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The word anxiety has been used since the 1500s and comes from the Latin word anxius, which means worry of an unknown event. Worry then leads to a
state of apprehension and uncertainty, which results in both physical and
psychological effects.
Although you may not know the difference between anxiety and fear,
the two terms refer to entirely different feelings. Fear is usually directed at
an external danger. The event you fear is identifiable. You may fear stepping
off a curb when a car is speeding by at sixty miles an hour, or when a
neighbor’s dog suddenly jumps out at you. Anxiety has no such easily recognizable source
and is often called an unexplained discomfort. You may have a sense of danger
when experiencing anxiety, but the feeling is vague, and if asked, you may
say your feeling is related to “something bad happening,” or
“losing control.”
Anxiety has physical, emotional,
mental, and even spiritual effects. Physical effects include shortness of
breath, heart palpitations, trembling or shaking, sweating, choking, nausea or abdominal
distress, hot flashes or chills, dizziness or unsteadiness. Because anxiety is so
uncomfortable, you may convert your anxiety into anger or other feelings.
Emotional effects include feelings such as worry, anger, panic, and terror. Mental effects
include thinking you’re going to die, or that you’re going crazy or are out of
control. Spiritual effects include alienation and feeling detached and out of
touch with yourself and others.
Copyright © Carolyn Chambers Clark,ARNP,EDD – Originally appeared in Living Well With Anxiety edition by Carolyn Chambers Clark,ARNP,EDD
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