Before overcoming an issue in life, it tends to be a lot simpler if one understands what he or she is dealing with so let's go right back to basics.

Anxiety

• a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
• a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

 

Not so long ago we weren't living in this high tech world modern world, we were all much further apart from one another. Our scope of the universe was much smaller, however life was a lot more harsh. One minute you and your primitive family would be eating a wild boar freshly caught from the near wilderness, when a wild predator such as a sabertooth tiger or a hungry wolf could appear and try to attack. It was during this time that mankind as a race had to do something. A lot of families unfortunately just died out during this period, however your ancestors (bless them) developed a chemical reaction within their neuro-system. This reaction is one of the very reasons that you are sat here reading this text. It is one of the most amazing things our subconscious neanderthol brains ever created and it is called "the fight or flight response"

The fight or flight response

Whenever a danger was perceived in the wild whether it was unwelcome tribesmen or an angry predator your ancestors brains would trigger the fight or flight response. the fight or flight response causes a change within the neocortex of our brains and causes the following changes within the body. Muscles tense ready for increased action, Blood pressure increases to supply the heart for its increased demand, We breathe faster to speed up oxygen getting into the blood (hurting the chest muscles). In order to get as much blood in to the limbs our digestion is interrupted making our saliva dry up and all of our digestive organs slow down ever so slightly causing abnormal sensations and our bodies are flooded with stress hormones that enable all of this to happen. As a result we either flee the the angry predator or fight the angry tribesmen. It is a life saving mechanism, but now in this modern world we don't have the need for it so frequently. When you are subconsciously stressed about an issue in your life or even an imaginary thought of misfortune your subconscious can't tell the difference between an imaginary threat or a real one and it induces this series of events. The fight or flight response is like a switch, it is either on or off, we need to get you to take a hold of that switch and keep it turned off unless absolutely necessary.

 

If the symptoms you suffer aren't listed above then don't worry it doesn't mean you don't fit the criteria for this site. It's your site remember, and you will be helped. I experienced sensations so vivid and so terrifyingly real that I thought I was going to quite literally die several times a day at one point, and the scariest thing was that nobody understood me when I spoke about it. Well I understand you Brother (or Sister)! I am suprised that more people don't suffer with all these negativity issues. Just take a look at the fear that external forces place in our minds. All the news about terrorist extemists, climate change etc. Everyday there is another reason to be afraid of something. Makes you question the agenda of some humans? but not you, you won't be influenced anymore. It is time for you to take a hold of your mind again. It is your mind after all.

It has begun!