Anxiety: Prevention is better than Cure
As the Mentally Healthy University Ambassador for ‘ Mind ’, a 75-year-old charity in England, I have learned a lot about mental health problems and solutions, from their interactive workshops . Have you wondered, when does anxiety get converted into a mental health problem? It may happen when an individual fears or worries disproportionately in any situation, the discomforting feeling is quite strong and persistent, it is distressing and hard to control, and may even escalate to panic attacks. This amounts to a roadblock in the happy journey of life. It may come as a surprise to you that not only adults, but also kids are prone to anxiety. During childhood, a staggering 67% of children are worried, due to a variety of reasons which makes them emotionally vulnerable to threat, leading to anxiety. When they are disturbed disproportionately, and the intensity of their fears disrupts their routine functioning, the condition gets transformed to anxiety disorders . T...