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I read a marvelous article several days ago entitled, “Understanding the Anxious Mind.” Written by Robin Marantz Henig, it appeared in the September 29, 2009 edition of The New York Times Magazine. The article was so good I knew I’d have to spread the word moments after I began reading it. And you can be sure I’ll keep it handy for future reference.

Henig wrote about the longitudinal anxiety studies of Harvard psychology professor Jerome Kagan. Also featured was the work of Harvard psychiatrist Carl Schwartz who conducted follow up research on Kagan’s work.

Kagan’s studies focused upon the role of temperament in the predisposition for anxiety. His methodology consisted of establishing anxiety baselines in infants and tracking the unfolding of anxiety as the subjects progressed into adolescence and adulthood. The work brought to mind the temperament-based personality theory of Hans Eysenck, which I’ve written about in the past.

As the research began, Kagan fully expected to confirm that “edgy” infants most often develop into inhibited, shy, and anxious adolescents and adults. Now, it’s of no great surprise that a baby’s emotional presentation varies in accordance with temperament. And the temperament of 15-20% of the infants involved in the study showed strong reactions to novel people and situations. And Kagan’s longitudinal observations, indeed, revealed these strongly reactive babies often grow up to be chronically anxious. This brings the point home that many of us are temperamentally predisposed to our anxiety. I don’t know about you, but that’s been no secret to me for years.

The article goes on to suggest emotions can be identified in three ways. Foundational, of course, is our physiological brain state. And our emotions go on to be defined by how we describe our feelings and by their behavioral result. It makes perfect sense that the physiological piece is beyond our conscious control. But, the feeling and behavioral presentations are very much within management’s reach. Yes, simply having the physiological markers of anxiety doesn’t have to equate to a subjective anxiety experience.

Now, anyone who suffers from chronic anxiety knows the malady of the “what-ifs.” Thoughts such as these are most likely generated by a highly over-reactive amygdala, which I’ve discussed time and again. This little almond-shaped mass of neurons located deep within both of our temporal lobes is programmed to react and respond to the concepts of novelty and threat. By the way, recall the temperament of 15-20% of babies that result in strong reactions to novel people and situations.

Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revealed something remarkable in the brains of “high reactors.” It seems the prefrontal cortex presents with a very significant “thickening.” The prefrontal cortex, the executive functioning headquarters of our brains, is pivotal in the generation of anxiety. It receives messages from the amygdala during times of potential alarm, which may call for activation of our fight/flight response. The prefrontal cortex rationally processes the threat and has the power to trump the amygdala’s call to action and calm it down. But that’s only if it’s sufficiently convinced a crisis doesn’t exist.

Interestingly, the question becomes, is this thickening of the prefrontal cortex an overgrowth of neurons resulting from tons of overtime work holding the amygdala in check? Or does the thickening actually cause hyperactivity of the amygdala?

Curiously, only one-third of high anxiety prone individuals develop serious problems. And that appears to be grounded in environment issues, such as birth order and the anxiety-coping techniques taught by parents and caregivers. By the way, the best formula seems to be directing the child to manage his/her distress on their own, individually determining what works best.

You know, as much as we may rue the results of our genetic endowment and formative environment; if panic attacks, obsessions, compulsions, phobias, generalized anxiety, and a propensity toward overreaction to stress and trauma are a true part of it – so be it. It’s fact that, among many other things, chronic anxiety sufferers are envied and valued for their caution, ability to effectively work alone, introspection, preparedness, conscientiousness, thorough work, and warm friendship. I, for one, am proud of my anxiety; and reading articles such as this only underscores my identity; and my right to be who I am, not what others may expect.

In closing, here’s a wonderful quotation from the article…
“An anxious temperament might serve a more exalted function too. ‘Our culture has this illusion that anxiety is toxic,’ Kagan said. But without inner-directed people who prefer solitude, where would we get the writers and artists and scientists and computer programmers who make society hum?”

After a winning bout with panic disorder, a career in the business world, and a part-time job working with socially challenged adolescents, Bill found his life’s passion and work. So he earned his master’s degree and counseling credentials, and is doing all he can to lend a hand to those having a tough time.

Bill has some powerful BE CALM mentoring and service packages available for panic attack sufferers on his website, which include his panic attack education and recovery eWorkbook, “Panic! …and Poetic Justice.” The eWorkbook is delivered via an immediate download. You’ll also find a link on the website to Bill’s Panic Attack Freedom! blog. Lots of good stuff going on and much more to come.

