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The Emotions Of Anxiety

Mentally Yours

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Anxiety Is a Triumph of Human Evolution

Anxiety is not a light switch, that you have it or you don't. It's actually ectrum of experiences that every one has. There's no anxiety free life that's possible. Anxious also is experienced along the spectrum, everything from just nerves to full blown panic. We often think of anxiety as this emotion that kind of protects us because it makes us go into fight flight mode, just like fear. But anxiety is not the same as fear. Fear is the reaction we have when we face present danger. Anxiety is about future uncertainty. So only humans can imagine the future so vividly and prepare for it. The way we cope with those experiences of anxiety stop us fro m going

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