ANXIETY TIMES

We live the Covid-19 Pandemic, we live in isolation, fear, insecurity, uncertainty, distance, concerns, we live anxiety. In this context, it is normal and expected that our emotions will intensify and generate intense discomfort. Previous studies have highlighted the increase in anxiety in periods of crisis throughout history. At these times, anxiety can lose its adaptive function and thus lose its protective and motivating role, becoming pathological and generating intense suffering in the individual with impairment in different areas of life.

Anxiety can be expressed through physiological components (tachycardia, palpitations, sleep dysregulation and appetite) cognitive ( constant concerns, difficulty in attention and concentration), emotional (fear, irritability and associated depressive symptoms) and behavioral (avoidance, procrastination). Individuals suffering from anxiety cannot distinguish between safety and danger signs, their thoughts are always dominated by the interpretation of a dangerous and threatening world. Thus, fear can be maintained by the constant feeling of inability to cope with stressful events. In this way, anxiety arises from the excessive activity of schemes, rigid ways of thinking, related to danger and personal vulnerability.

And what does the current scenario teach us about anxiety? That we will need to accept our limited control of situations, that as much as I assure myself, life involves constant risks and that worrying constantly will not prevent something from happening and, finally, assume the great uncertainty that surrounds us daily about the future . May the crisis make us create another relationship with anxiety. A relationship of acceptance, self-care, learning and building new management strategies. Times of anxiety.

Psychologist Francine Guimarães Gonçalves CRP 07/20757

TIMES OF ANXIETY

We live the Covid-19 Pandemic, we live in isolation, fear, insecurity,

uncertainty, distance, concerns, we live in anxiety. In this context, it is our emotions are normal and expected intensify and generate intense discomfort. Previous studies have highlighted the increase in anxiety in periods of crisis. throughout history. At these times, anxiety can lose its adaptive function and thus losing its protective and motivating role, becoming pathological and generating a intense suffering in the individual with impairment in different areas of life.

Anxiety can be expressed through physiological components (tachycardia,

palpitations, sleep disruption and appetite) cognitive (constant concerns) ,

difficulty in attention and concentration), emotional (fear, irritability) and symptoms

associated depressives) and behavioral (avoidance, procrastination). Individuals

who suffer from anxiety cannot differentiate between safety and danger,

your thoughts are always dominated by the interpretation of a dangerous and

threatening. Thus, fear can be maintained by the constant feeling of inability to deal with stressful events. In this way, the anxiety originates from the activity schemes, rigid ways of thinking, related to danger and personal vulnerability. And what the current scenario teaches us about anxiety ? That we will need to accept our limited control of situations, which as much as I am sure, life involves risks

constant and worrying constantly will not prevent something from happening and, finally, assume the great uncertainty that daily round about the future. May the crisis create another relationship with anxiety . An acceptance relationship, self-care, learning and building new management strategies. Times of anxiety. Text written by Psychologist Francine Guimarães Gonçalves (CRP 07 / 20757), Coord. of the CEFI COG Center Cognitive Behavioral Therapies