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As with depression, there are terms related
to mental health
and personal status that are used indiscriminately and often wrongly.
It also occurs with
anxiety and stress,
human feelings that are underestimated, misunderstood and confused.
If emotions, disorders and situations are equated, however fleeting they may be,
the concepts end up being emptied.
So it has to be said from the beginning,
stress and anxiety are not the same.
To begin with,
stress can be
consciously relieved by the sufferer with somewhat simple methods.
Thanks to exercises aimed at generating a state of calm, and also through meditation, for example.
On the contrary,
dealing with anxiety is not that simple.
In many cases,
an intervention
by medical professionals is required.
The differences between stress and anxiety
Stress and anxiety are
the body's natural physiological response
to
situations of danger,
alarm or tension, like
a kind of adrenaline injection
that puts the body on guard and puts pressure on it.
Anxiety is arguably a symptom of stress.
The main difference between the two is that
stress beats punctually,
for a short period of time, and
anxiety is the perpetuation
of this state, when the body remains in it constantly.
So if stress is normal and you share certain traits,
how do you know when you have anxiety?
"When the symptoms prevent you from leading a normal life. Many people notice mild anxiety, but continue with their daily life, although with a lot of stress. If it is something persistent, you do not sleep well, the tension is very great and causes
you
suffering
. Those who are close to you is when you have to ask for help, "explains
psychiatrist Inés López Ibor.
Another difference is in the
origin
of this reaction.
Stress is linked to a
specific and identifiable
threat , such as an upcoming event, a work situation or a personal one, such as a divorce.
However, this is not
the case with anxiety, since it is possible that it manifests itself without a specific trigger having occurred.
An example: a person feels stressed at the beginning of a move.
When the racking is over, the stress disappears.
A person takes a vacation to disconnect and once they return, the anxiety persists
because the psychological involvement is deeper.
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