Imagine, for example, a worker who thinks he can be fired from work next week.
He may or may not be fired next week, but he has already anticipated this possible threatening situation by activating an anxiety response in the present.
On many occasions, an anxiety response can be normal and adaptive.
However, when the anxiety response is disproportionately given, lengthened over time, or generalized to other situations, anxiety problems arise.
Anxiety problems
- panic attacks
- chronic anxiety
- generalized anxiety disorder
- social anxiety disorder
Anxiety symptoms
The most common signs and symptoms of nervous anxiety are:
- palpitations
- choking feeling
- sweating
- tremors
- chest tightness
- nerves in the stomach
- nausea
- vomiting
- dizziness
- overeat
- muscular tension
- tiredness
- tingling
- fear of going crazy
- fear of death
Causes of Anxiety
The causes of anxiety may vary depending on the person who has it.
There may be hereditary factors that predispose a person to suffer anxiety.
There may also be imbalances in the neurotransmitters in our brain due to bad habits such as sleeping little or eating badly.
And there may also be everyday situations that make us experience an excess of anxiety such as, for example, too demanding work situations, conflictive family situations, etc..
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