity: Workout is an excellent way of not only
eradicating depression, but anxiety also. The chemical reaction of
increasing endorphin levels in the brain is extensively recorded
and accepted by most medical experts as a great way of coping
with anxiety and depression. Exercise, like Yoga, forces your mind
to focus on the now. Your thoughts, once again, are centred with
the task at hand and, due to this fact, take your mind off the source
of your anxiety.

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6. Cognitive exercises: A lot of therapists aid individuals
switch bothersome thoughts or patterns of thinking with
positive or healthier ones. For example, among the finest
cognitive exercises is the STOP• strategy. Once you begin to feel
anxious, right away stop and take note of what you’re thinking
of. The thought is normally about a fear or a “what if ”
circumstance. Quickly say STOP in your mind. Take a deep
breath and now create an opposing thought. For instance, if the
anxiety producing thought is about money, then think validating
opinion such as money supports me and I trust myself to
support myself and I release this fear.•

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7. Prayer: If you’re a spiritual individual
who believes in a loving God, release your
fears and anxieties to your higher power.
When you are experiencing fear, pray to
God to take the fear away and ask your
spiritual creator to solve any conditions
that bring about your fear. This is a faith-
based approach and only functions if in
case you have a strong faith.

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8. Insight thinking: This coping technique needs certain
skill. Whenever you feel anxiety, quit for a moment and
concentrate on your fear. Consult yourself for the reason
your fearful or worried? Most of what we care about
never come to being. In this strategy, look at your fear and
take into account the repercussions over and over until
you come to a bottom line. By objectifying your fears or
worry, it becomes clear that what you fear the most is
really groundless. Once you know the frivolity of your
fears, the faster you can let them go.

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9. Focused breathing (Breath Work): This is a quite
normal procedure for dealing with anxiety and fear. Guy
Hendricks instructs a method called diaphragmatic
breathing or breathing from the diaphragm. When you feel
anxiety, focus on your breathing and concentrate on
breathing deeply from the diaphragm. Slowly inhale and
exhale and concentrate on planned breathing. Many
research studies suggest the use of Breath Work to
eliminate the symptoms of anxiety.

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10. Medication: In some situation, therapy have verified useless to
aiding individuals relieve their anxiety and prescription medication
is needed. People who have experienced a traumatic event such as
seeing the death of a loved one or those facing a life threatening
illness or suffering terrible pain are frequently on some kind of
medication when therapy alone can't help them reduce their
anxieties. Treatment can be a good option or a valuable supplement
to relaxation tactics. Please do not confuse this statement with using
self-medications like depressants such as Marijuana and alcohol.
Sadly these substances do not help but only increase the severity of
the underlying anxiety. Talk to your physician, psychotherapist or
psychiatrist when thinking about any type of relief medication.

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This list will let you with finding a treatment for your
anxiety. Please remember that it is recommended to
consult with a qualified therapist for long-standing
anxiety, because can be a consequence of an root
psychological and physical problem.

This information is to aid teach concepts that would help
reduce indication of anxiety and not in order to identify,
deal with or cure anything.

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Dr Lewis James Jordan has over 20 years
experience in Psychology and Metaphysical
counseling. Dr Jordan’s Florida therapy offices are
located in various locations throughout South
Florida. Please visit his sites regularly at,
http://JordanTherapy.com and
http://LewisJamesJordan.com for more information.

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