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What are the Causes of Anxiety?

Anxiety isn’t caused from just one single thing. The causes of anxiety are often a combination of different areas of your life that are getting on top of you and creating stress. Unmanaged stress can cause anxiety If you are experiencing more stress than usual in your daily life and it continues untreated it will lead to anxiety that is hard to shake off. Allowing stress to build and build without addressing the source makes us feel overwhelmed and unable to cope well with our day to day activities. This further compounds and we lose trust in our ability to cope. The less we trust ourselves, the more anxiety builds and before we know it we are on a merry-go-round, responding to all aspects of our life with an anxious approach. Our bodies have ways of communicating with us to let us know that we may be too stressed and out of balance, which essentially means our input is too small and our output is too much. Causes of anxiety are often related to extending ourselves too
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7 Foods That Help our Brain Stay Sharp

Like any organ, our brain is affected by what we eat. Nutrition plays a big role in how well our brain thinks and functions. The food we consume affects our wellbeing, physically, mentally and emotionally, for better or worse. We can survive on food with low nutritional value but eventually, we become tired, irritable, have digestive problems, lose our memory , suffer mood swings or even depression , and other little ailments that can become bigger. Getting on top of your nutrition and what is in your pantry is an investment in your wellbeing today as well as an investment in your wellbeing as you age. It is never too late to start, nor does it take too long to experience the positive impact of good nutrition. You Are What You Eat   In the case of brain and cognitive function, foods regulate: Our brain function - making our brains cloudy or clear so that you can write that essay with clarity Our memory – so that we can retain information that we need for later Our

Do I Have Anxiety? Identifying the Symptoms.

Getting up in the morning and facing a very busy day ahead with a touch of nervousness to make it all happen is quite normal. However, feeling unnecessarily anxious about every day, and randomly throughout the day, about lots of things, may be signs of anxiety that has taken an unnecessary hold over you. This type of anxiety makes you want to hide from the world and it takes away the joy of simple pleasures, creating a sense of uneasiness constantly. I n this article, we will start with the first step which is to help you understand what level of anxiety you may be experiencing. Anxiety is often irrational and unfounded, which is why people get so perplexed and feel powerless to be able to do anything to fix it. If untreated however, the effect of anxiety can compound creating further anxiety, so getting on top of it sooner than later will stop a possible snowball effect and will help you feel like you have the reigns of your life back again. Anxiety is basically fea