By Souls of Silver
Anxiety is something far more serious than anyone that has not experienced it can realize, and part of the problem is that there are a lot of mysteries and misconceptions which surround anxiety. However, there are still natural ways and anxiety treatments which can help anxious people reduce it or entirely treat it.
Even though a lot of people believe that those that suffer from anxiety are lazy and irresponsible, often, nothing can be further from the truth. Continue reading in order to gain a better understanding of anxiety, or better comprehend the full effects that you have experienced in the past.
1. Extreme problems with their sleep.
Those people that experience anxiety sometimes cannot sleep all night, partly as of the fact that they are constantly thinking and brooding about so many different things all morning, afternoon, as well as evening.
2. Assuming self-guiltiness.
Every time when someone does not do what they said they would do, or every time when something they are involved in does not work out well, a person that suffers from anxiety is often going to assume that they are at fault even if they had nothing to do with the failure at all.
3. Avoiding being social even when they want to say ‘yes.’
Again, it is quite difficult for those that have never experienced anxiety to understand, but often people that suffer from anxiety cannot bring themselves to be social, or even to go out into society, although they would like to go out and have a great time very much. This is mainly because the person feels as though they are going to make the experiences less fun for everyone else there.
4. The future makes them afraid.
Living in the present is so difficult, as well as almost impossible, so the human beings that feel strong anxiety do not even want to imagine feeling this way in the future too, and all the time between the present and the future.
5. They are mentally exhausted.
Sometimes, those people who suffer from anxiety are so mentally exhausted and overwhelmed that they have to sleep immediately, or continue sleeping for hours, even though their physical bodies are 100% rested and fit.
6. Obsessing about minor and insignificant details.
Those human beings that feel anxiety usually scrutinize every glance, gesture, as well as word around them, usually as they are worried that they did something negative, or that someone may be saying something negative about them.
7. The concerns of other people are assumed to be professional diagnoses.
Even when someone only tells someone who experiences anxiety that they do not loo well, it could actually result in some serious concerns and panicking. This is mostly because the anxiety is now fully visible to the world.
8. They envision the worst case scenarios.
No matter of how positive a situation or a set of circumstances may be, those humans that are suffering from anxiety usually cannot help but to imagine all the ways that it could rapidly turn negative. In fact, sometimes the focus can become so vivid and constant that physical illness will ensue.
9. Mistakes are self-magnified for them
There is no human being that is perfect, but a lot of people with anxiety cannot accept this fact, and they scream at themselves every time when they do not do something precisely as they wanted to.
10. They analyze every conversation afterward.
People that feel anxiety will frequently review all of their conversations in their head in order to find out if they said anything wrong, or if they could have said anything better. This can actually take up a lot of time, as well as energy, and some mistakes are bound to be found every day.
11. They always compare and evaluate.
For anxious people, it can look like all of their peers are more successful than them in life and as human beings generally – they always compare and evaluate. It is quite difficult not to give up when this line of thinking persists all the time.
This article was originally published by Soul On Soul and has be republished here by kind permission.
