PMS
Just another fun item to add to the list of symptoms of PMS. The hormones you experience during that time of the month can increase your anxiety. If you're ready to explore what’s beneath your anxiety with a licensed professional, try BetterHelp or Online-Therapy.com — convenient, private options that meet you where you are.
The stress hormone, Cortisol, can increase before your period. Causing you to become a worried mess and feeling like you’re going crazy.
If you find that you can normally handle your anxiety most of the time, but find it unbearable at times, check your calendar. If you notice your due date approaching, there are a few things you can do to reduce these anxiety symptoms:
-Change your diet. Drink a lot of water and focus on eating stress reducing foods. This will level out your cortisol levels, reducing feelings of panic.
-Go on more walks. Walking really helps reduce anxiety during anytime you feel it coming on. Take a quick 20 minute walk, even a few times a day. This will help you focus on the present and feel less overwhelmed.
-Take multiple rest days. There’s nothing worse than having a full work/school load during that time of the month. Plan ahead and try not to schedule anything too stressful beforehand. This is the best time to stay in your comfort zone and focus on taking care of yourself.
Your Parents
How your parents treat you can have a direct impact on your anxiety. Whether or not they are intentionally doing it. If you have parents who cater too much to your needs and worry about everything you do, this can rub off on you. Causing you to worry or stress out.
If you don’t have a good relationship with your parents, this can also cause anxiety. Seeking approval, or feeling distant from your parents can make it difficult to know how to be a functioning adult. If we aren’t taught the right skills we needed as kids, learning those things as we’re older becomes difficult.
If you realized that your parents have a big effect on the way you live your life, you can work on changing it. At the end of the day, you are your own person. You have to learn how to live your own life for yourself.
There are ways to move past what our parents have taught us and to learn new things to reduce anxiety in your life.
Anxiety Causes Anxiety
Self-fulfilling prophecy. If you’re aware you have anxiety, you could make it worse by bringing on more anxiety.
If you felt anxiety before, you might be worried about feeling again. Which, causes anxiety. It’s a crappy cycle to be in.
Anxiety can build onto itself if you allow it. The best way to break the cycle is by working on worrying less, facing your fears, and practicing self-care to reduce the anxiety you’re feeling.
Worrying is just like fear, because it’s False Evidence Appearing Real. The more you believe in it, the more power you give it. That’s why you have to work on getting over your fears and seeing that not everything is as bad as it seems.
Smoking Weed
This seems odd, right? After all weed is supposed to make you feel calm and relaxed. The first time I tried it, I experienced my first panic attack ever. I’ve only tried it three times, seeing if my experience would get any better with it.
It never did, and the last two times ended in me throwing up all night and my heart feeling like it was going to pop out of my chest. I definitely was one of the people who experience paranoia.
Smoking weed doesn’t always have positive effects. If you try to smoke weed to calm down, but experience opposite side effects then you’re not alone. If you’ve been considering it to relieve your worries and anxiety, I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re a HSP (Highly Sensitive Person).
Take caution with this, if you already experience anxiety in your life.
After Eating Food
We all know the feeling. Eating way too much than we were supposed to. But, did you know that it can also effect anxiety? There are reports such as chest pains, heart palpitations, lightheadedness, and indigestion.
Experiencing any of these symptoms can make you feel worried, causing your anxiety to spike.
The solution to this is to eat a well balanced deal, and eat slowly. Focus on foods that lower stress levels and that keep you feeling full. So you don’t feel the need to have to eat two servings
https://www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/causes/after-eating
Nothing at all
Ok, so most likely there is something causing your anxiety. The chemical imbalances in our brain can randomly set off waves of anxiety, for what it seems like no reason.
Maybe everything in your life is going fine, but you still feel anxious. It can honestly feel like nothing is causing it, but you just feel it. It’s most likely something inside your body, that is impossible to pinpoint unless you went to a doctor to run some tests.
If you feel like nothing is causing your anxiety, take a step back and work on taking care of yourself. Maybe you haven’t been eating your greatest, or you didn’t get good enough sleep the night before.
TV
Watching a lot of crime television and news causes anxiety. Even if you can watch it without a problem, and enjoy it, you could experience anxiety effects later on.
Let’s say you hear on the news someone was murdered downtown in an alleyway. The next time you go downtown and see an alleyway, the image instantly floods into your brain. Causing a little fear and anxiety.
The best option if you get scared after watching TV is to avoid those channels.
I rarely can watch scary movies or late night news. I saw It recently, and unless I can find some humor in it, I become way too scared.
I used to try to listen to criminal podcasts at work and watch scary movies more, but my anxiety was nonstop. I finally had to limit myself to shows like The Office, Roseanne, and Friends. My boyfriend thinks I’m boring, but I have to set my limits.
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