Best Foot Forward

By Lyn Halvorsen

Best Foot Forward - Moving on from Anxiety - is a handbook written with warmth, compassion and humor for anyone suffering with anxiety and the stresses of everyday life. A combination of helpful observations taken from the author's blogs, interspersed with a little bit of advice and some uplifting quotes, Lyn's book looks at some of the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Upfront
• Release date: Apr 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781784565381

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What is Anxiety?

Anxiety takes many forms and can shape your thought processes and decisions. Characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, it is thought to be related to the biological fight or flight response to feeling threatened. It can become a problem if it is accompanied by panic attacks or anxiety about things which are part of everyday life. Anxiety is not the same as fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat; it is the expectation of a future threat.

Anxiety isn’t rational. It’s not just an amplified version of what is worrying you. It’s more than that. Sometimes you don’t know what sets it off. Some days you can cope with life and others you just don’t want to know. A lot of people think anxiety is nothing more than a similar feeling you get before giving a presentation at work or an actor having first-night nerves; it may be a bit like that at times, but often it’s more long-lasting and doesn’t decrease as it would when events like the above are over. Some of the symptoms are palpitations, wanting to escape from your surroundings, fear you may lose control of thoughts or actions, racing heart, nausea, insomnia and nervousness, muscular tension, fatigue and restlessness. The list can be almost