Posted by terra miller on May 22, 2002, at 11:54:11
In reply to Can anxiety cause memory and physical problems?, posted by bookgurl99 on May 19, 2002, at 16:05:25
hi.
think of it this way: you have something that's really bugging you. it's bugging you so bad that you are really jumpy, frightened, worried, anxious and scared. however, you want to function in your everyday life and have projects to complete, etc. so your brain starts working really hard to accomodate. it tries to keep the anxious and fearful feelings away so that you can complete your tasks, but it doesn't stay all the way away and it pops up.
you can also think of it as someone in a swimming pool with 5 rubber balls that they are trying to keep submerged; you might be able to keep them down, but you have to really concentrate and even with that effort there still seems to be a ball that pops up out of the water that you have to resubmerge.
anxiety kind of works that way. and your brain gets tired. and unless you find a way to lighten your responsibilities (sometimes that's just not possible, i know), then you might find you are losing concentration and you can't remember what you ate for breakfast.
that might sound simplistic, but your brain gets tired.
and physically speaking, if you are on edge then your body starts to wear down. you might not be sleeping enough because you can't, or you may have a sour/acid stomach a lot. that kind of thing.
i am not a doc; speaking from personal experience :-)
~terra
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