• May 2, 2024

When you feel too much worry, insecurity, psychological discomfort, fear of losing control, palpitations, tachycardia, excessive sweating, tremor, digestive discomfort, muscle pain, headache, avoidance of situations or motor restlessness, these are the most characteristic symptoms of anxiety, which can reduce the quality of life.

These symptoms of anxiety, in turn, may be connected with some other conditions or disorders, ranging from stress , even phobias and chronic diseases, however, according to specialists according to the Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress , there are some habits that can become factors of anxiety disorder.

Habits that generate anxiety

1. Smoking . Tobacco, in fact, causes many people an increase in anxiety, according to a study Dr. Máirtín McDermott, of the Section of Psychology of the Health of the Institute of Psychiatry of the King's College of London . On the contrary, when quitting smoking, anxiety levels are reduced.

2. Facebook. The more friends you have on Facebook the more likely you are to suffer from stress and anxiety problems, that's what a group of students from the Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland.

3. Post-traumatic stress. Originated by diverse threatening or traumatic situations, it is characterized because it is granted a lot of importance to these images and to the anxiety that they provoke. Many thoughts are developed related to the traumatic event and its consequences, according to the Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress.

4. Alcohol abuse. The anxiety disorder appears before alcohol dependence, precisely because people try to reduce the manifestations of anxiety with the anxiolytic properties of the liquor. This situation only worsens the symptoms because the liquor, consumed in excess, increases the emotional tension and anxiety, according to specialists of the Addictive Behavior Unit of the Concelleria de Sanitat Veneciana, in Spain.

5. Digital technologies. The fact of wanting to be at the forefront of technology, regarding the Internet, cell phones and other devices, causes in some individuals a constant anxiety and stress, especially in the workplace, explains María Teresa Ramos, professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) .

According to specialists, it is important to learn to recognize both the symptoms of anxiety and the habits or factors that trigger generalized anxiety or its disorder, because it is from this that an appropriate treatment can be carried out.

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