When anxiety levels cause a constant state of high anxiety and/or panic attacks the condition is said to be chronic.
Chronic anxiety is usually a collection of anxiety symptoms which can include panic attacks, depressed thoughts, disturbing thoughts and symptoms, agoraphobia and mood swings to name but a few.
Chronic anxiety produces symptoms and situations which usually result in the sufferer restricting their life so much that their work, relationships and general enjoyment of life is radically compromised. The fun goes out of life and fear steps in, accompanied by symptoms of chronic anxiety like chest pains, racing heart and other anxiety disorder symptoms.
So what can you do about chronic anxiety?
It might not seem like it now but there is a lot you can do. Anxiety, whether chronic or mild is all caused and perpetuated by the same internal mechanism. Chronic anxiety isn't about mental illness, it's about a minute change in the way the brain handles anxiety provoking information.There is a switch in everyone, called the Amygdala, a small almond shaped organ in the brain, which is a control switch for anxiety levels. This 'switch' is either 'anxiety ON' or 'anxiety OFF'; when the switch is off it can be activated only by real danger, when it becomes 'stuck on' it can produce anxiety symptoms which are scary and 'chronic'. You can switch off chronic anxiety. It's not difficult to do, you just need to understand how to do it and put it into practice.
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