Anxiety – Dawn Lupul

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It’s estimated that over 18% of people in the United States suffer with anxiety. In Canada the number is closer to 12%, but 25% of people are likely to suffer from at least one anxiety disorder in their lifetime. It seems that everywhere you go, people are talking about anxiety.

On social media, which skews to a slightly younger demographic, it is commonplace for users to openly discuss their anxiety. What was once kept private has now become an open discussion, which in itself can ease the burden suffered by those afflicted.

Anxiety is a natural response to stress which can be mild, but if the feelings are extreme and affect the quality of your life or your health then it is a more serious disorder.

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We are unlike any other creatures on this planet. We are able to use our minds to become the fullest expansions of ourselves, and we can continually strive to have more and to do more. The mind is a wonderful tool, unless it turns against us.

The ability to remember the past and to imagine the future can be useful and productive or harmful and limiting. We can worry so much about things that haven’t happened, and likely will never happen, that we become paralyzed with fear. Or we can evoke memories that upset us, feeling the pain as though something that happened many years ago is happening right now.

The physiological reactions are real. When the mind becomes panicked, the body responds as though the threat is real. Anxiety is a lower level of panic attack, a chronic way of living that is neither comfortable nor healthy. But for those who deal with any of these mental conditions, the struggle is real.

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