The Pain of Anxiety

If you Google “Anxiety”, it is defined as a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks. 

Anxiety is experienced by everyone at some point in their lives.  The general anxiety, we become anxious with given situations but we can learn to control this emotion.  There is also Anxiety disorders.  The actual causes of anxiety disorders are not fully understood but progress is being made. 

We are writing this post with anxiety as an emotion response in mind not Anxiety Disorders. 

Many of us before beginning the journey of self study are unaware of our ability to emotionally step back from situations.  We own every experience that we happen upon in life.  In the beginning of self study, we are unaware that thoughts passing through our minds do not have to be owned and do not have to be taken personally.  Unfortunately, without fully understanding, we choose to relate to every thought and every emotion we experience and we can run with these.  We take them on and own them.  We see them as part of the self.

Through self study and personal work, it becomes our goal to gain control of our reactions to, and thoughts about, situations before we become fully involved emotionally.  Unfortunately, once we are fully involved in a panic attack or the feelings of anxiety, logical thinking or rational is an extremely difficult state to obtain.

Anxiety and its associated behaviours and thought processes are difficult to control in the beginning.  Without forethought, we allow our minds to manifest our thoughts and emotions into something larger than the anticipated events or actual events truly are.  These unchecked emotions and thought processes create excessive worry and allow anxiety to manifest.  This allowance gives our negative reactions and negative anticipations the illusion of being real.  Again, we remind you we are referring to basic anxiety and not an anxiety disorder.

What benefit is there to anticipating a possible stressful or negative event or outcome?  Does worry eliminate the event?  Does anticipation change the outcome?

In reality, we only have this very moment that we are living.  The past is behind us and the future never comes.  This very moment, this very instant is the only real thing that exists. 

Realizes that no amount of worry or anxiety can change our future is a very large step forward.  Before we can channel our less than positive thoughts in alternate directions, however, we have to realize that our thought process is our own created.  What do you prefer to create.....a positive outlook and therefore a positive future or a heavy negative outlook and therefore a less than ideal future (our focus does create our reality). 

If this moment feels negative, review your attitude.  If you are in a grateful state, you will not feel that this moment in time is terrible.  A grateful state creates positive energy. 

Anxiety builds strength to flourish through our focus on it and leaving this emotion unchecked. 

Channel your thoughts in controlled directions.  The best approach is to dismiss the ideas as non-essential and irrelevant thoughts.  It is imperative to do this prior to allowing them to grow out of proportion.  The more we practice gratitude, the faster we recognize sparks of negativity.  The earlier we recognize the spark of negativity, the earlier we can smother the spark before it becomes a fire of anxiety.

Channel your focus on what is good in your life no matter how challenging because we all eventually become consumed by what we focus on.  The Idea is to change our focus.  Focus on all that is good and calming and brings happiness into the focus of our minds.  It WILL take work, but with persistence we can remove the negative ideas and worries from our focus and in so doing, we will create more concentration on what truly matters in our lives.

We will eventually become proficient at noticing these invasive thoughts in their infancy and break the habit of nurturing them into fruition.  We can do this.  Live in the moment for it is all we truly have.  We have the ability to rise above anxiety and to channels our thoughts to gratitude.  We deserve peace of mind. 

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