What are the most
stressful subjects?
According to my research, there are three main types or spheres
of anxiety that affect our lives. I’ve identified them as a “sense of
security,” emotional safety, social support, and self-actualization.
The first category includes being vulnerable, insecure, and
fearful, where we always feel threatened in our life. Being uncertain is
stressful and often causes panic attacks. Not only about the physical elements
on this list such as uncertainty, but also about self-esteem, happiness, and
other aspects of life. To us, this experience can sometimes take an enormous
toll. We’re also insecure enough not to be able to live comfortably with
ourselves. Therefore, we use stress to control our own lives from others around
us. As we may have mentioned, this may be in a way of trying to control other
people who are controlling us. For instance, if you’re constantly at your
workplace and being told by someone that you’re not good at something, your job
is more stressed than it already is if they didn’t notice and will tell you so.
In order for a negative situation to become less stressful, we need to go through
a process we usually don’t go through, which is learning from mistakes we made
and being ready to fix them. A simple example would be knowing one’s
weaknesses, and then being aware of them. This knowledge gives us room to
improve over time. Thus, we learn about ourselves and the world around us.
There are several other ways in which we perceive and make sense
of the things around us which can be affected by anxiety, especially because
fear is a hormone of stress. When we’re afraid, we try to find reasons or
explanations why we shouldn’t be afraid. It’s important for us all to
understand and accept that fear is part of our personality and to understand it
helps others understand too. In fact, fearing for something is an emotion when
it comes to anxiety because, in reality, fear is just another feeling that we
all feel at times. All feelings are just something we use to survive. So, fear
is an inevitable part of everyone’s life, even though we need to try to manage
it in a way that makes it enjoyable.
The second category identifies being secure enough that we
aren’t worried about everything else except our friends and family, and
sometimes our career, our relationships, and our finances. Usually, this type
of anxiety feels easier to deal with and therefore, more manageable. We’re not
afraid to speak up about things that we think matter and have to be trusted by
others. These thoughts are important to us whether they hold some truth or have
the potential to harm us or others, but it also keeps us motivated to continue
to work hard and achieve what we want. We feel safe enough to put trust in
those around us to carry out what needs to be done, which helps us become
stronger together and stronger individually. We feel confident not to worry
about the future, which provides us with the motivation to keep going
regardless of setbacks. Our sense of security helps us to cope better with
stress. Self-actualization is another area of interest, related to anxiety as
it relates to personal growth or building new skills that would help us to
reach those goals we want to reach. There’s nothing like having fun and
succeeding in our careers or in finding the career paths we love, so the sense
of self-actualization is vital. Everyone should do this to grow. If we can’t achieve
this, then we’ll certainly struggle emotionally along with managing stress.
The last category consists of recognizing and addressing flaws
in ourselves like procrastinating, blaming ourselves for others’ faults or
errors, or putting off certain responsibilities. This area is crucial to
finding strengths we know we had and becoming better physically and mentally,
both physically and mentally. Because it makes us feel better about ourselves,
we feel well-adjusted and less stressed. We don’t just allow worries to get in
the way of self-care, but rather seek solutions and accountability for
ourselves. By acknowledging all of the things you don’t feel you have or learning
something new about yourself, we realize we’re growing. We’re opening ourselves
up to growth in every aspect of our lives. We recognize that we’re still
growing in many areas of life and start to strive to improve.
These two categories identify many aspects of anxiety in modern society and provide concrete examples of each. Although it may be challenging to define what anxiety is, we do see that people are often stressed because of their emotions related to life or other factors. Whether it’s going through a challenge in their professional fields, their personal lives, or dealing with other factors outside of our control, it’s important we stop stressing out at least once a day. This doesn’t mean we’re unhappy; rather we just recognize we have to make room for ourselves to focus on making things we love.
