Mental health experts are beginning to understand that anxiety
does not necessarily mean a warning for more worries to come.
They discovered that how anxiety affects us depends on how we
perceive the stresses in our lives: Do you take it as a
“challenge” or break it down as a “threat”? “Anxiety itself is
neither helpful nor hurtful,” says Sally Winston, co-director of
the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland. “It’s
your response to your anxiety that is helpful or hurtful.”
Scholars suggests that simply not feeling anxious isn’t the
answer. In fact, people who have too little stress suffers as
much physiological damage as those who experienced too much
psychological stress. Common sense suggests that the quieter
your life gets, the happier you’ll become. However, in modern-
day lifestyles, stress is inevitable. Stress is an integral part
of our lives, and women, who are more prone to illnesses as they
age compared to men, should accept that challenge and manage
their anxieties better to prevent, o