Anxiety Symptoms: What Anxiety Is And What Its Symptoms Are.
First of all, before we start to describe what the symptoms of anxiety are, lets first establish what anxiety is and its purpose. Anxiety is a survival mechanism. It exists to remove any perceived danger from our environment by either fighting it or running away from it.
A few thousand years ago, when man was a hunter-gatherer searching for food in the great outdoors, anxiety played a very important role in preventing our ancestor from becoming some animals next meal. If and when confronted by some ferocious beast, anxiety would come into play and give our great, great, great etc. grandparent the wherewithal to either stand and fight the threat or to run away to some safe haven.
In order for this fight or flight mechanism to be effective, certain physiological and psychological changes are temporarily made. These are as follows:
1. Body hair stands on end to give an overall appearance of being bigger.
2. Sweating starts to occur in the hands and feet to enable a better grip whilst running and/or climbing.
3. Adrenalin is released into the bloodstream to give an all-important...