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Stress and anxiety is a good thing. It allows us to adapt to our environment and modify behaviors appropriately. It motivates us to accomplish tasks and also increases our cognitive skills, such as enhancing memory of certain things and focusing our attention.

Relaxv wrote: "
Stress and anxiety
is a good thing. It allows us to adapt to our environment and modify behaviors appropriately. It motivates us to accomplish tasks and also increases our cognitive skills, s..."

man, you've clearly never had social anxiety

Relaxv wrote: "
Stress and anxiety
is a good thing. It allows us to adapt to our environment and modify behaviors appropriately. It motivates us to accomplish tasks and also increases our cognitive skills, s..."
for this list, I don't think they meant that kind of anxiety, the everyday kind which can definitely be beneficial. the books are more along the lines of help for panic and anxiety disorders, which can be pretty horrible.

Relaxv wrote: "
Stress and anxiety
is a good thing. It allows us to adapt to our environment and modify behaviors appropriately. It motivates us to accomplish tasks and also increases our cognitive skills, s..."

Anxiety isn't like that....at least not the anxiety they are talking about...I have it and it sucks...Being worried about things that most people aren't and not being able to stop seeing/thinking about the worst possible outcome of the situation that you are in...

G wrote: "Relaxv wrote: "
Stress and anxiety
is a good thing. It allows us to adapt to our environment and modify behaviors appropriately. It motivates us to accomplish tasks and also increases our cogniti..."

Then you obviously do NOT have anxiety . There is nothing good about it at all

"Mind Trek: My Journey from Panic to Peace, by Carl J. Mattina is a must-read. This autobiographical work explores the author's struggles with stress, severe anxiety, panic, depression and agoraphobia. Carl J. Mattina, Ph.D. reveals how mental and physical abuse at home and psychological torture from members of the medical establishment aided in causing his self-esteem to plummet, leaving him in the depths of depression as a young man. The author's conflicts with sex and religion forced him to come to terms with his own sexuality and religious belief system. He continued to battle with severe stress, ongoing anxiety and panic attacks while fighting to make sense of his torn, fragmented emotional state. The battle was not altogether lost, however. Witness Dr. Mattina's transformation to a positive lifestyle full of hope and personal accomplishments brought about by the necessary tools to overcome the symptoms of severe anxiety, panic and agoraphobia, as well as rebuild self-esteem. Be prepared to experience the author's magnificent journey from panic to peace.

Springboard: Transform Stress to Work for You