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Your anxiety is not just mental, see how it affects your body
Anxiety is that feeling of fear or worry that does not come from an identifiable physical object.
Fear is the reaction to some stimulus or threatening situation, when we are afraid we can identify what is causing it, for example, if we watch a horror movie when a scare appears on the screen we feel fear.
Anxiety, on the other hand, produces an anguishing feeling whose because we are not sure, and which produces uncomfortable and unpleasant reactions in our body.
According to the World Health Organization, nine out of ten people currently suffer from anxiety.
Due to what is a field with a lot of study interest, it is speculated that perhaps anxiety comes from technology, the current hectic lifestyle, or perhaps from some biological correlate, join us to learn a little more about the origins of anxiety and its consequences in our body.
Where does anxiety come from?
Anxiety can come from very characteristic circumstances of the particularity of people, indeed it can be produced by a high work or academic demand.
Memories of the past triggered by some stimulus in the present or concerns of actions in the future.
Our thoughts are very powerful, avoiding negative emotions or not working on worries in a healthy way causes an accumulation of these tensions that can result in an anxiety attack.
So if you want to know the origins of your anxiety, therapy is the best option.
Physical implications of an anxiety attack
Anxiety has a physical correlate that generates unpleasant sensations, this can occur together during an anxiety attack or appear individually.
Some symptoms are:
Tachycardia
Sweating
Motor agitation
Chest pressure
Tremors
Stomachache
Vomiting
Tension
Tiredness
Tingle
Dizziness
Instability
When these symptoms occur together and at an extreme level a panic attack is generated, they can result in very unfavorable consequences for the body and require medical assistance.
As we said before, anxiety can also occur more silently in your body, it is important that you can recognize these small signals to prevent strong attacks.
Pay attention to your body and its ways of communicating things, do not over demand and take moments to connect with it and with your emotions, since on many occasions emotional discomfort is reflected in our body and if we do not pay attention to it is can result in physical illness.
How to help a person in an anxiety attack?
If a family member or even yourself is suffering from an anxiety attack, you can try the following techniques to calm down.
Meditation
This practice is highly beneficial, and you can practice it regularly to lower overall stress levels.
It consists of staying in the present moment in a conscious way, you just need to get comfortable and focus on your breathing, letting the thoughts pass without staying in any.
This can also be done in a couple or in a group, invite the person to sit down and focus on their breathing together, they are in the present moment and the concerns of the past or future are not relevant.
Heavy blanket
This consists of placing weight on a blanket, preferably 10% of the total body weight, and then placing it on you or the person who has anxiety to simulate the effect of the touch of deep pressure that is used to reduce stress, this will give an effect similar to that of wrapping babies so that a feeling of well-being is generated.
Before using this technique you must take into account any previous illness that may be affected or if you suffer from claustrophobia.
This technique is especially used when falling asleep.
Exercise
This preventively, exercise is very beneficial for many areas of health, and mental health is not left out.
Regularly practicing some sport will help to drain both physically and mentally those worries and will leave your body with the feeling of well-being produced as a result of physical activity.
You can combine breathing with almost all techniques, bringing your mind to the present moment reduces anxiety levels.
You can consciously walk on your breath, place sounds that are satisfying, smells, textures, in general training your breath will stabilize the anxiety levels of your body.
Anxiety is very common, so it is normal for us to feel it, however if anxiety levels are unmanageable, it is recommended that you consult a psychologist to recommend the best treatment.
