Increased attention to threats
A person begins to see threats where there are none. Relatives and friends can say that a person “winds himself up. Other people do not quite understand how one can look for problems and danger even where they do not exist. And the most anxious person does not understand how other people can not see that there are so many threats and problems around!
Deteriorating ability to distinguish between threat and security
Increased anxiety does not help; on the contrary, it distorts perception. Although anxiety initially serves to instantly distinguish between dangerous and safe situations. But increased anxiety depletes the human nervous system and the "acuity" of perception is dulled.
Avoidant behavior occurs
It is easier for a person to avoid any problems, since it is difficult for him to distinguish between what is dangerous and what is not.
Strong reaction to uncertainty - is there a threat or not
For an anxious person, there is nothing worse and more frightening than uncertainty. He will try to figure out everything in advance, to calculate everything. But the inability to distinguish between what is dangerous and what is harmless will greatly distort everything. As a result, failing to figure it out, a person will react sharply to any uncertainty.
He may even be worried about whether his favorite cottage cheese will be in the store in the evening, or it will be taken apart. And this thought will haunt him all day. A person needs to know everything right now, "yes" or "no." This is obsessive.
Overestimating the strength and likelihood of a potential threat
Anxious people are prone to catastrophizing - raising the consequences of a problem to the highest degree. They are not making an elephant out of a fly, but a real disaster. Any problem for them can turn into the end of the world. And this is not an exaggeration. This is how the brain works.
Anxiety can and should be dealt with, especially if it is already a disorder. Today, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy and specialists who work in this direction are doing an excellent job with this.
A person begins to see threats where there are none. Relatives and friends can say that a person “winds himself up. Other people do not quite understand how one can look for problems and danger even where they do not exist. And the most anxious person does not understand how other people can not see that there are so many threats and problems around!
Deteriorating ability to distinguish between threat and security
Increased anxiety does not help; on the contrary, it distorts perception. Although anxiety initially serves to instantly distinguish between dangerous and safe situations. But increased anxiety depletes the human nervous system and the "acuity" of perception is dulled.
Avoidant behavior occurs
It is easier for a person to avoid any problems, since it is difficult for him to distinguish between what is dangerous and what is not.
Strong reaction to uncertainty - is there a threat or not
For an anxious person, there is nothing worse and more frightening than uncertainty. He will try to figure out everything in advance, to calculate everything. But the inability to distinguish between what is dangerous and what is harmless will greatly distort everything. As a result, failing to figure it out, a person will react sharply to any uncertainty.
He may even be worried about whether his favorite cottage cheese will be in the store in the evening, or it will be taken apart. And this thought will haunt him all day. A person needs to know everything right now, "yes" or "no." This is obsessive.
Overestimating the strength and likelihood of a potential threat
Anxious people are prone to catastrophizing - raising the consequences of a problem to the highest degree. They are not making an elephant out of a fly, but a real disaster. Any problem for them can turn into the end of the world. And this is not an exaggeration. This is how the brain works.
Anxiety can and should be dealt with, especially if it is already a disorder. Today, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy and specialists who work in this direction are doing an excellent job with this.
