Things which increase anxiety!

Anxiogenic Triggers

ANXIETY PRESENTS ITSELF AS A CONSTELLATION OF SYMPTOMS, PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EVEN PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL. Triggers or handicaps have the capacity to increase my anxiety levels... caffeine is one prime example. The ground level of anxiety shall be defined as the anxiety I would have felt being at home at a particular point in time with no noise and distractions for a period of between four and eight hours. This could expressed as 0 on the 0-5 subjective scale, or 0 Time Distance Units (0TDU). This is the zone where I naturally become lost in my thoughts, and forget where I am. That wouldn't happen if I was feeling very anxious.

For me, the most relaxing place to be would be lying in bed in a dark room with no noise, and no stimulation of any kind. If I open the blind, my anxiety will rise somewhat.

Since anxiety decays with time, after 4 months I would experience negative anxiety worth 1TDU if I remained in such an environment.

ANXIOGENIC TRIGGERS

1. Outside (being outside: 6TDUs; looking outside through windows (directly: 4TDUs; glancingly: 3TDUs; trying to ignore: 2TDUs); hearing things outside (3TDUs))
2. Noise (high-pitched noise from young children: 3TDUs; music (1-3TDUs)
3. Appointments/Assignments (low priority ((3 Hours<: 2TDUs; 3-5 hours: 3TDUs; 6 hours>: 5TDUs); high priority )
4. Anticipation (3 Hours<: 3TDUs; 3-5 hours: 4TDUs; 6 hours>: 6TDUs).
4. Being with other people (talking face to face: 3TDUs; hearing them: 1TDU).
5. Driving a Car.
5. Speed (Watching cars on the road: 2TDUs; inside Express train or other form of transport: 1TDU).
6. Eating Superfoods,or Supplements (First Time: 2TDUs (Magnesium: 5TDUs!))
7. Drinking Coffee, or Ingesting Other Stimulants. (Cup of Green Tea: 1TDU; Coca-Cola: 2TDUs; Japanese Raisin Tea:3TDUs; Coffee: 3TDUs)
8. Deep inside a large building such as hospital or shopping mall (3TDUs).
9. Allergic Reaction to Heavy Fats, such as olive oil, or KFC.
10. Hangover (Under Two Standard Drinks: 1TDU; 2-4 Standard Drinks (2TDU)).
11. Isolation
12. Surrounded by Forest, or Out in the Wilderness
13. Sudden Change in Lighting.
18. Post exercise soreness after massage or exercise (Takes up to 5 days to appear, and I can often feel anxiety before the pain arrives) (Extra strenuous (pulse accelerated to 110bpm): 7TDUs; strenuous (90bpm): 4TDUs; moderate (80bpm): 3TDUs)
17. Muscle Pain and Accelerated Heartbeat from Illness and Infection (Stomach flu: 3TDUs) Decays.
18. Turbulence when moving by plane or boat (3TDUs).
19. Using Screens, Watching TV, or Reading (Glancing Away: 1TDU).
20. Endorphins (1TDU)
21. Internal gas (relieved by burping) (1TDU).
22. Residual anxiety (Post panic: 3TDUs).
23. Marijuana (Sharing a joint: 2TDUs).
24. Looking at things far away (50km>100km: 4TDUs).
25. Heights (4TDUs).


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