Anxiety disorders are the most commonly diagnosed mental illness in the US.
There are several major types of anxiety disorders but the most common is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
GAD is a mental condition characterized by persistent and uncontrollable worry about daily life events such as health, work, money, and family for 6 months and more.
Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- feeling nervous
- difficulty getting sleep
- worrying too much
- increased heart rate/racing heart
- heavy breathing
- sweating hands
There are a lot of tips, advices, suggestions, and ways that you read online on how to fight stress and anxiety but really, I think the simple and ordinary ways are more effective.
I would like to start with having the right attitude and the right mindset.
You Can Try These When You Feel Anxious or Stressed:
1. Relax. Stop what you're doing that's making you stressed out. Forget, in the meantime, that person or thing that's causing your anxiety.
- Get the problem out of your mind to help clear the clutter in your head. There should be a conscious effort on your part when dealing with the symptoms.
- Go out and get some sunshine. Sunlight causes the body to release the feel-good hormone serotonin, making you reenergized and active again
- Accept the fact that you cannot control everything.
- diet that consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, and lots of olive oil
- food rich in fiber such as black beans, oats, quinoa, berries, pears, apples, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and almonds. Salmon, mackerel, and sardines contain omega-3 fatty acids known to protect from depression and anxiety attack. Fermented food such as yogurt, kimchi and kombucha helps maintain a healthy gut environment which helps produce the feel-good hormone serotonin.
