Anxiety

Anxiety is NOT a random, unknown, or uncontrollable disease or illness that you inherit or contract. Anxiety is a normal reaction to fear.

Everyone experiences anxiety to some degree. Anxiety is caused by the perception of fear, or in other words, by thinking fearfully.

For example, Webster’s dictionary defines anxiety as:

A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties.
A state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning.

Therefore, anxiety by itself is NOT a disease or illness, but turns into a disorder when a person becomes physically, psychologically, emotionally, or spiritually symptomatic, fearful, or distraught because of it.

Worry IS anxiety.

The Webster’s dictionary defines worry as:

a troubled state of mind, anxiety, distressed, persistent mental uneasiness.
Worry results from fearful thinking about a future event or circumstance.

While the negative effects of acute or chronic anxiety may feel like a random, unknown, and uncontrollable disease, they are actually quite reversible. The problem is that most people don’t know how.

Anxiety conditions appear for specific reasons and have definite reasons why they persist. Once these reasons are identified and properly addressed, anxiety conditions along with their symptoms can be eliminated. . .and for good.

Anxiety conditions persist only because the underlying factors that cause them aren’t properly addressed. That’s why those who take medication as their only form of treatment generally remain on medication long term, or find themselves going on and coming off over and over again. Until the underlying factors are properly addressed, anxiety generally persists.

Working with an experienced anxiety coach/counselor/therapist (preferably someone who has personally conquered anxiety in his or her own life and is medication-free) produces the most effective results.

Anxiety disorders are fully reversible. With the right information, help, and support, anyone can conquer anxiety.