a anxiety question

Anxiety affects our whole being. It affects how we feel, how we behave and has very real physical symptoms. It feels a bit like fear but whereas we know what we are frightened of, we often don't know what we are anxious about . The first thing to understand is that anxiety itself is self-sustaining. It causes problems with your mind and body that make it more likely to experience further anxiety. For example, anxiety changes brain chemistry in a way that creates negative thinking - negative thinking reduces the ability to think positively, which in turn makes it harder to control anxiety. Anxiety also creates physical symptoms that cause their own anxiety - symptoms that are so severe that they perfectly mimic what it's like to live with some of the world's most serious diseases. Anxiety also creates hypersensitivity, which is a mental response that makes people more prone to noticing those physical symptoms and letting it affect them. If anxiety were just nervousness and sweating, anxiety disorders may not be considered as serious. But anxiety is so much more than that, and the longer you live with anxiety the more symptoms you can experience. Anxiety can also cause people to fear the anxiety itself, which unfortunately bleeds into other areas of their life. One of the more interesting aspects of anxiety is that when you're nervous about one thing (for example, social situations) you can become nervous about other things as a result (for example, amusement park rides). This is how anxiety works. So when someone starts to fear their own anxiety and its symptoms, they may also develop new anxieties, or find more situations causing anxiety. Resource: MNT The best way to deal with your anxiety is to accept that you have anxiety and do not continue to let anxiety take over your life. What are you doing to deal with your anxiety? I hope you have a therapist and a medical Dr. working with you. Kindly, Kitt

Hi kitt, Thanks for your response. I kind of understand were you are coming from. Anxiety can make you think there is a lot wrong with you when its not. But The question I was asking does this thinking of negative thoughts and symptoms come from your subconsious mind? I understand about changeing the chemical inbalance of the brain. Thats why they out us on medication. I am see a phychiaritrist every two weeks. The same one I was seeing 7 or 8 years ago when I had anxiety. Misty.

Hi wanna feel better. I am glad your EMG came out good. Did they do the small nerves to. It a machine they hook you up to and checks your small nerves. They don't poke you with anything. They attach a couple of things to you. They attach things to your feet. They check if you can sweat and if you heart is ok and your small nerves. It takes about 40 minutes. I know when I try to relax I get the symptoms to it sucks. But is our subconsious mind doing all of this? Because we can't control are subconsious mind ? Do you still get the shaking and trembleling inside your body. I do. I get the trembleing in the chest to it feels like a sick feeling like queasy. Do you get that? I know our minds can play tricks in us. I am seeing a phychairitrist every two weeks the same one I saw before when I had anxiety 7 or 8 years ago. She help me the last time. I hope she can help me this time cause this time is worse. Misty.

Misty,

a) conscious, front-of-the-mind, "verbalized" thoughts (i.e., "I'm worried about this meeting," "I'm dreading this party," "I'm afraid that this pain is something  serious")

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b) undefined, back-of-the-mind, can't-put-your-finger-on-it feelings/notions/vibes? (i.e., general fogginess, lack of clarity, lack of ability, slower thinking)

It varies really.  Usually it is conscious unless I get my way into a true depression.  Then I start having panic attacks over things and not know why. 

Hope this helps,

Kitt