I looked up the definition of anxiety on google, and this is what google came up with.
Anxiety is a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worrying. These disorders affect how we feel and behave and can cause physical symptoms. When I read this I thought yes, that's it. I have had all of the above. I was at a friends birthday party today and about a third of the people there dealt with anxiety, As the conversation became more intense and open we discovered that we had similar symptoms and some symptoms were unique. We talked about the things we do to help us deal with the anxiety and once again we had similar and unique. Ask we spoke it was quickly noted that sometimes the anxiety hits us and we feel like there is no reason that we can think of that has triggered the anxiety. I think people for get that everything doesn't originate in our brain. Our bodies have memories that aren't conscious thought. Our bodies can remember a time of anxiety through smell, or location, or a certain time of the day or night. It can even be a phrase that is said that our unconscious mind remembers. That is one of the reasons why anxiety is so hard to deal with. I have had anxiety over having anxiety. I had a surgery coming up in the near future and I was having anxiety about it. I then started escalating out of control because I had anxiety. Those of us that suffer from anxiety is it as a bad thing because we tend to spiral out of control. Anxiety is not all bad. Having anxiety before surgery is a normal reaction and I shouldn't have anxiety over having anxiety; It is not as easy to do as you would think it was. Talking about our anxiety and how we suffer with it and what works for us. We are all individuals and we all have a different twist to how and what works. When I didn't have my anxiety under as much control as I do now If there was a noise or if my dog knocked into my bed I would wake up screaming! One night I was especially anxious and when I was startled by the dog I woke up screaming and didn't stop right away. My 15 and 9 year old sons came running into my bedroom ready to fight the intruder that I must be screaming about. My 9 year old had a bat and the 15 year old had a bowling ball pin. Those bowling pins are pretty heavy and can do a lot more damage than you think!!! There was always entertainment at my house. Nights are worse for me when suffering with anxiety and doing physical things that have a product at the end are good to do even in the middle of the night. I often did what I called cleaning therapy. I would get up and clean the kitchen and vacuum. There became a rule at my house. my daughter had to be home for her curfew and I wouldn't vacuum after curfew!!!! Whatever works Right??? :) LOL
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