How to Deal with Debilitating Anxiety The Right Way
Prolonged stress can leave our bodies and minds in a constant state of anxiety. Stress leads to anxiety, and stress is a silent killer, so to prevent this, here is what anxiety causes. Debilitating anxiety can result from prolonged stress from malnutrition, abusive relationships, poor sleep hygiene, and more.
Anxiety causes our bodies to feel threatened all of the time. According to different psychologists, it looks different in different people. For example, Rollo May, a clinical psychologist, says anxiety can be defined as confronting the issue of fulfilling one’s potential. (Feist, Feist, & Roberts, 2018)
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What is Debilitating Anxiety?
Pubmed refers to anxiety disorders as a more long-term feeling of worry or concern. The more common types of anxiety are Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobia Disorder, and PTSD.
Generalized anxiety is a common form of anxiety that causes you to feel anxious completing everyday tasks and feeling a sense of increasing overwhelm. There is not technically a true debilitating anxiety definition; however, the word debilitating means “making someone very weak and infirm”.
Therefore debilitating anxiety can keep you from going to work, getting out of bed, going to sleep, playing with your kids, leaving the job you hate, and even causing some serious road rage.
Stress & Debilitating Anxiety.
I have dealt with anxiety for years in many different forms. I have learned a ton about what anxiety causes short-term and long-term. The anxiety symptoms were sweaty, irritable, moody, physically sore, upset stomach, crying, and feeling out of control.
Allowing constant stress to control your life can lead to debilitating anxiety and take years off your life. When I have changed my diet, changed my mindset, and implemented supplements, I have been able to stop my anxiety in its tracks. In combination with getting sunshine, exercise, sleep earlier, and more human connections.
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Muscle tension, diarrhea, and mouth dryness are just a few symptoms of what anxiety causes. If you have trouble dealing with anxiety, try some stress management activities for women.
You could end up with generalized anxiety disorder. Which is an excessive fear of legitimate things. Such as being afraid to drive because you might get into a car accident. Another would be starting that business you have always wanted to do, but you don’t because your imposter syndrome tells you that you don’t deserve it.
Anxiety can cause the overgrowth of bacterias such as candida. Which is a naturally occurring bacteria that we have on our bodies. However a
What Causes Debilitating Anxiety?
- Childhood trauma
- Poor nutrition
- Taking on too much
- Lack of sleep
- Loss of a job
- Financial Stress
- Loss of a Family Member
- Fear of
Debilitating Anxiety Symptoms
- Serious fears can develop if not addressed, such as Nosophobia (fear of getting sick)
- Memory Loss Can Occur
- Weakened Immune Function
- Heart Racing
- Sweating
- Loss for Words
- Bouts of Anger
Long-term Effects of Anxiety
Heart disease, dehydration, high blood pressure, migraines, obesity, metabolic syndrome, leaky gut, weakened immune system, and many more—acne, inflammation, breathing problems, hair loss, pain, and insomnia.
Just think about a cold sore; most of us know that little sore on the corner of our mouths is from stress. Which is also the result of a weakened immune system.
Additional Symptoms Affected by Stress/Anxiety:
- Psoriasis/Eczema
- IBS
- Food Intolerances
- Worsened Asthma Symptoms
- Muscle Twitching
- Hormonal Imbalance
- Etc.
How to Deal with Debilitating Anxiety
EAT. Eat as healthy as possible because even though you reach for those sweets to give you that short-term gratification, it can worsen your anxiety.
When you consume sugar, your cortisol increases which are your stress hormone. So increasing your consumption of sugary foods or artificial sweeteners like Splenda (sucralose) or High Fructose Corn Syrup, you are producing more and more of your stress hormones.
So eat a balanced meal of fat, fiber, and protein. This can include whole foods to help you create a nutrient-dense diet.
Listen to music, journal, write out your fears, and ask yourself if these anxious thoughts are valid or not. If they aren’t, you can cross them off in your mind and shut them down easier when they pop into your mind.
Make sure you exercise. This is CRUCIAL as it is a natural anti-depressant, and depression can go hand in hand with anxiety. In addition, your brain grows, and you can think better when your blood flows from exercising. Last but not least, you can receive a serotonin boost making you happier and relaxed when you exercise. I recommend yoga, weight lifting, and some light cardio to start.
CBT
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can help you change your thoughts and behaviors. Our thoughts often affect our mood, and our moods often impact our thoughts and fuel negative ways of thinking.
It is not what happens to you in life that matters, but rather how you react to it.
Long term, this makes a big difference in overcoming your anxiety, choosing to believe your anxiety is there to protect you, but you can tell it to sit on the sidelines. Using Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, you can learn how to acknowledge your debilitating anxiety without feeling the need to control and change everything.
Summary
In short, anxiety can cause diseases, syndromes, disorders, and weakened immune systems. Anxiety can have short-term effects that can lead to more serious long-term effects. Your mental response can affect your physical well-being. You control your emotions more than you are aware of! If you want help, you do not have to suffer from debilitating anxiety alone.
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Reference:
Feist, J., Feist, G. J., & Roberts, T. (2018). Theories of personality. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Originally posted 2020-06-22 03:51:09.
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