In actual crisis—like war, or your house is on fire, or you are standing gormless under a tree that is falling, or you are being robbed at gunpoint—fear is crucial. It streamlines all other functions in the physical body and jolts us into action. The surge of naturally occurring ‘fear’ chemicals is so strong that afterwards a firefighter or crisis worker may physically shake or tremble and need to ‘walk it out’ as the body metabolizes those chemicals and returns to its ‘normal’ resting state.
Anxiety is the prequel to the jolt of fear and full-throttle adrenaline that occurs when there is actual danger. Anxiety is the dread that we sometimes feel when our spidey senses tell us something bad is about to occur. So, what if The Bad Thing Never Occurs, and we live in a state of perpetual prequel anxiety? Not good! Anxiety itself is good, natural, beneficial, of service, when it truly heralds a potential danger. But when it is endless, it is just torment. We are not built for it. We can sustain some jolts—and over a lifetime, there will be quite a few—but our ‘resting state’ needs to be RESTFUL! Work with the visualizations, activities and body cues in Anxiety Soothers to nourish a restful state, and notice that all aspects of your life benefit.
Anxiety is the prequel to the jolt of fear and full-throttle adrenaline that occurs when there is actual danger. Anxiety is the dread that we sometimes feel when our spidey senses tell us something bad is about to occur. So, what if The Bad Thing Never Occurs, and we live in a state of perpetual prequel anxiety? Not good! Anxiety itself is good, natural, beneficial, of service, when it truly heralds a potential danger. But when it is endless, it is just torment. We are not built for it. We can sustain some jolts—and over a lifetime, there will be quite a few—but our ‘resting state’ needs to be RESTFUL! Work with the visualizations, activities and body cues in Anxiety Soothers to nourish a restful state, and notice that all aspects of your life benefit.
