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What Triggers Your Anxiety? By Temma Ehrenfeld
Knowing your triggers can help calm you.
Anxiety is common—it affects some 40 million Americans. That doesn’t mean it’s easy or harmless.
You may be so used to anxiety that you don’t notice it in yourself. Restlessness, tingling, irritability, tight muscles, insomnia, and digestive issues are all signs of anxiety. You might suddenly sweat, tremble, or feel your heart pounding and your throat closing: Those are signs of panic.
Forget blame: Your personal history, your current circumstances, and your genes all combine to make you more or less vulnerable to anxiety.
Anxiety may be keeping you from pursuing relationships, work, and hobbies that would require more of you. Knowing your anxiety triggers is one way to move past fear and live more freely.
You probably already have a general idea of what bothers you most. Do you worry about your health? Your finances? Are you afraid of dating or crowds? The next step is to get more specific. One or two of your triggers may surprise you. Once you know them, you’ll be able to catch anxiety more quickly. This will help calm you.
Here are common anxiety triggers:
Be honest—and gentle—with yourself. If anxiety is part of your day-to-day life, it’s time to give yourself a break and find new strategies and helpers.
Reprinted with Permission
Temma Ehrenfeld is a New York-based science writer, and former assistant editor at Newsweek.
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