Meditation and Breathing Exercises
Normally, the body responds to a stressful condition through a “fight of flight” reaction. Especially during panic attacks, the mind goes beyond rational and logical thinking and dramatic physical and physiological body changes occur.The mind and body should have a relaxation response after the sudden surge of anxiety or panic attack. If the person is not able to relax, the body continues to suffer from the symptoms of anxiety and finds it hard to bring back the systems to its normal functions, causing health problems in both physiological and emotional aspect. At work, we all get stressed for various reasons….Relaxation Exercises
There are various ways and methods to fight anxiety and negative stress from our system. Some people spend money just to go to therapists and medical professionals. Others would opt for treatments and medication. These may be applicable approaches when anxiety becomes intense or extreme, such that symptoms of anxiety disorder are present. On typical conditions of anxiety, one can just settle for practical ways to beat the stress. A good self-help technique to battle anxiety is relaxation. This skill is essential in dealing with day-to-day stress and anxiety, even for intense anxiety conditions.Relaxation may come in different methods. Some…Managing Time to Reduce Anxiety
Productivity and efficiency at work are achieved with proper time management. This skill can easily be enhanced and developed if the person just religiously practices it daily until it is mastered. Especially in a busy work setting, time seems to be getting shorter and shorter each time.An eight-hour work day does not seem to be enough to accomplish the work needed to be done within the day. This results in extension of deadline and can cause work stress. But knowing how to budget and manage your time at work will make work smoother and can even relieve you from unnecessary…The Fight or Flight Response
Anxiety may be an unpleasant feeling but it is not at all completely undesirable. In fact, it is an element of the body’s defense mechanism, just like animals do. It is natural to feel anxious especially in threat-invoking circumstances or when you feel excessively stressed out.Using a certain defense mechanism shields us from possible danger. The mind responds to the feeling of anxiety and tells the body what to do— either to “fight” and face the situation, or run away and avoid the situation which is called “flight”. The Physiology of “Fight of Flight” Response The fight or flight response…
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