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Posted 4/21/2013 12:01 PM (GMT 0)
Why does anxiety give us crazy symptons and make us think we have a deadly disease???
Posted 4/21/2013 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Viv,

Here's my understanding in a nutshell.

We are faced with stressors everyday...they are all around us, in various forms.

People with anxiety, for whatever reason, have trouble with how they perceive stress. They may be triggered by what may not be considered a major stressor, but the mind and body perceive it as so...and the fight or flight process begins.

This of course is what is responsible for a lot of the physical symptoms in our bodies. They are uncomfortable and innappropriate for the situation. You could just be standing in line at the grocery store and start experiencing a racing heart, sweating, trouble breathing, vision disturbances, tingling sensations, ect...

Since this is completely unexpected, our mind then seeks to find an explanation for how we are feeling. The first thought is not one of..."Hmmn, my Sympathetic Nervous System must be on overdrive from supressed stress, which is causing a harmless anxiety attack."...

No it is usually along the lines of. "Oh my Gosh, I must be dying or suffering a serious health episode!!!"

Even after we have been told that what we experienced is due to anxiety, it is hard for our minds to believe it. Perhaps because obviously we are prone to anxiety in the first place...we just tend to worry.

Negative and fearful thinking feed the anxiety, so it is important to note that positive and rational thinking is the antidote!:)

I hope that this explains things somewhat for you. If not, I can copy and article that could tell you more if you'd like.

Take care,

S.C.
Posted 4/21/2013 2:54 PM (GMT 0)
Vivianna, Remember this is what I think!

Some researchers believe that a primitive part of our so called reality is very primitive, "sub-conscious".
It was a survival tool for us when we first came down out of the trees, "remember what I said" There were
many creatures on the ground that were meat eaters! "carnivores" They were faster, stronger and always
hungry. Our brain supposedly developed a very strong survival tool called "fight or flight" if I subscribe to
this I believe that flight would be the stronger instinct. This response had to be instinctive, a without
conscious thought, if we need to process any conscious thought we might already be some creatures supper. In order for this to work it needed triggers that would trigger flight without any time delaying thought process. "So what may happen is we are tuned to respond without notice to an incredible surge
of adrenalin". This surge starts rapid breathing (hyperventilation), heart palps, (stronger heart beat)
and a built in desire to run like hell. Now days there are no hungry animals wanting to eat us but we
still have the survival tool laying beneath the surface of our reality and it still works, I don't know what the
triggers are and I'm not sure if this has been studied but I would think being under stress for several
days and then almost nothing sets us off and then because we do not burn off the adrenalin by running
or climbing a tree our system just go's wild trying to respond to nothing that we can see or hear. Now
I'm not sure I agree with all this but if we lived that way today I can see where it could become habit
forming. It could also be that we as people have learned how to make this adrenalin surge happen without
even thinking about it, we may not be aware of being addicted to adrenaline.
"Remember I am a crazy ofd man with an imagination".
Peace!.
Larry ***
Posted 4/22/2013 12:36 AM (GMT 0)
I have heard so many stories about where are anxiety comes from, but one that stood out for me is that we may have a chemical imbalance. Anyone know if thats true and can expand on that. Thanks.
Posted 4/22/2013 12:46 AM (GMT 0)

feather1 said...
I have heard so many stories about where are anxiety comes from, but one that stood out for me is that we may have a chemical imbalance. Anyone know if thats true and can expand on that. Thanks.


Most is thought to be caused by chemical imbalances in your brain, which ultimately help the way your body responds to stress. Some anxiety/depression can be learned behaviors based on past experiences. Lots of things can affect your body "chemistry" which can throw you out of whack.
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