Constant worrying is something that is natural for people in life. People worry about their jobs, grades in school, financial status, loved ones, and many other things. Some of the things that people worry about are deep and meaningful, and some just seem silly. Many would argue that those happy, are the ones who are worry-free. Worrying is beneficial to the way we function, it helps accomplish necessary tasks much more efficiently and effectively.
There are many reasons why worrying is very beneficial to people. If there are two people working the same job, but one worries about doing well and the other does not, who would do the job more effectively? The person who worries would do a better job because that person is attentive to what
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Edmund Bourne Ph.D., one of the authors of Natural Relief for Anxiety said, "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things that are beyond the power of our will". Sometimes people worry about things that are beyond our reach or beyond our control, these are the things that Edmund Bourne is talking about. He is saying that if we worry about things that we cannot control, then we can never be happy. People will argue that too much worrying will lead to social anxiety or panic disorders. Worrying may seem like a bad thing, but it becomes bad once it reaches a limit. Once people reach excessive worrying then that is when problems can occur to one's health. People will say worrying is bad, because it causes stress, makes us feel more tired, may speed the aging process. All these factors make it seem as if worrying is more of a negative impact than a positive impact. Worrying has a lot of positive impacts on people. Everything will have its pros and its cons. Some people view the cons of worrying much more important than the positive aspects. Worry helps us make decisions much better, and faster. It helps us perform better when doing important tasks. In schools when students worry about their grades, it makes them focus better and study more. All of these factors help people become better people in the long
In the article "Ten Ways We Get the Odds Wrong", author Maia Szalavitz emphasizes "why worrying about risk is itself risky" (255). While behaving riskily can lead to bad outcomes, having anxiety, being worried, or being afraid of the outcome of some risks can be dangerous to your body both physically and mentally. According to Szalavitz, fear can be one of the scariest things out there. Even President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the "only thing to fear is fear itself" (FDR's first inaugural address). Both of these sources let the reader know that fear can affect their body's physical and mental well-being. I can attest to this being true through multiple personal experiences.
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only, I don't go. I'm too worried to go. I don't want to interrupt my worrying to go. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 6
...some level of normal or moderate anxiety because life brings about unpredictable events and situations. In a school setting students may experience anxiety from bullying, being judged or criticized by others, not initiating social interactions with others, feelings of worthiness, low academic achievement etc.. providing skills and techniques to help them cope with these stressors can reduce how anxiety can dictate how they live their life.
I say this because I can go either way on the issue. I to some extent do worry about myself and place myself as a number one priority in my life, often times I will be very selfish and inconsiderate to other because I am only worried about myself and fail to take others and their own person matter into consideration at the time. This in my opinion is a common flaw of human nature, to place oneself above all others is a part of our upbringing in modern society. It is sense of entitlement that everybody has just some people deal with it better than
When dealing with Anxiety, many believe that is just a panic attack or “butterflies” that make you nervous. They do not comprehend that it is an abundant more than that. Amanda Seyfried once stated about her anxiety, “It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age” (Seyfried 1). Her anxiety held her back from doing the things that she enjoyed. Her anxiety caused her sadness. Her anxiety caused her to separate her from others her age. Anxiety can cause an individual to attract Depression as well.
Anxiety disorders are the 2nd most diagnosed mental illness in the United States. Anxiety comes from the “fight or flight” physiological response in ones body. The fear a person experiences is an intense emotional alarm accompanied by a surge of energy in the autonomic nervous system. The surge is what motivates us to flee from danger, cueing the “flight” response. However, some anxiety is good for us in moderate amounts. Most people perform better when we are a little anxious (Yerkes & Dodson, 1908). Anxiety can improve test performance or make you more energetic and charming on a date. It improves, social, physical, and intellectual performance. In fact little would get done if we didn’t have any anxiety. However anxiety can be negative as well. The most common symptoms are looking worried and anxious or fidgeting. That is pretty normal for most people. These symptoms are a physiological response that starts in the brain. It elevates the heart rate and creates muscle tension. Most of the research has been done with animals. Animals seem to experience anxiety in a similar way to ...
