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Anxiety often is described as sustained and excessive worry that a person cannot control, and is related many times to the anticipation of a future threat, such as COVD-19 or a traumatic event. At times, anxiety can have a large and negative affect on our daily lives, work, relationships and overall happiness. Anxiety also can manifest as an irritable, worried, restless and debilitating stress response which can last for minutes to days. Most everyone has had anxiety surrounding a stressful situation.

Anxiety becomes an obstacle for a happy, healthy life when it affects our day-to-day lives in these ways:

Emotionally, anxiety can appear as:

Excessive worry

Fatigue

Irritability

Panic attacks

Paranoia

Poor concentration

Restlessness

Sleep disturbances

Physically, anxiety can appear as:

Chest pain

Diarrhea, stool pattern changes or upset stomach

Headache

Increased heart rate

Muscle aches

Shaking

Shortness of breath

Sweating

The negative effects of anxiety

Left unchecked, anxiety can negatively affect our lives in these ways:

Interrupting daily life - Causing issues at home, school, work and socially

Isolating us - Not wanting to participate in normal daily activities or take new steps in life due to fear

Emotionally - Increasing our risk for depression, suicide and failure to progress in life

Physically - Increasing our risk for physical distress, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, chest pain and tremors

Mentally - Increasing our risk for financial complications, poor decision-making and poor communication

Tips to help combat anxiety

There are a number of things you can try to help combat anxiety, including:

When to seek advice or treatment from a medical professional

It's recommended you speak to a health care provider about your anxiety should any of these situations occur:

Your anxiety becomes an obstacle - In any aspect of everyday living, often causing difficulties for six or more months

Your anxiety becomes a negative influence in relationships - Creating barriers in life

Your anxiety leads to isolation - Producing thoughts of hopelessness or helplessness

Your anxiety controls your life - When your emotional or physical response to excessive worry is controlling your life in some aspect or another

A person with anxiety can seek support from a therapist, medical provider, family member, friend, community support person, crisis line resource or a crisis center. Depending on the severity of your anxiety, a behavioral therapy plan, anti-anxiety medication and/or coping mechanisms may be directed to your personal situation.

Recognition of anxiety is a key factor in dealing with excessive worry and moving forward in life. If you have any of the above symptoms or have difficulty controlling worry in your life, ask yourself if it could be anxiety you're experiencing. It's important to share any concerns of excessive worry with your health care provider so we can help you identify ways to address your anxiety and move past the debilitation of excessive worry.

If COVID-19 has increased your anxiety, learn ways to tame anxiety during the pandemic, and get tips for mindfulness and coping.
Jill Christensen is a Family Medicine nurse practitioner in Waterville, Minnesota.

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Anxiety is a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness. It might cause you to sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heartbeat.

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Harvard researchers have discovered that often long term anxiety can cause heart problems, sleeping issues and more.

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Some people say stress, some say anxiety. These are differing terms that mean something different depending on the circumstance and effects. They have some similarities such as what can happen to the body. The both have long term effects that can have larger affects on us. Here stress and anxiety will be defined. All of the similarities and differences will be discussed. The long-term affects will be examined. Finally, some solutions to both stress and anxiety will be provided.

Anxiety on the other hand is a "feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come" (Holland, 2018). Anxiety has to do with fear and how it causes a reaction in us. This can be physical sensations, or thoughts that can be uncontrolled. I have had discussions related to anxiety and the thought reactions and have related it to going down the rabbit hole, with no idea what is going to happen nor how the reaction will be once we have arrived. Then we get to anxiety related disorders which are marked fear that are uncontrolled and interrupt our daily living. This can be fear of leaving the house because there is a fear that some horrible event will happen, or it can be persistent worry about events that could happen, but there is little evidence that they will.

Stress and anxiety are related, but there are differences and separation to both of them. Everyone experiences both stress and anxiety in their life time. Stress can lead to anxiety, it can cause it. There are similar reactions to how stress is experienced in our body and how anxiety is experienced. For both people may physically tense up, be easily fatigued, have stomach issues, or even trouble sleeping. the way we differentiate between normal stress/worry and anxiety is by examing if the symptoms experienced by a person proportional to the worry (Rooij & Stenson, 1999). For example, running from a grizzly bear and screaming, a normal response most would deem, compared to be stuck on a table unable to move and crying uncontrollably because a spider is across the room, an extremely strong response to a smaller threat.

There are some long-term effects on the body and mind are caused by stress and anxiety. Harvard Health (2008) found that Anxiety was related to chronic illness such as GI issues and heart disease. The Mayo Clinic (2017) included other worsening symptoms such as headaches and migraines as well as sleep issues. Often having long-term anxiety can lead to depressive states. The main point is that continued experiences of anxiety and stress can cause issues that can affect us deeply. These effects can be life long if not treated properly.

There are some solutions to reduce stress/anxiety. Some of these treatments are medication related such as

There are also therapies which are proven to be effective and useful in treating Anxiety related disorders

1. * Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT): which looks at the interactions between thoughts, feelings and behaviors and works to create differing responses

2. * Mindfulness: a therapy that is more present focused and works to increase awareness of that present moment

3. * Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Focuses on accepting events that occur pleasant and unpleasant and commit to goals that are value and belief based.

4. * Dialectic Behavior Therapy - Based on CBT but focuses on the dialectics (opposites) that can create change in an individual

5. * Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - A form of therapy that looks at root experiences and how those experiences have shaped our decision-making and views.

There are some things that people can do on their own too.

1. * Try journaling, sometimes getting the thoughts out help

2. * Participate in yoga, helps to relieve some of the physical manifestations of stress

3. * Focus on slow deep breathing

4. * Visualize calm, our anxious brain learns from experience, give it some calm moments

At Pathways Psychology Services, we have therapists who utilize these therapies to work with individuals who experience stress, anxiety and other mental health disorders. If you or someone you know needs help with overcoming their anxious thoughts or stress inducing events contact Pathways Psychology Services at 630-293-9860. We can help.
By Zach Meers, LCPC, NCC What is Anxiety? Anxiety and physical illness Everything You Need to Know About Anxiety Generalized anxiety disorder Current Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

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Long Term Effects of Stress and Anxiety - Pathways Psychology Services

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Answer:Feeling restless, wound-up, or on-edge, Being easily fatigued, Having difficulty concentrating, Being irritable, Having headaches, muscle aches, stomachaches, or unexplained pains, Difficulty controlling feelings of worry, Having sleep problems, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep
source: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders

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