Excessive anxiety causes shortness of breath, restlessness, palpitations. Symptoms are becoming more common in psychological and medical practices.
Most people who experience these symptoms are intensely seeking a medical emergency for an answer to the question, “What’s happening to me?”However, despite physical symptoms, this response is not always present in health screenings.
- Anxiety and stress have the positive function of alerting our body to face or escape a threatening situation.
- However.
- Today we are constantly waiting for something bad to happen to us and.
- Therefore.
- We always feel the need to be careful.
This means that we are putting into action our biological alert mechanism at all times, whether or not there is a real threat, and the result is an increasing number of people unable to disconnect, relax, sleep well and feel exhausted most of the time.
There are several external and internal factors that, combined, can lead us to an imbalance condition, one of the factors that contributes to this constant monitoring is the amount of information we consume on a daily basis.
We always read news and quick texts, whether on social media, television, magazines, etc. , much of this information gives us problematic situations and the message of how vigilant we must be to avoid being assaulted, to avoid accidents with us and those we love. , to ensure the desired employment and promotion, etc. Of course, information can help us, but absorbing all these messages without asking questions reinforces the idea that we must be attentive and in control at all times to ensure our safety and succeed in what we want.
In addition, some psychological aspects can reinforce the behavior that is essential to always be alert, so it is important to think about how we have learned to deal with threats in life, since we are young we have gone through difficult situations, and if we have repeatedly felt unprotected by our parents or guardians, it has marked us and helped us to form an unconscious idea that we must be constantly vigilant to ensure our safety and that of the people we love.
There is no doubt that these behaviors have helped us in many situations, so we internalize them so strongly, but it is important to ask ourselves: and today, does it really help me or bother me?These crystallized beliefs throughout life end up leaving us in insecurity and giving us the wrong idea that if we control everything, we can finally guarantee tranquility and rest. exclusively for anything that may go wrong, in order to prepare us for possible difficulties. We calculate everything :?What if there is a lot of traffic and I am late for the meeting?”What if I can’t say anything in my presentation?””What if the plane doesn’t take off?” There are so many negative possibilities that we only connect with problems, and our bodies react to try to alert us and help us better balance our thoughts and feelings.
There are many ways we can better deal with anxiety and stressful situations, and they all come from knowing yourself. Knowing what triggers stress in us is part of the solution. Psychotherapy combined with relaxation and meditation activities is a great way.
In addition, we must deconstruct certain crystallized ideas within us, such as learning to trust life and accepting that it will take its course, whether we have full control or not.
This means that it is essential that we do our part, but that it is not a total guarantee of success, other factors can interfere with our projects and change the course of life, it is important to think about it, accept it and accept it. see if there’s anything to gain from it.
Another important change is to revisit what also works, and often unexpectedly, recognizing the small gestures that occur daily: a kindness of a stranger, a call from a distant friend, a compliment, small things that can make our day more enjoyable. The day-to-day also has its good side, lightens life and helps us to trust and rest some of our anxieties, renewing our faith and well-being.