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Psychological aspects of anxiety. Adrenaline also affects us psychologically by affecting the way we feel and think by producing (usually) a feeling of FEAR. In addition to preparing the body for physical action, adrenaline also psychologically motivates us into doing something about the situation that has caused this immense adrenaline …

Social conditioning for anxiety Social conditioning for anxiety. Finally, you may be in our last category in terms of how you developed your anxiety condition. Some people almost seem to ‘learn’ their anxiety from a family member or friend. How often do you hear that a person who is frightened …

Specific stressful events. Specific stressful events. If you feel you have not been particularly ‘stressed out’ over the past year or so, it may be that anxiety started after a specific incident, known as a ‘trigger’. This is also a very common reason for developing anxiety. We have found that …

What causes anxiety?Some people seem to be born with a tendency to be anxious and indeed recent research suggests that arisk for certain forms of anxiety disorders can be inherited. Other people develop anxiety disorders after having experienced specific traumatic, stressful incidents orevents in their life – for example, divorce, …

What is anxiety? Anxiety is the feeling you have when you think that something unpleasant is going to happen in thefuture. Other words such as feeling ‘apprehensive’, ‘uncertain’, ‘nervous’ and ‘on edge’ also provide agood description of feelings linked to anxiety. Anxiety is completely normal and something that all human …

Depression with Anxiety Many people with Anxiety also suffer from clinical depression. For some people the misery of Anxiety is the cause of their depression, but for others the depression comes first, and Anxiety is a secondary effect of the depression.Depression is not just a case of feeling low, or …

The black hole of anxiety. For most people, anxiety seems to come from nowhere and hit them like a sledgehammer. One minute, more or less happily living your life, the next, terrified and distraught, struggling to breathe perhaps, convinced you are dying, or that someone else will die and it …

Exposure for panic attacks in anxiety. A fear of having a panic attack in anxiety is often the underlying fear behind the broad phobias such as agoraphobia, claustrophobia and social phobia. In other words, you ted to avoid certain situations because you are afraid of having a panic attack, not …

Taking Exercise to Help Anxiety. Remember to check with your doctor before starting an exercise programme. As well as daily relaxation, you will need to take exercise as part of your recovery programme – but the good news is, you won’t have to run a marathon! Exercise is helpful in …

Panic attacks from Anxiety. A panic attack is a sudden surge of Anxiety, usually short-lived but very intense. The surge causes physical sensations that increase dramatically as the attack progresses. It is fuelled by a sudden release of adrenalin into the body. They vary from person to person but doctors …