Everyone experiences stress, fear, and feeling like they are going to throw up at any moment. That feeling you have in the pit of your stomach is called anxiety or the non-overwhelming word for it is stress. Anxiety can come in different forms. There is social anxiety, OCD, panic disorder, PTSD as well as many others. 

Anxiety can really be experienced when someone has something very big happening for themselves. Anxiety can not only be happening in our brains, but also it can cause physical pain; it can keep you up at night making you feel exhausted. Additionally, it causes muscles to tense up making your body hurt or even stopping you from eating. Anxiety causes you to feel depressed and unmotivated to do anything.

It tells you the worst of small situations; it's a small voice in your head telling you what not to do. 

In the, there is a part called the amygdala where anxiety is mainly affected. Since 2019, the population that is affected by anxiety grew from 8.1% to 21.4% at the beginning of April 2020, according to PubMed.gov. 

Panic and anxiety attacks can leave someone to have their heart skipping a beat or their breathing becoming very shallow. Everything around you becomes dizzy or feels like you're going to die.

There are some positive ways to deal with and overcome your anxiety. Therapy is a commonly used outlet; there are essential oils to help calm your nerves, or you can even create your own outlets. Telling your anxiety to go away or it's not a big deal isn't going to help you overall will make the feeling more intense.

There are even resources online to help where you can talk to a therapist any time of the day, or if you prefer to talk with someone here is a place/number that can be helpful.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a program that will help if you are in a crisis or looking for information on your mental illness; 1-800-950-(NAMI) 6264. Reach and speak out for help.