- Originates from threat to the wellbeing
- Issues could be real or unreal
- Personal characteristics affect the intensity
How prone am I to anxiety ?
Anxiety is an emotion
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Anxiety is an emotion
- Causes health hazards
- Extreme anxiousness is a disorder
Process of anxiety
- Activating event
- Supporting belief
- Consequent emotion
Experience of anxiety
- Think about bad outcomes
- A negative view of own emotions
- Confused, guilty, ashamed
- Keep to self, avoid sharing
Purpose of anxiety
- Alerts for our behavior
- Motivates for certain acts
Self-anxiety
- Excessive attention to self
- Focus on concerns, works, inadequacies
- Heightened awareness of negative thoughts
Reasons for self-anxiety
- Self-consciousness to shortcomings
- Concern for self-performance
- Self-evaluation of the expected result
Social anxiety
- Excessive concern for evaluations by others
- Fears might be real or assumed
- Closely related to embarrassment and shyness
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Social anxiety
- Embarrassment – awkwardness or undesired evaluation
- Shyness – social anxiety combined with guarded behavior
Characteristics of a socially anxious person
- Feel tired in social settings
- Avoid situations of dislike or rejection
- Attentive to physical nervousness
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Characteristics of a socially anxious person
- Imagine the worst outcome
- Judge self harshly
- Anticipate problems repeatedly
Tips for Anxiety
- View anxiety as a pointer to a need
- Identify the need
- Discuss with the trusted
- Decide on a solution and act
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Tips for Anxiety
- Prepare self to deal with the worst
- Keep busy to avoid needless thoughts