Can anxiety cause a low stress tolerance?!


Question: Can anxiety cause a low stress tolerance.?
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Yes, certainly. When you are anxious, you are operating at a higher level of stress. That means that you are closer to your usual stress threshhold. Therefore, it will take less to push you over your limit. so basically, when you suffer from anxiety, you are already high in stress. It won't take much to set you off.Health Question & Answer

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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Absolutely! If you're anxious, that alone is stressful. If some other outside thing stresses you more, it will just cause more anxiety! It's a vicious circle, and can be very bad for your health. It may not be a bad idea to talk to your doctor for help curbing your anxiety. It can improve your quality of life!!Health Question & Answer

Absolutely! - they go hand in hand... and I believe they feed off each other. Health Question & Answer

Other way around hun.Health Question & Answer

yes.learn to meditate and relaxHealth Question & Answer



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