Anxiety is an inner feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, worry, and/or dread that is accompanied by heightened physical arousal. It exists in several categories including normal, neurotic, intense, state, and trait anxiety as well as panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder. While realistic concern is allowed, anxiety in the form of fret and worry is forbidden in the Bible. Anxiety has several causes such as threat, conflict, fear, unmet needs, physiology, and individual differences. It produces physical, psychological, defensive, and spiritual reactions. Counseling for anxiety involves recognizing one's own anxieties, calming tension, showing love, identifying sources, making interventions, encouraging action, giving support, and encouraging

1. Prominent Issues
Lesson 4b – Anxiety
Dr. Danny B. Medina

2. What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is an inner feeling of
apprehension, uneasiness, worry,
and/or dread that is accompanied
by a heightened physical arousal.
In times of anxiety, the body
appears to be on alert, ready to
flee or fight.

3. Categories of Anxiety
Normal anxiety
Neurotic anxiety
Moderate anxiety

4. Categories of Anxiety
Intense anxiety
State anxiety
Trait anxiety

5. Categories of Anxiety
Panic attacks
Post-traumatic
stress disorder
(PTSD)

6. The Bible and Anxiety
Anxiety in the form
of realistic concern is
neither condemned
nor forbidden.

7. The Bible and Anxiety
Anxiety in the form
of realistic concern is
neither condemned
nor forbidden.

8. The Bible and Anxiety
Anxiety as fret
and worry is
forbidden.

9. The causes of anxiety:
Threat

10. The causes of anxiety:
Threat
 Conflict.

11. The causes of anxiety:
Threat
 Conflict.
Fear.

12. The causes of anxiety:
Threat
 Conflict.
Fear.
 Unmet
Needs.

13. The causes of anxiety:
Threat
 Conflict.
Fear.
 Unmet
Needs.
 Physiology.

14. The causes of anxiety:
 Individual Differences

15. The Effects of Anxiety
 Physical Reactions

16. The Effects of Anxiety
 Physical Reactions
Psychological Reactions

17. The Effects of Anxiety
 Physical Reactions
Psychological Reactions
Defensive Reactions

18. The Effects of Anxiety
 Physical Reactions
Psychological Reactions
Defensive Reactions
Spiritual Reactions

19. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own
Anxieties.

20. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own
Anxieties.
Calming the Tension

21. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own
Anxieties.
Calming the Tension
Showing Love

22. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own
Anxieties.
Calming the Tension
Showing Love
Identifying the Anxiety’s
Sources.

23. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own Anxieties.
Calming the Tension
Showing Love
Identifying the Anxiety’s Sources.
Making Interventions

24. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own Anxieties.
Calming the Tension
Showing Love
Identifying the Anxiety’s Sources.
Making Interventions
Encouraging action.

25. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own Anxieties.
Calming the Tension
Showing Love
Identifying the Anxiety’s Sources.
Making Interventions
Encouraging action.
Giving Support.

26. Counseling and Anxiety
 Recognizing Your Own Anxieties.
Calming the Tension
Showing Love
Identifying the Anxiety’s Sources.
Making Interventions
Encouraging action.
Giving Support.
 Encouraging a Christian
Response.

27. Preventing Anxiety
Trust in God

28. Preventing Anxiety
Trust in God
Learn to Cope

29. Preventing Anxiety
Trust in God
Learn to Cope
Keep Things in
Perspective

30. Preventing Anxiety
Trust in God
Learn to Cope
Keep Things in
Perspective
Reach Out to Others.