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So how does anxiety make you withdraw from life?
Basically, people with anxiety live their lives defensively, at a level where they are merely coping instead of embracing. They are lifes passengers, passive in their emotional and physical relationship with the world around them - rather than activists who engage with their surroundings and interact with people.
Now I want to share something with you that will probably hopefully! shock you.
Have you ever sat down with pen and paper and worked out how much time you spend feeling anxious every day of your life? An hour? Two? Four? Ten?!
If you spend even a single hour a day in anxious mode, that equates to 30 hours a month thats two waking days every month where you could be playing with the kids, training for a marathon run, taking up a hobby, visiting old friends
LIVING your life. Instead, youre wasting that valuable time on your anxiety.
What Your Anxiety Symptoms Are Really Telling You?
Are you suffering from the gnawing nagging feeling of overwhelming unsettled emotional discomfort? Is it effecting your self-esteem and motivation?
Most are familiar with the general anxiety disorders that can be triggered by fears, impending doom, obsessive-compulsive, post-traumatic stress and more. But what about other not so obvious things that raise apprehension and uneasiness that you can t explain?
What is at the root of your anxiety symptom? It may be buried deeply in your subconscious, but most likely you are just not currently aware of the cause. There are many possible thing ..
At its worst, I know my anxiety had reached the point where it took over 90% of my waking thoughts. It left me totally exhausted.
Looking back, I now know that by allowing this anxiety to have such a huge stake in my life took real commitment on my behalf!
So, I took control and by doing so, I was rewarded with all this extra time
and all this additional energy with which to fill the hours in a positive way! What a bonus!
I cannot tell you the sense of relief and liberation this sparked in me. And the most wonderful thing is, just as anxiety is a downward spiral that sees you withdraw from life, so this liberation is an uplifting cycle which grows and grows. Once you begin, you cant contain it!
I know that if I hadn't taken control and eliminated my anxiety for good, Id still be on that downward spiral
getting ever more sucked into the anxiety abyss where your every waking moment is dominated by fear.
So, dont be afraid of the fear, the unknown. Instead, look forward to all the wonderful possibilities that YOUR life has yet to put your way!
Severe Anxiety DisorderAnxiety is a feeling of tension related with a sense of peril of danger when the basis of the danger is not known. In contrast, fear is a feeling of tension that is associated with a known source of danger. It is normal for us to have some mild anxiety present in our daily lives. However, anxiety beyond a limit is emotionally painful. It disturbs a person s daily functioning. Anxiety can be accompanied with several other emotional disorders as the following: Acute Stress Disorder Panic Attack Agoraphobia Phobia Anxiety Disorder Due to Medical Condition Post-traumatic Stress Disorder ..
Looking at my family, Im so glad I faced up to my own fear. The answer is never in retreating from life
its everything to do with defeating anxiety.
About the author:
Charles Linden specialises in the treatment of anxiety symptoms. Learn how to cure yourself of Anxiety and Panic Attacks quickly and permanently and get Free access to a valuable interview done with Charles by the BBC visit: http://beatanxiety.amazon-4u.com
Charles LindenReclaiming Your Life From Anxiety Symptoms
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