If you are a constant worrier, perfectionist or think that life should always follow your rules and get stressed if it doesn't, then a real change is needed.

It is a self-created condition that is mainly brought on by long-term stress and worry and is your mind and body’s way of telling you that it has been overworked. Your body is trying to communicate with you and tell you to slow down and take things easy.

We can only recover by no longer creating the anxiety and then allowing ourselves to go through the process of healing the past suffering we have created.

But previously I never accepted this; life always had to go how I wanted it to and others must behave how I thought they should.

The answer is that adrenalin affects your body by making it work much faster than usual and can drain the energy from your muscles. This is the reason your limbs may ache and why you feel so physically tired at times.

This attitude came through now understanding that there was no real threat when I felt anxious. It was just my body releasing some anxious energy within me. I didn’t have to take this energy to mean that anything was wrong or that I needed to escape in any way.

You now see that avoiding, suppressing or protecting yourself from it just isn't working.

The truth is that it’s not you that is thinking about your anxiety; it’s your mind’s habit to continually think about the subject.

I now just see these scary thoughts as my mind releasing all this fearful/anxious energy that I previously built up inside.