Anxiety requires exposure that begins with the body and ends with the mind.

Anxiety

Today we offer to talk about anxiety or as it is called "anxiety".

Not the one we've been hearing from loudspeakers since February 24, but about an important emotion that warns us about danger and mobilizes to take appropriate actions.

A whole complex system of anxiety functions in our brain. It makes the possibolity to notice threats and prevent them in time. However, like any complex system, it can also "break down", creating fear even if there is no real danger or making us constantly worry about threats, that have a low level of probability and over which we have no influence. In such cases, it is worth talking about anxiety disorders (phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, panic attack, etc.).

Anxiety, as an emotional state, has its own unique scale of intensity. Too much anxiety can turn into more complex disorders of mental functioning. When anxiety is too intense, a person's life begins to be subordinated to this negative emotional state. Anxiety not already have  protect, but exhausts and interferes with life, but, mostly, when we talk about normal intensity, it is the protection of the human body. In such case necessary to thank such anxiety and to find an approach in time, the methods of control or "come to terms" with such state.

The body reacts to a state of anxiety with such manifestations as tremors of hands and feet, a feeling of cottony legs, rapid heartbeat, nausea, dizziness. A person seems to cease to feel his body as a whole.

Anxiety requires impact that begins with the body and ends with the mind.

The following actions and exercises can help:

Sensation of own body:

• * Hug yourself, put your arms around your torso, shoulders, press your fingertips, etc.).
• * Wrap yourself in a blanket, if the situation allows, lie under a heavy blanket, that is, one that has more weight.
• * Use your hands in the exercises (cross them in a lock, squeeze your palms, rub your palms together).
• * Alternately step from foot to foot, move your toes, cling to the socks in your shoes, walk.
• * Psychologists call the manipulation of the body and the feeling of a person "here and now" as "grounding". It helps to control at least one's own body if the external situation is unstable. Any household chores, physical work - clean, wash, iron, etc. will also be appropriate.
• * Physical exercises (running, push-ups, squats, etc.) are also appropriate.

The thinking part.
Without thinking, any action appears to be impulsive chaos.

• * It is necessary, first of all, to assess the situation and the location of your body, the reality or absence of a threat. It is necessary, if there is a threat, to think of at least two options for solving the situation.
• * Secondly, if there is no threat, then it is necessary to concentrate on certain pleasant moments for you (something that calms you down: talking with relatives, calling friends, drinking a hot drink, looking at photos on your phone, etc.).

If anxiety is of increased intensity, it is necessary to consult specialists.

Do not hesitate to contact specialists earlier, as soon as your usual behavior or reactions to usual events have changed, to recognize anxiety as a protective reaction or as an obsessive state and mental illness.

To victory together  - a healthy mind in a healthy body!