Anxiety

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Anxiety is a monster that claims too many people all over the world, but it's so hidden behind stigma's with comments like "stop stressing about it." The problem with anxiety is that there are many reasons for it to happen. To broaden it up a bit, the two main causes are 1: situational and 2: chemical. Situational anxiety is brought on like a milder form of PTSD. Something has happened in your life that affected you so much that you constantly worried about that, and it slowly bridged out to cover all aspects. Chemical anxiety is when the brain does not produce enough serotonin, which is the chemical that allows relaxation. All experiences are vastly different from each other. I happen to have both forms of it, and I can usually tell which one is happening and take the steps to avoid my panic attacks. With the chemical anxiety, I feel my forehead burning and I'm physically hot. My heart starts palpitating and it feels like someone is squeezing my heart, while my blood throbs in my veins. I begin shaking and trembling and no where feels safe. When it's situational, it's a bit easier to manage, While most of the same symptoms happen, the burning feeling doesn't, and it takes a few minutes to identify my trigger, and rationalize myself out of it. While for most, it isn't much more severe then a passing thought, there are so many people who it completely debilitates. It makes it nearly impossible to leave their beds, let alone their homes. So I would really love it if those with anxiety could describe some of their triggers, and what they do to combat the symptoms. My triggers are sudden loud noises, being touched in any way by someone standing behind me, and too much vibration from people turning up the base in their cars too high. and I rationalize and find a calm, quiet space until the symptoms relieve. In the worst cases I listen to music and write/draw until I feel better. What are your triggers, what does your anxiety feel like, and what are your coping skills?