1 What is Anxiety?
Dr. Nawa Raj Subba presents 1.1 What is Anxiety? Anxiety is the body's normal response to stress. Everyone experiences this at some point in their lives. Anxiety is not simply natural thinking. It is the body's response to a perceived threat or danger. It can sometimes be scarier than reality. It's similar to how we defend our bodies. In the past, our ancestors used similar steps to defend themselves from wild creatures. No terror like that any longer but our bodies and brains respond in the same way to work deadlines, social needs and money. Anxiety may come in several forms like the unwanted energy caused by an approaching major assignment, the uneasiness experienced when traveling to a new place or the rapid pulse in a new situation. Fear is more than simply anxiety. These are body reactions (e.g. heart beats faster, one starts sweating), thoughts (e.g. overthinking or being scared), and behaviour (e.g....