Chronic Anxiety
Chronic Anxiety is different than the type of anxiety attacks that are often referred to as panic attacks. In a typical panic attack, people have physical manifestations of thier anxious feelings and mental state. The adrenal glands are pushed to pump out more adrenaline. The arousal center of the brain, the amygdala, is so overstimulated that it puts the body in a relentless state of alertness. The amygdala serves as a general-purpose defense response control network and is involved in producing and responding to a variety of stimuli. Anger, defensiveness and fear are all strong triggers. With adrenaline and other hormones pouring into the body in response to the anxious thoughts and fears, a full blown panic attack occurs, complete with sweaty palms and increased heart rate.
Chronic Anxiety
For those with chronic anxiety, there is a constant state of lower level anxiousness that sets them hovering somewhere just below a panic attact. If you think it’s preferable, think again. Instead of sending out adrenaline rushes in times of attacks, the adrenaline is seeping out continuously, giving the sufferer no real chance to recover. People with this kind of anxiety often bear the burden of too many pressures from too many directions without having the coping skills necessary to deal with them. Although chronic anxiety isn’t marked by panic attacks, it’s an anxiety disorder all the same.
Chronic Anxiety sufferers tend to take longer to seak out mental health counseling because they feel that they are, perhaps, just very nervous people rather than a person suffering from a condition. The truth is that a qualified anxiety therapist can help those with chronic anxiety find relief from this condition.
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