We had barely recovered from this state of mental fatigue that the World Health Organization (WHO) has called “pandemic fatigue”, when we are faced with the threat of a new world war, and the flood of images offensives in Ukraine. Hence the appearance of anxiety disorders in a large number of people.
>> Why this rise in anxiety? “When we have too much anxiety, and therefore anxiety, our body experiences a succession of natural chemical reactions and mainly produces adrenaline and cortisol. It is adrenaline that triggers the various unpleasant symptoms that A few minutes later, cortisol “helps” him, notably by accelerating the risk of heart disease” explains Mireille Jennequin, author of Anxious but happy (First editions).
How to resist anxiety?
For resist anxiety, the first thing to do is to reduce the stimulants that are coffee, refined sugar in large quantities, alcohol, sodas and energy drinks.
But also to do a little sport “if only going up and down stairs” suggests Mireille Jennequin. “The practice of sport makes it possible to secrete various hormones of well-being, in particular endorphin, which reduces the small depressions” and dopamine, the hormone of pleasure, which reduces the feeling of fatigue which often accompanies anxiety. And above all, get enough sleep, because lack of sleep aggravates the anxiety disorder.
You can also do relaxation exercises to limit the effects of anxiety. An exercise to do wherever you are (at the office, in a store, in your car at a red light…): without even closing your eyes, drop your arms on your thighs, breathe calmly through your stomach and relax the muscles of your shoulders, your jaws. Repeat these mini-relaxations for a few seconds. And don’t wait until you’re too tense to do it.
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