Meditation And Anxiety

Anxiety is a complex mix of such negative emotions as fear, worry and nervousness. Physical symptoms are often present, and may include rapid or irregular heartbeat, nausea, sweating and shortness of breath. As with other kinds of stress, anxiety is a defense mechanism that prepares the body for "fight or flight." Blood is diverted to the large muscles, leaving digestive and immune systems inhibited.

Chronic, recurring anxiety is considered an anxiety disorder. There are several varieties of such disorders, including panic disorder, agoraphobia and other phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Roy Masters, host of the longest running radio show in the country and head of the Foundation of Human Understanding, believes that almost everyone suffers from PTSD to some extent.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is simply an emotional reaction to trauma. Most famously, it is a reaction to fighting in a war, but you don't have to be a soldier in a battle zone to undergo traumas. The betrayals, injustices and losses of everyday life are traumatic, too, if on a smaller scale. The more emotionally we react to these upsets, the more we struggle not to react. But denying, repressing and burying emotions doesn't cure anything, and may well make the situation worse.

Masters believes that instead you must confront your emotions and seek to understand them without reacting to them. His meditation technique, "Be Still and Know," will help you learn to understand negative emotions and then detach from them, rather than trying to suppress them. Visit the FHU website for more information and download the guided meditation.

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