If not, how do we protect ourselves? Note that there is a difference between mental and physical anxiety. Mental anxiety is any kind of concern about something that may happen in the future [1]. Physical anxiety is the fight-or-flight response you feel in certain situations. Your heart may race, you may feel fidgety or light-headed, and you might sweat or feel like your body’s temperature is uncomfortably rising.
Concern about the future can be helpful for making strategic plans and thinking ahead, but when that concern negatively impacts your physical or mental health, it may be time to evaluate your thinking.
Anxiety disorders
The word anxiety disorder is typically used when one’s anxiety starts becoming disadvantageous. To reiterate, there are times when thinking about the future is helpful. We don’t advocate that you ignore what you think you should plan for or anticipate.
We are, however, against anxiety that weighs one down and negatively impacts one physically or mentally. Those are things physical anxiety typically does. There is a reason our bodies have the ability to trigger anxiety.
Anxiety can be useful for situations where we need extra adrenaline to take on a life-threatening task like fighting a lion. Apart from life-threatening situations, we at Clarity put forward that our creator doesn’t want you to use physical anxiety for other reasons. Instead of experiencing or getting physically anxious about something–even life-threatening things–you can know that you dislike or would like to avoid certain thing(s).
As humans, we sometimes overlook the fact that we can be cautious of things (to any degree of our liking). This shift in thinking will require you to honor your desire to be cautious when others label your cautiousness as fear, cowardice, etc. You may also have to start listening and acting on the goals and outcomes you truly want over the desires and wishes of others. As you do the work of eliminating your triggers, you’ll naturally reveal the different ways you unknowingly/unconsciously use anxiety.
Note: You are not perfect, so getting rid of your anxiety may take time and effort. Our work helps you accept your imperfections. Some call this
If you have specific questions, don’t hesitate to reach out in the comments or on any of our other solutions.
—References
(1)https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323454#what-is-anxiety
