We all feel anxious from time to time. Some of us are anxious on a regular basis. Though we are uncomfortable and know something is wrong, we often do not ask ourselves what anxiety is. We often feel anxiety as a tension in our body. We may have a headache or a tight feeling in our chest.
What we are really experiencing is a tension between two opposites. We want one thing or to take a certain action or see an idea through or surrender to a strong feeling but are uncertain at a deeper level. We are torn between fear and joy or the suppression of pain and a need to forget.
Anxiety is what we feel when we do not know that our unconscious mind is in opposition to our conscious thoughts or actions. The problem is that we often do not look deeper so we are stuck with a feeling of dread or tension. When this occurs, it is best to go inward with the help of a professional and see what conflicts with the conscious desire or thought at the deeper level. Once we know, we can make peace with a decision or action. We can discover our conflicting feelings and/or thoughts by interpreting our dreams, daily meditation, a long walk or swim or any physical activity that might release the true conflict.
Anxiety is a signal. It is a symptom. It is important that we find the cause and open up our consciousness to what we truly want and need and why we cannot let ourselves realize those wants and needs. Guilt or shame or anger can cover our true path. Anxiety tells us we are being untrue to ourselves. The need is to find out how.
Panic is a deeper, more severe, often terrified base for conflict. It is caused by the same pattern of denial as anxiety. It often motivates us to change because of its severity. Anxiety, because it is not so severe, is often a state we allow ourselves to stay in far too long. Discovery of what it is that holds us back from self knowledge and what causes a state of being stuck and unable to move in one direction or another, is the key.
What we are really experiencing is a tension between two opposites. We want one thing or to take a certain action or see an idea through or surrender to a strong feeling but are uncertain at a deeper level. We are torn between fear and joy or the suppression of pain and a need to forget.
Anxiety is what we feel when we do not know that our unconscious mind is in opposition to our conscious thoughts or actions. The problem is that we often do not look deeper so we are stuck with a feeling of dread or tension. When this occurs, it is best to go inward with the help of a professional and see what conflicts with the conscious desire or thought at the deeper level. Once we know, we can make peace with a decision or action. We can discover our conflicting feelings and/or thoughts by interpreting our dreams, daily meditation, a long walk or swim or any physical activity that might release the true conflict.
Anxiety is a signal. It is a symptom. It is important that we find the cause and open up our consciousness to what we truly want and need and why we cannot let ourselves realize those wants and needs. Guilt or shame or anger can cover our true path. Anxiety tells us we are being untrue to ourselves. The need is to find out how.
Panic is a deeper, more severe, often terrified base for conflict. It is caused by the same pattern of denial as anxiety. It often motivates us to change because of its severity. Anxiety, because it is not so severe, is often a state we allow ourselves to stay in far too long. Discovery of what it is that holds us back from self knowledge and what causes a state of being stuck and unable to move in one direction or another, is the key.
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