No matter what I read about anxiety, it always seems to come down to stress. Prolonged stress can cause a lot of physical damage over time including producing hypertension, weight gain or loss, or circulatory problems. Stress also contributes to anxiety by causing the adrenal glands to stop functioning properly. That means you’re not only under a lot of stress, but you are not physically able to handle it. When the adrenaline glands don’t work properly, your moods can begin to shift radically. All of this creates a complete physical and emotional out-of-balance state.
There’s no easy answer to controlling stress. I had to make several lifestyle changes in order to reduce the stress in my life. But once I managed to get stress under control, a lot of my anxiety disappeared too. I simply wasn’t enjoying life while under too much stress.
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Some of the things I did include getting adequate sleep at night, eating healthier foods, and most importantly, simplifying my life.
