Are you consumed by Anxiety?

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Can you relate to the following symptoms?

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Everyone gets nervous or anxious from time to time, however, when fear consumes you and affects your ability to function day-to-day and you begin to feel trapped or paralyzed in that fear, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

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Have you ever heard of the term ‘Fight or Flight’? Instead of getting into the scientific literature behind the term, I’ll simplify it; Let’s call it our ‘Internal Instinct or Threat Radar’. In theory, Fight or Flight heightens our awareness to potential danger, and plays a critical role in how we deal with that danger or threat.

Through our awareness, we instinctively prepare to either fight or flee what we deem as a real threat. Let me reiterate the last line of that sentence; “what we deem as a real threat” this is important to understand.

Our Fight or Flight response can be triggered due to both real and imaginary threats. What typically happens to a person who is always anxious or fearful, every situation can be viewed as a real threat, thus keeping you hypervigilant (edgy, overly alert) all the time, making it difficult for you to function calmly, or relax even when you’re in a safe environment.