Anxiety

Manifestations of anxiety

It is often manifested as a kind of worry and fear under pressure, accompanied by some physical reactions, such as rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, muscle tension, elevated blood pressure, palm sweating, gastrointestinal spasms, etc.

Treatment of anxiety

1. Self-regulation

Patients need to find suitable adjustment methods, such as listening to music and staring blankly in a quiet environment.

Patients can try self-relaxation training:

    Deep Breathe: Try to take a slow, gentle deep breath. Inhale and exhale 4 times and say 4 times silently at the same time. For 4 minutes or longer, See if the mood can be calm. Muscle relaxation method: By training your body muscles to relax, It can help relax body and mood, try to contract and relax muscles from head to toe (or from foot to head) in sequence. Image relaxation method: also known as [daydream], relaxation is achieved through free imagination. You can imagine a quiet dusk picture of the village, or a fictional scene of peace and comfort, or a real and safe place.

2. When the above methods can no longer relieve your situation, you need to seek help from a doctor.

Prevention of anxiety

1. Maintain reasonable requirements and expectations, do what you can and avoid pursuing perfection in everything.

2. Learn to appreciate your strengths, advantages and achievements.

3. Cultivate good working habits, deal with problems according to priorities, avoid rushing for success, and avoid blind comparison.

4. Try to look at things from different angles.

5. Find someone to talk to when facing troubles.

6. Maintain a healthy lifestyle, balanced nutrition, moderate exercise and leisure, avoid alcohol and drug abuse, and develop good sleep habits.

7. Consideration could be given to participating in mutual aid groups, which may be easier to obtain in developed regions. Such groups may be formed spontaneously by people facing the same or similar problems, and together they can exchange difficulties encountered and possible solutions.