Good Afternoon, A certain amount of anxiety is useful - even indispensable. If you understand that it is a signal of impending danger, you can grasp its vital importance. When is danger ever entirely absent?
Getting rid of all traces of anxiety would be like successfully dismantling your house's security system. Yes, things are quieter and more relaxed, but you wont know you are in trouble until it's too late.
But, then, there can be too much anxiety. Your mind can be overwhelmed, unable to think. We sometimes call this "panic," and it means that all we want to do is escape. The problem is that if the signal comes from inside, from something you have not adequately considered, there is no place to flee to. Moreover, the mind in panic is not able to think very well.
My best personal; example - on August 10th I saw my PCP for my yearly check and she order some pretty serious testing that did not scare me as I was not expecting anything and wham, I learn that I have a very large cancerous tumor in my colon..................no way to be prepared for that news and I crashed like a ton of bricks...............also considered as traumatic event in my life.
It's never a bad idea to do an inventory of your typical worries, to get a sense of where you are on the spectrum, or what are the particular situations that make you anxious. You may not always need professional help to deal with it, but it can help to be more familiar with your internal states and more mindful of what they might be trying to tell you.
The one thing that helps bme is to telling myself to BELIEVE that I will be ok and that I have anxiety,
Anxiety does not have me.
Tight Hugs,
Kitt