In addition to doing psychiatric emergency work, Bill continues to do a lot of writing and speaking. He’s conducted numerous mental health workshops and is available for future engagements. Bill is a national and local member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (N.A.M.I.). He resides in the far western suburbs of Chicago where he enjoys time with his two wonderful teenage children.
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by Ellen Huston

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Ellen Huston is writer and researcher for http://www.superstressmanagement.com . Please visit her site for information on herbs to reduce stress as well as articles on other stress related topics.

Sometimes we create our own troubles by sheer force of habit. For instance, if you don’t consider yourself a good writer your first reaction to being required to write a progress report for your business might involve fear, anxiety and worry. If your job involves any sort of report or research-based writing, your primary reaction may be to put off writing until the very last minute. For the next few minutes let’s just look at how procrastination plays a part in making your fear, anxiety, and worry more painful than it needs to be.

What benefits do you get from those three emotions: Frear, Anxiety, and Worry? Why is it such an easy set of responses for you? Did you know that a simple change in attitude and behavior will make it easy for you to make friends with fear, anxiety, and worry and ultimately succeed at whatever task you have to complete? Here are some hints on just how to do that.

First, there’s your experience with fear. You’re afraid to fail, afraid it (whatever “it” is) won’t be perfect and you’ll have to do it over again. Afraid someone will see your work and post it to the Internet as “one of the stupidest things anyone ever did/wrote/said, etc. Fear keeps you from getting started. In fact, the fear even makes you so numb that you can’t acknowledge that you even have the fear. If you could accept the fear, perhaps the first change you’d make would involve actually learning how to write like an expert in your field. Push through the fear and find a good book (or ebook) on writing fast with wild, wicked abandon.

Next comes work on editing, which leads us to the next troubling response: anxiety. You will feel a twinge of anxiety if you have a report to write, no matter how many weeks exist before the deadline. The best thing to do is to face your fear. But facing the fear just brings up anxiety and worry (which we’ll deal with in a moment). This time, it’s anxiety or stress that builds up in the pit of your stomach and makes you forget to write down deadlines and points that you need to make in the report. You may be so inwardly stressed when you think about writing that report that you lash out at friends, family and co-workers for no apparent (to them, at least) reason. Your middle name becomes “Road Rage Roy” or “Gravel Grappling Gertie” and people stop inviting you to parties.

If this is you, try this three-step process:

• Step 1: Take out your date book and mark a big red circle around your deadline date.
• Step 2: Create a schedule to write two sentences — or two paragraphs or two pages — a day. The time frame will, of course, depend on the amount of time time you have remaining to complete the report.
• Step 3: Write something down. Actually do some work on the writing project. Take action!

Once you start working your way through the project you might begin to experience a third emotion: worry. Your stress and anxiety has been relieved by actually writing out a list of things to do as you work toward meeting your writing deadline. The bad thing now is you’re suddenly worried that you won’t be able to do all the things on your “to do” list.  At this point, it’s time to be honest – are the things on your “to do” list really humanly possible? Seriously consider both the amount of time you have left to write the report and the other things going on in your life. When writing a report is not your usual activity, you will have to re-arrange certain things in your life to get the writing done. Do some thoughtful schedule rearrangement and worry could miraculously turn into courage and self-confidence.

Fear, anxiety and worry can co-exist in your otherwise peaceful and happy life. It’s ultimately up to you – do you decide to ignore fear, give into anxiety, and do nothing but worry? Or do you acknowledge the fear, accept the anxiety, and work your way past the worry? Yes, each of these steps require taking action. Perhaps you’ve tried taking this type of action before and failed. That’s no reason to give up. Overcoming the monstrous attack of fear, anxiety, and worry starts with a decision to find ultimate success in the thing you need to do. The next important step is to take action on whatever project you have looming. Taking action puts you on the offensive as you overcome that 3-headed monster. Ultimately success or failure is up to you.

Worrying constantly over things you have no control over might lead you to think that you’ve got anxiety disorder. If you can’t focus because of all the worry, get help. Seek out information and even professional help before you do a self-diagnosis. Some cases of anxiety disorder may be biological in nature. Other cases may be brought on by emotional causes.

Anxiety can also be brought on by both biological and emotional causes. For instance, you may be coming down with the flue on the very same day you learn that a close friend has died. This type of news at a time when you feel bad physically is ideal for a anxiety attack.

Everyday occurrences can send us into emotional free falls. The way we deal with set backs and let downs is often triggered by old habits. Once you see that the old way of dealing with things are holding you back from thing you really want to do, it’s definitely time to get some help.