Anxiety

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Anxiety in practical psychology is usually understood as an emotional experience, behind which is the expectation of something dangerous. However, this understanding is one-sided and rather reflects a female point of view, since for men “anxiety and anxiety” does not mean emotions, but a certain vision of a situation in which troubles can happen.

Outside of all emotions and experiences, smart people are able to notice disturbing situations — situations that, without our intervention, can end in trouble.

«I’m worried about the new equipment delivery…» is the same as «I’m worried about the new equipment delivery situation» or «I’m worried that there will be problems with the new equipment delivery.»

The ability to see alarming situations in time is characteristic of attentive and responsible people. The habit of worrying is different, it is a tendency to focus attention on possible troubles, this quality is controversial and is more often observed in people with negative thinking and worldview.

It is necessary to distinguish between situational anxiety, which characterizes the state of the subject at a certain moment, and anxiety as a relatively stable personality formation (R. Cattell, C. Spielberger, Yu. L. Khanin).

As an experience — this is the same fear, but the fear is generalized, diffuse and pointless. Fear is not clear what, because you can be afraid of everything.

People call the experience of anxiety so different things that it shows more of the one who is worried than because of what the anxiety actually is. Just the beginning of the list: Excitement. Mess. Bustle. Confusion to anger. Trouble. Care. Anxiety, strong emotional excitement, fear spread throughout the body — and all this is called in one word: «I have anxiety.»

At the psychological level, anxiety is felt as tension, preoccupation, nervousness, a sense of uncertainty, impending failure, inability to make a decision, and other signs of the position of the Victim. As a rule, this is an alternation of anxieties and hopes, but in general the world is hostile. What happens to the body during anxiety is difficult to say in general terms. As with any fear, breathing can both quicken and hold back, the heart can either almost stop or start beating like crazy, and so on.

In such a situation, in the absence of clear observable signs, any state that one does not like oneself can be called anxiety, one can talk about anxiety whenever one wants, or even more so when it is beneficial to talk about it. Which is what those who are used to playing the unfortunate Victim do with pleasure.

The experience of anxiety is more characteristic of a human organism that does not know how to properly use the mind. Some level of anxiety is useful for effective adjustment to reality (adaptive anxiety). Sometimes a person’s consciousness does not notice signs of danger, but subconsciously the body catches danger signals and starts a physiological restructuring. If a person notices this and draws the necessary conclusions, the experience of anxiety is appropriate and useful. In another situation, a high level of anxiety may be excessive and interfere with reasonable and generally organized, productive activity.

Anyone who does not know how to stop his unnecessary anxiety, does not know how to internally gather himself, turn on his head and control himself — in a really dangerous situation, he dies or, at least, turns out to be a heavy burden for other, more organized people. When some are worried, others solve problems. Adult, responsible people in a dangerous situation do not worry, but are busy with business and take all necessary measures.

Anxiety goes away, calmness comes: psychopharmacology helps

Anxiety and anxiety are an unfavorable background in life. Can medication help here? Yes, to a certain extent. Vitamins, tincture of valerian, motherwort, a few drops of valoserdin, valocordin help. In the afternoon — afobazole and glycine. See →