Are you prone to worrying throughout the day? These 3 suggestions could help lessen your anxiety.
“At healthy levels, worry can help us anticipate threats and prepare for the future,” says Rebecca C. Cox, the lead author of the research from Vanderbilt University. “Worry can become a cause for concern if the frequency or intensity of the worry is disproportionate to the source of the worry. If I’m so worried about an upcoming test that I can’t focus on studying, or I’m so frequently worried about storms that I don’t leave my house, then worry has crossed into a problematic range.
According to previous research, in those with generalized anxiety disorder, worry may function to keep anxiety at a high but predictable level to avoid experiencing an unexpected shift in emotion. To investigate this on a day-to-day level, Cox and her team asked participants to respond to daily survey prompts in the morning, afternoon, and evening to indicate how anxious they felt in that moment. This method, called ecological momentary assessment, is often employed by psychologists to measure emotions in real-time.
“We found that anxiety levels decreased across the day for low or average worriers,” points out Cox. “In contrast, we found that anxiety stayed high and stable throughout the day in high worriers. This is consistent with the theory that problematic worry functions to keep the level of anxiety high but constant.”
If you are someone who struggles with high worry-proneness or feels anxious throughout the day, here are three suggestions from Cox:: High levels of worry-proneness and generalized anxiety disorder are both common and treatable. Those looking for treatment should find providers of evidence-based
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