The more sensitive a nature, the more defensive programming of the muscular responses in both speed and intensity.
Like the tortoise and the hare, some of us get so tense in anticipation that we actually react before any real stimulus! This is a classic case of anxiety stress not surprisingly known as 'anticipatory nervous tension'.
Most frequently however, stress problems develop as a build- up from past and current situations of unresolved problems and reactions to people, circumstances and events that cause us to experience anxiety.
Fears are relentless in their persistence, like weeds, continuing to appear even after we think we have eliminated them.
When one fear goes, it leaves a little more room for another kind of fear to take root and to grow, if we let it.
So we must become aware of our problems, as does a gardener, and determine to eliminate unwanted characteristics in order that the good qualities we are seeking to cultivate can flourish and allow us to experience real mental fitness.
Few of us would like to admit to having fears of any kind, particularly huge fears.
These we tend to cloak and reserve them for private rather than public knowledge and scrutiny.
When a huge fear gets out of control it creates huge symptoms which we call phobias or neuroses just because it is hard for anyone to know what to do about them, least of all the person suffering them.
We know well enough how fears disturb our minds.
But large or small, how do these inner fears and tensions affect our habits? As well as muscular tension responses, we all know the experience of feeling inward tension in our moods, emotions and mental states.
We are also generally aware that when we are suffering from nervous tension, our behaviour is affected in some way.
Do you observe in your habits any tapping of the foot, movement of the facial muscles, tensing of the jaw, or movement of the hands which is not essential?These are a few of the habits that reveal stress.
So as we must watch our own behaviour for signs of strain we become more aware of symptoms of nervous tension in others.
Symptoms may be as innocuous as biting finger nails, or fondling a strand of hair and other habits which do not harm or affect others except by causing irritation.
If you remain unaware of your stress habits that irritate others, then have courage to ask your family members.
Their answers may surprise you!
Like the tortoise and the hare, some of us get so tense in anticipation that we actually react before any real stimulus! This is a classic case of anxiety stress not surprisingly known as 'anticipatory nervous tension'.
Most frequently however, stress problems develop as a build- up from past and current situations of unresolved problems and reactions to people, circumstances and events that cause us to experience anxiety.
Fears are relentless in their persistence, like weeds, continuing to appear even after we think we have eliminated them.
When one fear goes, it leaves a little more room for another kind of fear to take root and to grow, if we let it.
So we must become aware of our problems, as does a gardener, and determine to eliminate unwanted characteristics in order that the good qualities we are seeking to cultivate can flourish and allow us to experience real mental fitness.
Few of us would like to admit to having fears of any kind, particularly huge fears.
These we tend to cloak and reserve them for private rather than public knowledge and scrutiny.
When a huge fear gets out of control it creates huge symptoms which we call phobias or neuroses just because it is hard for anyone to know what to do about them, least of all the person suffering them.
We know well enough how fears disturb our minds.
But large or small, how do these inner fears and tensions affect our habits? As well as muscular tension responses, we all know the experience of feeling inward tension in our moods, emotions and mental states.
We are also generally aware that when we are suffering from nervous tension, our behaviour is affected in some way.
Do you observe in your habits any tapping of the foot, movement of the facial muscles, tensing of the jaw, or movement of the hands which is not essential?These are a few of the habits that reveal stress.
So as we must watch our own behaviour for signs of strain we become more aware of symptoms of nervous tension in others.
Symptoms may be as innocuous as biting finger nails, or fondling a strand of hair and other habits which do not harm or affect others except by causing irritation.
If you remain unaware of your stress habits that irritate others, then have courage to ask your family members.
Their answers may surprise you!