Suffering from anxiety can be
described as one of the worst feelings one can experience as a human. Anxiety
is what you feel when you are tossing and turning and cannot sleep at night,
when your mind is racing with horrible thoughts about possible dangers. That is
something I can relate to, sadly being very familiar with the feeling of
anxiety.
Anxiety can be caused by many
things such as mental and physical disorders, and drugs. One of the main causes
of anxiety is something many of us experience daily, stress. This can range
from school stress, work stress, financial problems, health problems, and a bad
experience due to a traumatic event. In my case it is specifically a
combination of two things the combination of being a college student and a
recent family tragedy that completely changed my view of life from that point
on. Well having stress as a college student is actually normal, it may be even
healthy for you to worry once in a while about an upcoming test or final grades
at the end of the semester.
What is not healthy is having
trouble sleeping every night and having a constant feeling of impending doom in
the pit of my stomach. It’s also not normal to jump every time your phone rings
and automatically think it is bad news. All these actions and symptoms can lead
to Post- traumatic Stress Disorder which is feeling that you are in danger at
all times, in short.
There are some ways to control
anxiety, for example talk therapies and medication. For mild anxiety the best option would
probably be to talk to a counselor or a therapist about your stress and
problems. Taking medication for anxiety has many side effects such as memory problems
and dependence so it may actually be harmful. The video below describes how one
can combat anxiety with natural remedies.
