Anxiety

What is anxiety?

Anxiety is a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe. Everyone has feelings of anxiety at some point in their life. For example, you may feel worried and anxious about sitting an exam or having a medical test or job interview.

Anxiety can trigger your flight-or-fight stress response and release a flood of chemicals and hormones, like adrenaline, into your system.In the short term, this increases your pulse and breathing rate, so your brain can get more oxygen. This prepares you to respond appropriately to an intense situation.

A big event or a buildup of smaller stressful life situations may trigger excessive anxiety — for example, a death in the family, work stress or ongoing worry about finances. People with certain personality types are also more prone to anxiety disorders than others are.

Other mental health disorders. The 6 major types of anxiety is:

separation anxiety,

specific phobia,

social anxiety disorder (social phobia)

panic disorder,

agoraphobia,

generalized anxiety disorder.

high functioning anxiety

common triggers for anxiety

What triggers one persons anxiety may not create the same response as another person's.

Some triggers may be an exam, a break up, hearing bad news, going to a crowded space, an argument with a friend, school/ school work

It is very important to know that everyone has different triggers and that everyone has some form of anxiety, it is normal.

BUT it is when the feeling is persistent and stays for day/week/months on end for no reason, you should begin to seek help.