The daily life of a hyper anxious high functioning person

Many of us have experienced a situation of anxiety, may it be public speaking or your driver’s license ride. When there is lots on stake and personal, family, and societal expectations tied to it, we tend to over estimate the amount of time people spend being present and having an opinion about it.

High achievers, with high intrinsic motivation, tend to overthink, overanalyse, and catastrophize events and their outcomes.

In order to reduce the symptoms of worrying; what often happens is that people run away from their fear even more. Aimless, like chased by a perpetrator, a wild animal.

In such situations of hyper vigilance, we need to send the body and mind a signal of calm. This is however immensely difficult to remember, in a state of such acute (chronic) stress.

What helps fast?

-Breathing deeply

-High intensity exercise

-Legs up the wall, other inversion position

-Grounding exercises, shavasana

-Meditation: body scan

-Grounding foods: root vegetables, warm soups, date milk with cardamom & cinnamon

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