Reply #36: Both stress and anxiety are [View All]

[H2O Man]

normal parts of human existence. Our brain is hardwired in such a manner that anxiety is a built-in experience for both the conscious and unconscious mind. And stress is tied to survival.

However, there are individuals for whom what are normal and healthy amounts of stress and anxiety are not their experience .... their brains are "tuned" to produce either or both in amounts that are not only not productive, but which actually decrease their ability to function on a daily basis. This is not to be confused with the normal cycle of moods that most people have. The intensity and duration are on an entirely different scale.

Those who produce mind-altering drugs are prone to attempt to get far more people than those who actually need such medications, much less benefit from them, to confuse the abnormal amounts of stress and anxiety associated with the unnatural conditions people tend to live under, with a problem in brain chemistry. Most people would do better to change some situation(s) in their lives, than to medicate and accept the unacceptable.