Anxiety spicing our lives (3)

We may consider anxiety to be the great enemy of modern man, and we must admit it is partly true. Anxiety is like pain, we prefer not to have to experience it, but at the same time, it can warn us of dangerous situations. Some moderate anxiety motivates us to plan for the future and also to improve our ability to face stressful situations when they occur. For example, a person in a state of fear considerably increases their physical strength, others are more effective in their activities when they operate under a certain degree of tension. Anxiety is problematic only when it becomes excessive and we must learn to handle it in the most effective way.

Anxiety is like salt and pepper, it serves moderately, but if you put too much, the taste of food is not very pleasant. A life without emotions, including anxiety, would be quite monotonous, however, intense emotional experiences often debilitate people. Excessive anxiety defeats us and creates inhibitions. We have all experienced the sensation of being paralyzed by fear of having to speak to a group of people or perform an activity in front of others. In this case, we could become paralyzed, we have created inhibitions.

Sometimes we can administer ourselves small doses of anxiety to feel exalted because we need some stimulation in our life. An example of this is when going to an amusement park and we experience the excitement of riding a roller coaster, or when we practice an exciting sport. We also experience it when we venture to take some risk or to accept some challenge in our lives. Usually, whenever we accept to take some risk, either for fun or for overcoming a goal, we try to ensure that the situation is within our control or otherwise we would experience unpleasant and destructive consequences.

Because anxiety is an unavoidable reality in our lives, we have to do more than simply learn to live with it. We have to learn to transform it into positive energy that works for us rather than against us. It will take some training to achieve this self-control, but it's perfectly achievable by a normal individual. That's what we will be covering in our next articles.