Understanding Anxiety

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UUnnddeerrssttaannddiinnggAAnnxxiieettyy An Anxiety UK self help guide ContentsForeword ........................................ ....................... 4What is Anxiety ? ........................................ ............ 6How did I develop Anxiety ? .................................. 8Life strainsSpecific stressful eventsSocial conditioningUnderstanding Anxiety ........................................ 12Physical symptomsPsychological symptomsBehavioural symptomsPersonal experiences of 24Living with agoraphobia and a fear of being aloneLiving with social phobiaLiving with claustrophobia and panic attacksLiving with health anxietyLiving with emetophobiaManagement and treatment of 35National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE)Relaxation trainingHyperventilation and faulty breathingDeep breathingRelaxation exerciseDistraction techniquesThought stoppingSelf-talkWorry postponement2Talking therapies.

surgery, illness and violence. There are other triggers of course but these are typical and frequent ones. If you have developed a more ‘specific’ phobia, such as claustrophobia, you may have been stuck in a lift or on the underground and it is therefore probable that this triggered your current anxiety. Think back again

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