In situation of danger or risk, our brain answers with anxiety. But,
what happens when our brain interprets as dangerous a daily situation?
It immediately sends signs of anxiety as if it was a truly dangerous
situation. In real danger, anxiety helps us preventing those
situations. Keeping us safe. We
could say there are two types of anxiety: the positive anxiety and the
negative anxiety. The positive anxiety is a result of being in a
situation of real danger. And the negative anxiety, which answers to,
fears that only exists in our imagination. The first one is good
because it helps us moving away from danger, while the second one is
really bad because it blocks us and prevents us from living a full
happy life. Anxiety is produced as a consequence of our inability to adapt to life changes. Our
brain works in a particular way, when something is important for us, it
produces an emotional response. Good or bad, the brain repeats the same
response to the same stimulus. For example, what goes through your head
when you listen to that song or smell that perfume?. The song and the
perfume bring back not just the memories, but the sensations and the
feelings related with the situation. Anxiety works just like that, and
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