Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Kiwi2633
Kiwi2633

Anxiety. How does it develop and what is it going to take to rid the mind of such a complicated thing. Who knows when it really starts to develop. I would rather break free from it and then move on with my life. How about you?

arfie
arfie
There is no shortage of theories for that question. Proof unavailable, so the debate rages eternally. I believe that anxiety has more than one source, so it is possible for *all* the theories to be correct. Sigh. . . Why can't life be simple?

My personal favorite theory is that, at it's base, anxiety is a hard-wired part of the survival instinct. It alerts us to danger and heightens our senses to make us better able to survive the danger.

At its base. . .

Alas, we have allot of civilized additions to that hard-wired base. Can we turn off the security lights now? I think I'm being protected to death.
kplover20
kplover20
This is a tough one. I've wondered the same. Sometimes for me, I can see a true reason why my anxiety kick starts, and others, it's like it hits me for no reason and I no longer understand. I've been working on making (healthy) room for anxiety in my life. I might not be able to totally rid myself of it, but if I can let it help me make decisions in a good way, then that's improvement.
Rruussnn
Rruussnn
I wish I knew. Years of therapy and I still do get anxious, though not in the same ways. I think some anxiety is just natural and needed and inevitable. It is part of surviving in the world. I wish, though, that I could have less anxiety and be less fearful of the future so I can feel more present.
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