| Everyday we see new advancements coming up through various media viz. paper, TV, ads in various forms….claiming to better our lives, simplifying it. No doubt these things/gadgets to simplify our day to day work….but adapting to these things is altogether a different experience & on top of it keeping up with these & maintaining the whole stuff. All this improvement /enhancement comes with a package rather a price tag with it….you can call it anxiety/pressure & all the illness associated with it. As we all know there is nothing constant in this world except CHANGE. We as humans are very reactive in nature & complacent with our current environment, so the natural human behavior towards change is reactive i.e we are not usually prepared for unexpected incidents….hence the requirement of quick action in the face of change brings about anxiety. Mere fear of losing control over something can be a cause of anxiety/pressure. Although actually we can't control much of the world around us…but this notion of control over our environment is so strong that even a false psychological trigger can cause a long lasting illness. Stress and anxiety are common elements of everyday existence. Both can motivate an individual to be productive and stand up to the hard situations. However, too much stress and too much anxiety can be harmful and can cause physical, emotional, and psychological problems such as infections, heart disease, and depression. On the other hand, it is important to understand that what can be damaging to one individual might not automatically bring about an adverse outcome on another . Stress can be positive and even constructive. Good stress is something that helps a person prepare mentally, physically, as well as emotionally to face a particular condition, person, or object. Stress can truly motivate a human being to think, work out an approach to solve critical problems, and make a decision on an appropriate line of action. Nonetheless, if this continues over a longer periods of time , it can still trigger emotional, physical, and health problems. There is a difference between anxiety as an emotion or experience, and an anxiety as a psychiatric disorder. A person can be anxious without having an anxiety disorder. In the same way, any person going through a real life danger or a practical fear is not regularly seen to be in a state of anxiety. Anxiety may somehow be associated to fear. Fear is described as a direct, focused reply to a particular event or object, and the person is consciously attentive to it. When somebody points a loaded gun at you, its obvious to be scared or feel fear. There is a identification of fear when you are experiencing a natural calamity e.g. earth-quake. Anxiety is usually indistinct and not focused. It is something that's difficult to explain or locate a certain cause for it. Anxiety may be experienced in the present but stem from an event or human being that created pain and fear in the past. The anxious individual may not be consciously aware of the original foundation of the reaction. To manage stress as well as anxiety, one should look at the world with a new perspective. Although there seems to be an illusion that you can manage change by controlling the environment around you, on the contrary, change is most useful if it is brought about from within. As the pointed earlier, "...the only constant in this world is change." Agree & adapt to the changes around you with an open mind. Look at problems in a different light /perspective. When you think of it as a state that needs consideration, you will be able to set up plans to improve it. Be flexible in the face of life's daily challenges. Have internal freedom from strife and live life one day at a time. When we gift something to anybody we call it a PRESENT, & we call now a PRESENT a present gifted to us by GOD. LIVE IN THIS PRESENT & rest assured everything else will fall in place. |