Anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling of unease, apprehension or worry. It may be associated with physical symptoms such as rapid heart beat, feeling faint and trembling. It can be a normal reaction to stress or worry or it can sometimes be part of a bigger problem.

General Anxiety Disorder is an excessive and persistant feeling of unease and worry. This worry can be directed at many different things. Anxiety is triggered by stress

Physiology of Stress

When a person is exposed to a 'dangerous' situation his body gets ready to face it. It needs more energy for that. The extra energy is got by the 'Fight or Flight' response. The initial step is taken by the hypothalamus in the brain which stimulates the adrenal glands which are situated on the kidneys to secrete adrenaline and cortisol. These two hormones work together to see that the body gets more energy by providing more oxygen and glucose

Once the trigger is gone the hormonal levels drops and the body returns to normal. But if this happens repeatedly, then all the hormonal levels are persistently high not allowing the body to come back to normal .The body keeps reacting to the perceived threat. Soon the hormonal and energy stores become exhausted. The vital link between the mind and the body is lost and the person suffers. The mind gets disturbed by the fact that the threat is there. But the body is too tired to handle it. The coordination between the two is disturbed

Any sort of loss, from bereavement, divorce and separation to a child leaving home, or guilt can causes stress, as do long-term illness and disability. But things such as marriage, moving house, a new job and holidays have quite high stress ratings too. In work, worrying about deadlines or about not being up to the challenges of a particular task can cause stress.

Persistent (chronic) stress that is not resolved, will eventually lead to a persons ability to cope - to break down; triggering the anxiety; leading to the onset of either physical or psychological problems or even both.

The anxiety can create IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS & or BEHAVIOURs and or FEARS (phobias) and physical symptoms. (see list of symptoms).

Then you find yourself caught in the vicious cycle. Eventually just thinking about it can bring on a panic attack

The anxiety is feeding off repressed memories - bottled up emotions - memories that where so upsetting to you as a child that your mind's defence mechanism repressed them; hid them away - bottling up the emotion attached to the memory.

The stress at work or home, or perhaps even a bereavement, job loss, separation; financial worries etc has triggered that bottled up emotion to react and to create the anxiety.

Anxiety creates --> physical symptoms (see list)--> Phobias--> Irrational behaviours & thoughts

Hypno analysis is one of the most effective therapies in the world for treating emotional and anxiety & stress related problems. It is a very natural process to discover the root cause of the problem rather than merely treating it or just trying to control the symptom. If you suffer with any of the symptoms listed, than hypno analysis is definitely therapy for you. Life need not be a struggle you do have a choice Loss of concentration.

What is the difference between a phobia and a fear?

The only difference between a phobia and a fear is the severity of the emotional reaction; a strong dislike of flying is a fear, whereas a pathological fear (an intense, uncontrollable, unendurable, physical fear) is considered to be a phobia.

A phobia is a symbolic representation of an internal anxiety which is projected onto an external object or situation. They are caused by experiences from our early years which were too shocking for our immature minds to cope. As a result our sub-conscious mind conceals the memory of the event and the emotion generated by the event from our conscious mind. To an adult these shocking events may appear to be comparatively trivial as they will have experienced many more thousands of situations as they grew up.

Social anxiety, or social phobia as it is sometimes known, is the most common sort of phobia. The range of symptoms is extensive and can include the following: