4/8/2023 0 Comments Hear again quaik![]() ![]() ![]() Complaints of sore/tired eyes, poor vision.Poor ability to maintain an in-depth conversation, lose the train of thought or focus.Tense posture, hunched over, and shoulders pulled up.Shortness of breath or very shallow breathing.They are restless, fidgeting, struggling to sit in one place.What anxiety looks like from the outsideįrom the outside as someone who has watched on and attempted to help them when they go through this, there are definitely physical and verbal cues that you notice in the person who is experiencing anxiety and they may differ slightly but some insights I have gained: All of it happens in an instant and it can either come and go in waves or can just be constantly there. Sometimes having no reason for it can make the anxiety worse as you course through every possible reason why it might be happening. You just freeze and your whole body is like a clenched fist ready to punch and run.Īnd the worst part is, there’s not always a reason for it.It’s like paralysis – you cannot regain focus on anything, you’re hyper-aware and on edge but you can’t hone in on a task.Your jaw aches from clenching it unknowingly and your tongue is pressed hard on the roof of your mouth,.Your heart is racing as you have just done sprints but you’re just sitting there in the car, chair at work, or even just opening your eyes in bed in the morning.All of your muscles are tense, like your shoulders pull towards your ears and you just can't relax them.It feels like your chest has 2 tonnes of cement sitting on it.Shortness of breath, almost as if you just can’t get a good deep breath in.Sometimes you can feel completely anxious and wound up for absolutely no reason at all and that can exacerbate it when you try to find out why.The list of things to think about is endless and it's always somewhat there. ![]() Anxiety is a beast of its own, it's not predictable to what people would understand a person would feel anxious about.Many people I love dearly suffer from daily chronic anxiety, I asked for their insight on what it is exactly that they feel when this wave comes over for them and how they have managed to find ways to cope around these: Slow down digestion, halter the efficiency of our immune system, affect sleep, recovery, and more. It can flood our system with adrenaline the same way it does with our flight and flight response – which increases heart rate, increases breathing rate to try and provide the brain with more oxygen for quick impulsive decision and action. It cascades chemicals throughout the body in the same way a stress response provided externally would. This state exudes a survival response to the similar extent of having a cheetah coming at you at the speed of light and your body having to work out what to do. This mental stress state does not just stay inside the ‘thought’ or ‘fear’ like many assume. Anxiety is a broad term, there are more specific anxiety disorders like that of, but not limited to: It is a state of worry and concern that in some instances can completely mentally and physically debilitate the individual. Unsure of what anxiety is? Let’s break it down a little more below… What is anxiety?Īnxiety is a natural survival response to fear, fear about a situation, upcoming events, financial situations, relationships, social situations, and more. Of those currently documented for anxiety in the statistical data analyzed as of 2018 by the WHO, approximately 63% were women and 37% were male.The escalation and prevalence of mental health disorders rose by 50% between 19 from 416 million to 615 million.An estimated 264 million adults around the world currently have anxiety (WHO).Here are some more specific global figures for insight: So, we can see that it is on the rise.Ģ020 has left us with a lot of uncertainty so, it is highly likely we will see these numbers spike again after this year’s review. This 31% statistic weighing in on the 2019 numbers and in 2003 it was estimated that 19% would incur anxiety (anxiety and depression association of America 2020). On a global level, it's estimated that around 31% of adults will experience anxiety at some stage in their lives, for some this may be a one-off, for others this may be a chronic daily occurrence. Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Pin on Pinterest Email this pageĪnxiety is one of the most chronic and crippling invisible hindrances for people all over the world. ![]()
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