What is anxiety?

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FF9900" ALINK="#007701" VLINK="#FF0000"> <table bgcolor="#000000" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="728"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table background="/nf-images/nf_back.gif" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#E7E7E7"> <tr> <td width="10%"> <a href="http://www.netfirms.com"><img alt="Free Web Hosting by Netfirms" align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/nf-images/Freewebhosting.gif" width="184" height="24"></a><br /> </td> <td width="90%"> <font size="2"><a href="http://www.netfirms.com">Web Hosting by <b>Netfirms</b></a> | <a href="http://www.netfirms.com/domain-names">Free Domain Names by <b>Netfirms</b></a></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="728"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="/nf-images/freewebhosting.webhosting.asis" width="1" height="3"><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </table>  <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>The Phobia King's Home Page</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Phobia Kings Home Page"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Book, Comments/Suggestions/Questio"><U>Guest Book, Comments/Suggestions/Questions</U></A>   |   <B>What is anxiety?</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anxiety Evaluation"><U>Anxiety Evaluation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stress Response"><U>Stress Response</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="relaxation response"><U>relaxation response</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is a phobia?"><U>What is a phobia?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is agoraphobia?"><U>What is agoraphobia?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Do you want help now?"><U>Do you want help now?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Self help resources"><U>Self  help resources</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the author"><U>About the author</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Consultation"><U>Consultation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List 500 Phobias"><U>-List 500 Phobia's-</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Phobia Kings Home Page"><U>back</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="13058020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="what_is_anxiety_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>What is anxiety?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> For each of us experiencing what we call anxiety or panic, will differ between individuals. Listed hear, are a few common descriptions used to describe generalized anxiety, and panic disorder:</div> <bR> <div> 1. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(Generalized anxiety)</B></I></FONT> An uncomfortable feeling, an uneasy feeling, anxiousness, or feeling fearfulness. Hypersensitivity emotionally to things around you, feelings are exaggerated along with reactions, and for no obvious apparent reason for feeling that way. These feelings stop you, and control your life by keeping you from doing what you want to. Even if you had no problems in doing so before or at one time. In other  words, it controls you, your life  whether you want to or not, out of the anticipated fear of an attack. So, your life ends up revolving around the anticipation or threat of an anxiety rather than living your life in a more normal fun and uninhabited way. </div> <bR> <div> 2. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(Generalized & Panic disorder)</B></I></FONT> The feeling of anxiousness, anticipated anxiety, intense fear, and/or  severe panic. You may feel or think that you have no control over your thoughts, feelings, emotions, reactions, and/or even in how your body may be responding or reacting. </div> <bR> <div> 3. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(Generalized & Panic disorder)</B></I></FONT> Along with these fearful thoughts, comes an array of body symptoms that range from light inner/outer shakes to hot flashes & heart palpitations resembling a heart attack. There is a wide variety of both body symptoms & mental symptoms, some common between individuals, some are unique to the individual. But they all share one thing in common, fear.  <A NAME="4__take_the_anxiety_evaluation_test"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>4</B></I><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anxiety Evaluation"><U><I><B>.</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anxiety Evaluation"><U><I><B> </B></I></U></A><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anxiety Evaluation"><U><I><B><U>Take the anxiety evaluation test here:</U></B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>5.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="relaxation response"><U><I><B><U>Cortex - Relaxation response model:</U></B></I></U></A></FONT><I><U> </U></I><I><B>Visual body map showing what organs are effected through the brain when thinking </B></I><I><B>relaxing type thoughts</B></I><I><B>.</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>6.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stress Response"><U><I><B><U>Cortex - Stress response model:</U></B></I></U></A><I><B><U> </U></B></I></FONT><I><B>Visual body map showing what organs </B></I><I><B> <A NAME="are_effected_through_the_brain_when"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>are effected through the brain when thinking stressful, angry, resentful, etc., type thoughts</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> There are many descriptions of what is known as anxiety, and many psychological schools of thought & opinions for what causes it, and the different ways to treat it. And the remedies vary widely depending on the individual and there background and/or history. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Please note: </B></I></FONT><I><B>T</B></I><I><B>h</B></I><I><B>at it is a good idea to </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>have your doctor examine you first </B></I></FONT><I><B>to check to see if it is an organic medically based problem that's causing the anxiety, or is it just cognitive or mentally based anxiety. In some cases, </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>there may be an organic medical reason</B></I></FONT><I><B> for symptoms that mimic anxiety, but are not.  For instance, there is one called hypoglycemia which mimics the symptoms of anxiety. So </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>check with your doctor first before making any assumptions about what you may or may not have, and deciding on a remedy.</B></I><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>A few common descriptions:</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> 1.  A common one is the "Fight or Flight" response (anxiety anticipated into full blown panic attacks).</div> <div> 2. An "irrational fear" that keeps people from doing the normal things any body should be able to do, and interferes and controls there lives. </div> <div> 3. Some describe it as a symptom of low self esteem.</div> <div> 4. Some have linked it to physical or mental trauma, past or present, and/or abuse of some sort.</div> <div> 5. Some describe it as an "avoidance pattern", when you avoid, you usually suppress, when you suppress, it comes in the form of anxiety  in the body.</div> <div> 6. In simplicity, whether it be an anxiety type of response, or an intense phobic response, or even an agoraphobic type response, it is a learned "fear patterned" way of thinking that causes the reaction you experience in your body. By the way, I need to add here, that it wasn't by conscious choice to have such an ailment.   </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Note:</B></I><I><B> </B></I></FONT>The bad news is, that you have been experiencing anxiety, and let's face it, it is debilitating to live like that. However, the great news is, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>there is a lot you can do to handle this while at the same time, dealing with it</B></I><I><B><U> </U></B></I></FONT>should you decide to do so. On these pages, will be resources for you try, and use. Not all techniques work consistently with every individual as I found out myself through experience, but having a variety of resources available for us to use and apply, will at the very least, give you the hope and faith you need to go ahead a use these resources to move forward in a more positive constructive way.</div> <bR> <div> My belief is, that you shouldn't have to learn to live with it, but to overcome it, and move on in life. And with the resources available to you, there is no reason why you should have to!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Phobia Kings Home Page"><U><I><B><U>The Phobia King's Home Page</U></B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </BODY>