{"id":4522,"date":"2021-03-12T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scc.sg\/e\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T08:03:18","slug":"anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scc.sg\/e\/anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Anxiety<\/h2><div class ='av-subheading av-subheading_below  ' style='font-size:15px;'><p>Joseph Rajagopal, Senior Professional Counsellor<br \/>\nSingapore Counselling Centre<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more people are suffering from anxiety these days and it tends to affect them to varying degrees and disrupts their lives. In fact, anxiety affects all of us in different ways, one way or another. It can be intrusive and debilitating for some of us. Some of us even suffer from panic attacks and it strikes suddenly leaving us feeling shaken and stricken in fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety can be seen as one of the most prevalent mental health problems. Some of us live our entire lives with anxiety and they could be related to worries about financial problems, relationship problems, family problems, health problems, work issues, and many more, contributing to us experiencing a high level of anxiety in our everyday lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People cope with anxiety in many ways. Some of us seek help from doctors while others resort to emotional eating. And there are others who cope with it by talking to their family members or friends or going for walks or doing exercises. But many cope by hiding themselves away from the world and may resort to consuming alcohol or cigarettes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially, feeling anxious is a sign of not being able to cope with a situation in life. Our present era has come to be known as the \u2018age of anxiety&#8217; due to the enormous amount of pressure and stress that we experience in our lives these days, including uncertainties and demands that we have to meet in our personal and professional lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of us who suffer from anxiety are able to function on a daily basis but when we start to worry excessively, it starts to have an impact on our daily lives. It is normal to be anxious during moments when we are faced with financial difficulties or having to do a presentation to a big group of people or even meeting someone new. But for some of us, it begins to take over our lives. We become somewhat consumed by it and start to see things negatively and have a pessimistic outlook on life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety makes us feel edgy and irritable, and we have difficulty being able to relax or concentrate to complete the things we need to do. Our thinking becomes affected and we start to have fear and doubts and constantly feel that the worst is going to happen. We may then experience physical symptoms such as headaches or nausea. Our hearts may start to race because of the fear we are feeling inside of us and we become restless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may have difficulty eating regular meals or sleeping well. Some of us become withdrawn and stop socializing and tend to isolate ourselves in an effort to hide within ourselves. We may feel helpless and hopeless. All of which will lead to us not being able to meet our needs and becoming deprived which may lead to long-term mental problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div   class='hr hr-default   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be continued in my next article.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div   class='hr hr-default   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more people are suffering from anxiety these days and it tends to affect them to varying degrees and disrupts their lives. 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