{"id":1875,"date":"2018-10-19T16:09:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T21:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2019-05-17T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T17:59:45","slug":"whats-matter-banishing-anxiety-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/10\/19\/whats-matter-banishing-anxiety-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Matter?  Banishing Anxiety Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1876 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"banishing anxiety on a cloudy sky\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1-624x416.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>What\u2019s the Matter? Banishing Anxiety Part 1<\/h1>\n<p>by Lydia Floren<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been anxious lately. Wow. Just admitting that is powerful. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not always easy for me to recognize anxiety in myself. It creeps up on me. I don\u2019t realize what is going on at first. I just know that instead of being hopeful and confident, I start to second guess myself. I have a harder time making decisions. My thoughts become muddled. I lose my sense of humor. I find myself withdrawing, easily annoyed&#8211;even a little paranoid. When it gets bad enough, I just want to stay in bed all day with the covers over my head.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Any one of these symptoms of anxiety can be attributed to other things. I can act in similar ways when I am tired or hungry, or haven\u2019t been spending time with God, or have experienced a disappointment or loss. But there is a unique constellation of clues &#8211; including a change in my outlook and even my personality &#8211; \u00a0that, when grouped together, help me to recognize my anxiety more readily.<\/p>\n<h3><b>What\u2019s the matter?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes, others can also help me see it. One time, when I was at work, and I was being a real you-know-what, no one could do anything right. After huffing and fussing for an hour or two,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I walked up to the nurses station.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>(I was probably taking a breath before I began my next rant.) But before I could say anything, Lori, one of my sweet nurses asked: \u201cDr. Floren, what is the matter? What is going on with you? You don\u2019t seem like yourself today.\u201d (Ha. No kidding.) I looked at her for a minute. And then my eyes welled up, and a tear trickled down my cheek. I sank down into a chair and put my head in my hands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI am so sorry,\u201c I said. \u201cI am flying to Asheville tomorrow to be with my only sister as she gets her first dose of chemotherapy.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In order to banish anxiety, we have to realize it is there. Recognizing our anxiety, either through observing our behavior pattern or maybe the gentle prodding of a friend, is the first step toward dispelling it.<\/p>\n<p>Are you irritable? Withdrawn? Restless? Not thinking clearly? Are your friends commenting that you are \u201cnot yourself?&#8221;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Maybe you need to ask yourself, &#8220;What\u2019s the matter? Am I anxious about something?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. <\/i><b><i>John 14:27<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1877 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"&quot;Face your problems honestly.&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2-624x416.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the Matter? Banishing Anxiety Part 1 by Lydia Floren I\u2019ve been anxious lately. Wow. 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