According to the Medical Health Foundation, anxiety is a common fear based on the possibility of something going wrong in the future (“Fear and Anxiety”). In Macbeth many of the character experience anxiety. They both are scared that someone will find out what they did. Fear and anxiety can be very traumatizing, also excessive worry can become so irrational that people cannot think clearly or focus on reality (“Physical Effects” 2). This is important because when people begin to lose their grip on reality they also slowly lose their grip on humanity. That leads to them doing things that they would not do with their right mind. They become more insane the longer they do not have a grip on what is actually going on. People with anxiety often have irregular sleeping patterns and do not get much sleep (“Fear and Anxiety”). When people lose sleep they get cranky and lash out at people, becoming more sensitive than usual. This sensitivity will affect how emotional they will get, and how they may react. Lastly, if excessive worrying goes untreated, it will...
Moderate levels of anxiety can be helpful because they raise our alertness to danger or signal that we need to take some action. However, on the other hand excessive anxiety is unproductive as it interferes with our ability to take action to solve a problem. This is not considered to be a normal reaction to a perceived stressor. In these situations, counseling or other services may be needed.
Physical health and mental health go hand in hand. Exercising on a regular basis and eating a balanced diet can help reduce anxiety. Avoiding processed sugars and foods and sticking to a balanced diet may not cure anxiety but my help reduce it. Getting your body dynamic, particularly through oxygen consuming activity, discharges endorphins that are in charge of expanding your sentiments of peace and happiness. One should also avoid stimulants like nicotine that tend to make someone tense. Some people believe that smoking makes them calm while in actual sense, nicotine dependence increases feelings of anxiety and stress if one cannot access a cigarette (Hofmann et al,
Mindfulness helps us achieve a balance between the two. For example, many of us develop stress because of things that may have gone wrong in the past OR we may develop stress because we are unsure about the future or if there is something expected to happen in our future that we are not looking forward to or are not comfortable thinking about. What mindfulness does is that it allows us to reduce our stress and anxiety related to issues in our past or anticipated issues in our future. It helps us recognize that it is the present - the now - that is actually more important. If we fail to pay attention to our now, our life can spin out of control making our future even more complicated and our past efforts completely
...occupying their minds with irrelevant things that do not pertain to the task at hand (Vassilaki, 2006). Thus, their energy is wasted when it could be used for task elaboration or to help improve their overall academic performance. Students with academic anxiety are self engrossed and lead to their own academic demise. Test anxiety does not only affect a students performance on a test, but Huberty (2009) asserts that test anxiety overtime tends to contribute to more common underachievement. He describes the consequences of constant test anxiety including lowered self-esteem, reduced effort, and loss of desire to complete school tasks. Students who have academic anxiety also have a higher risk of developing depression, and often feel deprived of confidence (Cunningham, 2008). Thus, academic anxiety can become extreme, and have negative effects of students’ well being.
Such as 'ecological disaster, nuclear war or the ravaging of humainity by as yet unanticipated scourges' (Giddens, 1991. p 183). Those who spend all their time worrying about such things are not considered normal yet they are sources of anxiety (Giddens, 1991). Among other things there is awarness of high consequence risks and the notion that 'things go wrong' (Giddens, 1991. P182) are going to cause anxiety in every day life.
So a lot of you are worried about habits because you see it as the key to becoming happy.
I think that there are a lot of people out there who have anxiety/worry regarding
How much time do you spend thinking about tomorrow or yesterday while not thinking about today? Constantly dwelling on the past or dreaming about the future prevents you from experiencing happiness today. Spending too much time thinking about the job you lost last year or the vacation your planning next year will prevent having happiness now. Enjoying each moment of a day is one of the most important steps toward having inner fulfillment and happiness. By focusing on the moment, you are able to complete the other essential steps to have complete lifelong happiness.