Does Your Anxiety Come from Pressure? You’re Not Alone

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Does Your Anxiety Come from Pressure? You’re Not Alone

If you’re human, chances are you’ve felt pressured and stressed, either from external sources or from within yourself.  Pressure is a major contributor to anxiety (What Causes Anxiety?) that can range from occasional and mild to constant and severe.

Consider these examples of people who are pressured and anxious because of it:

• Singer Adele experiences panic attacks, social phobia, and stage fright.
• Philadelphia Eagles player Brandon Brooks suffers a “typical routine of morning vomiting” and has missed work (NFL games) because of stress-related anxiety. (read more about the pressures that cause athletes to seek mental health treatment)
• Abraham Lincoln, a man under unrelenting pressure, is believed to have experienced severe anxiety and depression.

If you find yourself plagued by anxiety-inducing pressure and stress, know that it’s a real and legitimate experience, and it’s one that you can chase out of your life. Try these tips to reduce pressure-based anxiety:

• Use the “good, not great” exercise. Allow yourself to acknowledge that you are good enough in all that you do, and that good enough is, truly, good.
• Each night, jot down a few things you did well that day to shift your focus from your perceived shortcomings to reality-based truths.
• Practice mindfulness in moments where anxiety spikes because of pressure and stress. Pull your racing thoughts out of your mind and into the physical world around you right now so you can do what you need to do without anxiety blocking you.

Related Articles Dealing with Stress, and Pressure

• Dealing with Bipolar and Pressure
• Bipolar and the Pressure to Get Better
• Pressures that Cause Athletes to Seek Mental Health Treatment
• Dealing with Mental Illness in the Workplace Isn’t Easy
• The Connection between Stress and Mental Illness
• Overwhelmed by Stress and Anxiety? How to Deal with It
• Self-Help Stress Management
• Stop Ruminating and Rehashing: Finish Every Day

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: How badly are you affected by pressure and stress? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• The Internet and Mental Health: It Helped & Hurt My Recovery
• The Transactional Stress Model and the Anxiety of Caregivers
• Bipolar Affects Your Career Choice, Success and More
• 6 Dos and Don'ts for Dating Someone with Disordered Eating
• You Can't Resist Anxiety to Reduce Anxiety
• Afraid to Fly? Try These Tricks
• Learning to Not Take It Personally from Thieves in Colombia

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Do You Have Anxious Memories? Reset Them with These Tools
2. How to Stop Stress Eating
3. The Physical Risks of Self-Harm

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

" I need you to love me a little louder today."

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