The Amygdala Gland And Anxiety
13th July 2010 by Depressed No Comments
The Amygdala Gland and Anxiety
Anxiety is caused when a position becomes more demanding than our capacity to manage those demands. There can be any number of triggers for anxiety attacks and panic attacks, but the one thing that keeps it perpetuating this anxiety is negative feelings.
Folks always assume that anxiety is caused by emotional stress and living a busy lifestyle. On the other hand, if the anxiety is brought about by psychological causes such as worrying, difficulty concentrating, or intrusive thoughts, you may find more relief from mental exercises such as meditation, yoga, prayer or other form of mental relaxation.
Anxiety is caused when the brain cannot resolve conflicts. It therefore stands to reason that anxiety is caused by a faulty mechanism and that the inappropriate anxiety levels, anxiety symptoms and anxious thoughts that you experience are simply a result of that. A lot of anxiety is caused by habit, but like all habits they can all be reversed.
Doctors believe that this generalized anxiety is caused by a brain chemical malfunction. The doctor’s initial task is to discover if your anxiety is caused by a medical condition. However, some anxiety is actually caused by prescribed medication, or by drugs or alcohol.
The problem of short term anxiety is solved as soon as the particular job for which anxiety is caused is finished and the person feels relaxed. If the anxiety is caused by a traumatic life event it is interesting to note that the person frequently does not experience the anxiety until the event has passed. It is very significant to understand this, because what this shows us is that anxiety is caused at least in part by what we imagine to be so, and what we make of what actually happens in life.
High anxiety is caused by a ‘re-setting’ of the organ in the brain called the Amygdala. It is responsible for controlling the mechanism which controls anxiety levels.
Many scientists, and also Charles Linden himself, the author of the Linden method, claim that anxiety is caused by a malfunctioning of this organ. Their research result confirm all of our theories into the way the amygdala works and confirms clearly that worry is caused 100% by ‘memories of fear’.
The ‘cure’ for anxiety is therefore to re-program the Amygdala gland so that it responds in a normal way when a potentially stressful situation occurs. More information can be found in a free ebook that is available from http://www.itsagoodlife.co.uk/cureyourpanicattacks
There is much evidence therefore that the Amygdala Gland is responsible for our reaction to potentially fearsome situations, and sufferers all over the world are now learning how to change their lives with this amazing easy method.
