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May 17, 2023,
You are in the middle.
Stuck in the center of your emotions.
Not sure which way to go. What decision to make. Hopefully you are not facing a deadline and you have to get results.
Then your anxiety can really kick in.
Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.
Anxiety is different than fear in that the former is defined as the anticipation of a future threat whereas the latter is defined as the emotional response to a real threat.
It is often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.
Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and worry, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing.
Overreaction.
How true that is.
How do you respond to strong anxiety?
Kim is a friend in our circle.
Typically her response to anxiety is to do nothing. For the moment. Why? Because she feels that her stress and anxiety may be an overreaction. So, she quietly waits it out because often sources of anxiety will work themselves out. By themselves. Time and time again, that has proven true.
Now if you have a deadline to perform or produce something, which changes everything.
Then you do have to figure something out.
Powerful examples are found on film.
Insomnia is a 2002 American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Hillary Seitz.
A remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name, it stars Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank with Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt and Paul Dooley in supporting roles.
The film begins with two Los Angeles homicide detectives investigating a murder in Nightmute, Alaska. After the killer witnesses an accident done by one of the detectives, they create a plan for both parties to mutually avoid prosecution.
Intriguing.
Here is the story line.
Detective Dormer cleverly attracts the murderer to the scene of the crime, but the suspect flees into the fog, shooting one of the police officers through the leg. Dormer spots a figure in the fog and fires with his backup weapon when his primary jams. Rushing to the fallen figure, Dormer picks up a .38 pistol the suspect has dropped. He then discovers that he has shot his partner Eckhart.
Eckhart recognizes him, and dies believing Dormer shot him on purpose.
Now, the cat and mouse game begins between the detective and the murderer.
Anxiety? The detective is filled with it. He doesn’t have the best reputation and now he has a strong deadline to solve this case and hide his improprieties. How much anxiety does he have?
He can’t get to sleep. Literally.
What we loved about the film is that we could literally feel the anxiety fill the screen.
With so many potentially bad outcomes happening in today’s world, anxiety is very high. And again, it is not fear. It is more like waiting for the next shoe to drop.
The team at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov educate, “The incidence of anxiety disorders is on the rise worldwide. The anxiety disorders constitute the leading prevalent mental disorders in the world (Stein et al., 2017), which are estimated as responsible for about 28.68 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) 2019 Study, especially for adolescents aged 10–24 years (ranking sixth) (GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators, 2020).”
If you are suffering from anxiety, you are not alone.
Part of the reason our associate takes a wait and see approach is because so much of what she is anxious about, is mostly out of her control.
Does that make sense?
What is in her control, she takes steps to address it.
Let’s walk over to the book store.
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry Paperback – January 2, 2015
By Catherine M. Pittman PhD (Author), Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS (Author)
Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.
In the book, you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison, the cortex is the center of “worry.” That is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen. In the book, Pittman and Karle make it simple by offering specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping into both of these pathways in the brain.
As you read, you’ll gain a greater understanding how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result, you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it. The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally “rewire” the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.”
Sounds very informative and helpful.
From our view, since so much of what is happening in a world that many would describe as dystopian, is out of your control, focus on what you can address and change as opposed to issues that you cannot.
Much about how you respond to anxiety is about deadlines. If you don’t have one, your anxiety meter should go down because, an argument could be made, so much of that anxiety is self-induced.
If you do have a deadline, instead of worrying about it, engage in problem solving and take steps to find solutions to dissolve the anxiety cloud that surrounds you. Be proactive. Seek the help of others you respect and get their opinion and suggestions on what they would do to reduce and possibly eliminate the anxiety.
Situations in our life and around the world, can be a source of anxiety.
Determine the issues that you can do something about as opposed to the ones you cannot.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia_(2002_film)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157816/
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