The Truth They Don't Tell You About Anxiety

So I'm sure you've probably heard that anxiety is something you have to live with and manage for the rest of your life. However, is that really true? Anxiety is a fear of the future. If you have a lot of experience in the past with things that have been hurtful, your mind is trying to protect you against something that could happen again. However, that anxiety is going to affect the way you live your life. If you're always worried about something that could happen that hasn't happened, the current solutions to anxiety is to work with a therapist about how to deal, manage, live, and cope with your anxiety. Or the other solution is to go on medications for anxiety. And the medications are designed to try to calm your brain down. A lot of people who have dealt with anxiety for a long time think that that's just the way they live. They're just anxious people. So if you've walked with a sprained ankle for 20 years and you've limped for 20 years, it doesn't feel unusual. And even if somebody points it out to you and says, well, you're limping all the time, they may say, do I really limp? You don't notice it. So anxiety could become a normal feature that you just assume is the way you live. You're just an anxious person person. However, that's not true. The key is to solve what is creating the anxiety. And the best way to explain this is your mind does nothing unless there's a purpose. It doesn't make you anxious because it has nothing to do on a Thursday morning. It's making you anxious for a purpose, and that's to bring attention to your pain. Resolve the pain, the anxiety goes away. Heal the ankle, the limp stops.