Anxiety is often associated with sadness.
From the Latin angustĭa ( «narrowness» , «difficulty» ), anguish is distress or affliction . It is an emotional state that implies a certain psychological discomfort, accompanied by changes in the body (such as tremors, tachycardia, excessive sweating or shortness of breath).
For example: "I hope to get a job in the next few days, I can't live with this anxiety" , "It makes me very anxious to know that you will soon leave and I won't see you again for a long time" , "Last week I felt anxious about the situation, but little by little I got used to it" .
Anguish as a reaction
Anxiety can be a reaction to danger or something unknown. You may even feel anxiety without a precise cause. In these cases, the concept has a meaning similar to fear or anxiety : “I felt anxiety when we got stuck in the elevator” or “John felt anxiety when he changed schools.”
The stressful pace of life we lead, the professional or personal complications we have to deal with on a daily basis or financial difficulties are some of the situations that lead many people to find themselves experiencing various forms of anxiety at this time. Another use of the concept is related to a difficult situation or a tight spot : "The victory allowed the team to leave the anxiety behind and wait for the second round with greater optimism" , "The anxiety will end when we get help to deal with the debts" .
Fear, sadness, nervousness, irritability, headaches, sleep problems or anxiety are some of the symptoms that show that someone is suffering from anxiety. In these cases, it is necessary to go to medical professionals who can help the person in question with the corresponding treatment, which may be based on taking some medication and also on therapy or psychological sessions.
Anxiety can arise from uncertainty.
How to deal with it
However, in such cases it is also advisable for the person suffering from anxiety to choose to carry out these other actions:
• Perform physical exercise regularly to relieve most of the symptoms you suffer from.
• Learn to set priorities and also to delegate.
• Appreciate all the good things you have.
• Find free time to enjoy hobbies and the people you love.
Studies on anxiety
In his early studies on anxiety, Sigmund Freud distinguished between realistic anxiety and neurotic anxiety . Realistic anxiety is that which arises in the face of an external danger and which involves an increase in sensory attention and motor tension. Neurotic anxiety, on the other hand, has no external basis, does not clearly refer to an object or is exaggerated in the face of the objective danger.
To overcome anxiety attacks, psychologists recommend increasing physical exercise, drinking plenty of water and avoiding stress overload.
Other uses of the term
In the same way, we can determine that, on many occasions, the word in question is often used as a synonym for nausea .
In addition to all this, we have to establish that the term we are analyzing in the plural is also the name of many women. "Dolores" we can say is the meaning of the proper name of those women who celebrate their name day on September 15, since it is when the saint of Our Lady of Angustias is celebrated.