Taking mental breaks from anxiety and stress is critical. Everything that is important seems like it demands attention right now. In addition, at the first sign of anything going wrong we can instinctively go into fear. This is the first step before going into anxiety, burnout and having panic attacks. The feelings of inadequacy, unworthiness, and desperation can just add more fuel to the fear and anxiety. In these times we need to remember that we can only do one thing at a time. The real truth is the only thing that is actually real is what is in front of us in the moment. This reminder will defuse the fear and ensure you live everyday to its fullest. It takes discipline and perseverance to overcome our defects of character.
Everybody experiences anxiety and fear. These are primitive emotions associated with the flight or fright response to perceived danger. It’s when this mechanism does turn off the adrenaline from the flight or fight response eventually wears down the central nervous system, thus causing anxiety excessive fear and panic attacks. The most important thing to remember about anxiety is how to consciously take a break from the anxiety. Be aware of the things you do that lessen the perceived anxiety. This will give your body a much needed break from the fear and anxiety. I hope this answers your questions.
A lot of times when we have anxiety for as long as we can remember we might have to look at other issues such as childhood trauma, or perhaps long term drug or alcohol use. The anxiety can be a symptom to something else. Since people experience life events differently each person needs to be assessed individually by a trained professional. Regardless recovering from the anxiety will take a lot of perseverance and determination to get better.
There are a lot of people who suffer from fear anxiety and panic attacks. This problem originates from the flight and flight response, however, in a person suffering from panic attacks the flight or fight response doesn’t turn off since the person is constantly in fear. Consequently, the person suffering from the panic attack wears down the central nervous system. It can be classified as a form of a nervous breakdown. This is were the panic attack and fear originates from.
Changing beliefs and understanding our patterns of thinking doesn’t change overnight. It takes time to make the necessary changes in our life. Moving from being passive in life to equating hard work on our defects and empowering ourselves to becoming authors of our own life is a process. In the past I have mentioned resistance or barriers to change. Resistance to change can be due to learned helplessness. This can be a coping mechanism which can cause a person to feel completely helpless to change their circumstances in life for the better. The result of learned helplessness is severe depression and extremely low self worth. It is extremely important to get to the root of our problems in order to reach our potential in life.
Stress worry and anxiety simply come from thinking negative things about the future. This fear and insecurity comes from thinking about things we don't want to happen to us. If we intensely focus on the moment we will find peace and freedom. In order to over come our defects of character and get to a higher level of spiritual awawreness with other people it takes a lot of hard work. However, as a result of our discipline and effort stress worry and anxiety become short lived and no longer control our lives. Working on staying in the moment takes a lot of discipline however, the peace and freedom you get from it make the effort and hard work worth it.
