Why do we feel uneasy?

byTeodor Bjerrang

It tends to happen that the anxiety will increase on the contrary because it was too worrisome when trying to suppress uneasy feelings when being anxious ... .... A movie that scientifically explained the mechanism by which "anxiety" is born is ongoing on YouTube because it is supposed to feel somewhat lighter if you understand "why you become uneasy".

Why Are You Anxious?


There should be experience that the heart became darkened by being uneasy, such as when many people are releasing tests or job hunting activities. And it often happens that my uneasy feeling continues to the everyday things that should be calm and my life gets painful. Why does the state of uncertainty not easily fit and persist?


In the world, nearly 7 million peopleAnxiety disordI am bothered by. Anxiety disorder is a symptom that plagues excessive anxiety for more than 6 months.


As symptoms appearing in the body due to anxiety disorder, it may become overly sensitive to insomnia and irritation, or muscle tension may come out.


As a disease resembling anxiety disorderpanic disorderThere may be some people reminiscent of, panic disorder is different from anxiety disorder where extreme fear develops in a short time.


Panic disorder causes physical symptoms such as severe palpitations, hyperventilation, dizziness. Panic disorder suddenly develops even for people who do not have anxiety disorder, and the cause of clear onset is not located.


It is not yet completely understood what is caused by uneasy feelings, but as a factor of causing uneasy feelingsAmygdalaWhenHypothalamusIt is known that it is related. Amygdala and hypothalamus are a type of hormoneCortisolWhenAdrenalineIt is the part that dominates the circulation of.


There is also a genetic result that 40% of people with anxiety disorder have similar relatives with similar symptoms, which is considered to be involved in the hormone levels incorporated into the genes.


Also, the environment is one of the factors that cause anxiety disorder. It is said that certain anxiety disorders are related to trauma of childhood.


GABA,Serotonin,DopamineSuch asNeurotransmitterIncrease or decrease may also be the cause of anxiety disorder.


Serotonin is secreted, brainNeuronTo neuronsSynapsePeople feel happy by moving through, but serotonin, which could not pass through the synapse,Serotonin transporterTo the original neuron.


It is a type of anxiety disorderOCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)Is thought to be caused by a mutation in the serotonin transporter, a large amount of serotonin can not move between neurons, and returns to the original neuron.


As the number of serotonin returning to the neuron increases, the amount of serotonin passing through the synapse decreases, causing anxiety disorder.


Therefore, prevent serotonin from being incorporated into the original neuronSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)There are many cases that medicine is prescribed as medicine for anxiety disorder.


Many anxiety disorders cause the symptoms that the gray matter areas of the amygdala and the midbrain overreact, but this has a bad influence on our body, not our brain.


According to the results of studying 300 subjects over 5 years, those who overreact with the amygdala are at increased risk of heart disease, leukocytes in the bone marrow are increased, inflammatory reactions occur, fat is precipitated in the arteries To do.


People who have some phobia have an increased risk of anxiety disorder, but it is also true that spider phobia and asthma phobia are incorporated into genes because they are advantageous for survival.


If you give an electric shock to a rat after eating fruit, that mouse will become afraid of the smell of fruit. And descendants of rats who became "fear of odor of fruit" are inherently afraid of the smell of fruits despite being not actually shocked. This indicates that information that is beneficial to survival, "the smell of fruit is dangerous", is inherited as phobias.


As a method of treating anxiety disorder, there is adopted a method of dealing with anxiety by changing the idea leading to behavior by cognitive behavioral therapy, changing the resultant behavior.


SSRI andSerotonin · noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)Prescribing drugs such as serotonin andNoradrenalinIt is also effective to inhibit reabsorption, but be careful about side effects and tolerance to drugs.


BenzodiazepinesIt is effective for sleep introduction and muscle relaxation, but ingestion by elderly people may cause cognitive impairment.


The action of the nerve concerning anxiety is very complicated, and it should be kept in mind that it is ineffective to tell people who are having anxiety "I'm OK because I'm OK" "I must work hard to overcome my anxiety" .