Difference between revisions of Anxiety
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=== I am experiencing something new about my eyes. Is it going to kill me?=== | === I am experiencing something new about my eyes. Is it going to kill me?=== | ||
Am I going to go blind? Am I doing this right?! | Am I going to go blind? Am I doing this right?! | ||
[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2648633 Here are some common urgent reasons to see an eye doctor.] If your concern is on this list or some other reputable list of eye emergencies, deal with your eye concern immediately. If there's something else you can do to improve the situation, do it. If there's nothing you can do immediately, make a mental note of the problem and then forget about it until it's time to do something about it (like your next annual eye doctor visit). | '''[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2648633 Here are some common urgent reasons to see an eye doctor.]''' If your concern is on this list or some other reputable list of eye emergencies, deal with your eye concern immediately. If there's something else you can do to improve the situation, do it. If there's nothing you can do immediately, make a mental note of the problem and then forget about it until it's time to do something about it (like your next annual eye doctor visit). | ||
==Medical Anxiety== | ==Medical Anxiety== | ||
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If your symptom isn't urgent, and you are generally healthy, take any corrective steps you think are necessary, and then you can probably forget about it. Add it to a mental list to talk to your doctor at your annual vist. | If your symptom isn't urgent, and you are generally healthy, take any corrective steps you think are necessary, and then you can probably forget about it. Add it to a mental list to talk to your doctor at your annual vist. | ||
Anxiety can trigger a lot of symptoms. So figuring out how to let things go can help improve a lot of symptoms. | '''Anxiety can trigger a lot of symptoms. So figuring out how to let some things go can help improve a lot of symptoms.''' | ||
==Letting go of anxiety== | |||
Exercise, eating habits, and mindfulness are some basic ways that have been proven to help with anxiety. | |||