Anxiousness is a normal part of our life. Regular anxiety is caused through any situation that generates fear or apprehension. Mild anxiety symptoms will only make the person slightly uneasy while extreme symptoms will be seen as debilitating panic attacks. Anxiety disorder is an advanced state where the patient displays anxiety symptoms like sweating and palpitations. Besides numerous physical symptoms the patient will also show psychological difficulties like lack of concentration, irritability, mood swings, and so on.
Anxiety symptoms are the result of an anxiety disorder. This is called a disorder because normal anxiety is a reaction to certain stimulus but anxiety disorder is when the anxiety symptoms show up even when there is no identifiable stimulus. Most anxiety disorders are the result of a change in how the amygdala, a small organ in the brain, reacts to certain situations. Since the amygdala only reacts to cause anxiety symptoms, the treatment of anxiety disorders needs to be directed towards that improper reaction rather than merely alleviating the symptoms that are manifested during an anxiety attack.
Since every human brain has an amygdadal, every human being is subjected to different amounts of anxiety. However, normal people are able to rationalize with themselves to keep the amygdala working properly. In case of anxiety disorder, the body and mind react to false signals and trigger reactions that rapidly escalate into a problematic state where there is too much adrenaline in the blood, increasing stress and forcing all the physical and psychological symptoms associated with panic attacks.
“Free-floating” anxiety symptoms are defined as those that are experienced by people when there is no observable or definable cause. These anxiety symptoms can be intermittent (randomly switching on and off) or they can be situational where they become apparent under specific conditions. Some anxiety symptoms can be terrifying for the individual as they often inspire feelings of imminent death or some unavoidable disaster.
While anxiety symptoms feel very threatening, they are incapable of directly harming the person suffering them. The worst part is the feeling of sheer terror but it is important to remember that all anxiety symptoms are merely physical reactions to psychological triggers; they are not real physical problems. So if you are feeling like you are having a heart attack it does not mean that you are actually going to have one.
Most anxiety symptoms are the result of some situation or condition that triggers panic or anxiety. As such, they are completely treatable and in most cases very easy. Anyone can overcome anxiety symptoms and go back to living a normal life without needless fear and worry. As mentioned earlier, the focus of the treatment of anxiety symptoms must be on whatever is causing the amygdala to create a false panic reaction. This is where the anxiety symptoms arise and perpetuate.
There are many things you can do in order to eliminate anxiety symptoms from your life. Thousands of people either help themselves or use professional help to cure themselves of anxiety symptoms. You can do it too.