Realizing what ANXIETY is....

Is there a weight on your chest? A feeling that you just can't shake in your head ? Constant concern or "worry" what may happen if you do xyz? If so this is very well a clear definition of ANXIETY.

Let's be straight forward I am a Mother, Wife, Entrepreneur,Friend and Substitute Teacher . By no means am I a Doctor or a Therapist however I am human and have been through life changes that allow me to take note of specifics that are in my daily life. You can keep reading if you like or you can log off this very page and ignore that feeling that you simply can't shake, your choice. I have always been known to please others to insure their happiness without realizing over the years I was not doing any thing of the sort for my own self. Growing up mental state was not a topic of choice and quite frankly I though certain things like PMS, PMDD ,ANXIETY and DEPRESSION was a complete choice.

Not until I a life changing switch in my health allowed me nothing but time to sit in the walls of my room unable to have strength to do things I did on the daily bases.Such as walking or even just picking my head up off the bed without it spinning ( Chile thats a whole other post). The reason why I am mentioning this is because I to often see people, women especial work to no end without working for themselves. Hear me out, I strongly believe that if my health scare did'nt happen I would have never realized what anxiety was or figured out a way to cope with it. Heres the kicker, maybe I've had it all my life and didn't even know it (SHOCKER!!!).

There would be several days in a year I would feel scared to do something simply because I would already plan the negative outcome and with that I refrained from exploring it. I would wake up with a weight on my chest because I would anticipate no positive reaction from my post(s) of my photography work or no pat on the back or compliment from my husband on how great of a spouse or mother I am.

The biggest turn around for me was realizing to live in the moment without expectations of reactions.Doing things because it simply fulfills myself and my own well being mentally ,physically and spiritually.The first step in battling anxiety,for me is realizing what it is and acknowledging that you may have it. This isn't the post on me deep diving in how you can manage it from my perspective. This post is simple to say, I see you trying to do better because you want better for yourself. If you didn't you wouldnt have read this til the end.

So until next time... ~Keep Hustling Momma because I know your about that Life