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WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BODY WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE ANXIETY?

When you’re anxious, only the functions that are needed for in-the-moment survival are activated, the others shut down. Memory shuts down, higher order thinking, planning, organizing, and even digestion doesn’t work when people are in a state of anxiety. For example, people who have test anxiety don’t perform well, because they have difficulty retrieving information…

March 6, 2023

CAN ANXIETY AFFECT GUT HEALTH?

We know that brain and gut are interconnected , and we also know that they communicate in both directions. As a matter of fact, the gut has often been referred to as the second brain, and thus it is not uncommon for someone to feel in their guts what they experience psychologically. Hence, anxiety is…

March 6, 2023

WHAT CAN I DO IF I FEEL MY ANXIETY ESCALATING TO A PANIC ATTACK?

If you begin to experience the signs of increased anxiety, you should immediately begin using coping skills you have learnt to lower the anxiety before panic sets in, because once it starts it is impossible to stop it.

March 6, 2023

IS ANXIETY ALWAYS A BAD THING?

No. In fact, we all benefit from moderate levels of anxiety, as it keeps us motivated to achieve our goals. If our anxiety levels were too low, we wouldn’t be motivated to get anything accomplished; however high levels of anxiety is disruptive and maladaptive, and therefore like everything else moderation is key

March 6, 2023

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