A: I am not sure if why is the right question to be asking. There may be many reasons why you can feel anxiety, but the real important question is how do you know when to do it and how to do it.

Meds do a great job with masking one feeling with another one. Eventually, your body adapts to the medication and that feeling subsides. And then you are left with the initial feeling of anxiety.

So once again it becomes imperative to find out when and how to do the process of anxiety. And this is important to realize as well. The more you try to wrap your arms around something as fluid as a feeling, the tougher time you will have. I mean if you could grab a hold of it, then you could shake it around and maybe even slap some sense into it. Tell that anxiety to just "Stop it!" Or perhaps chuck it in the trash.

Since anxiety is a feeling, a different approach has to be taken. The process of anxiety, just like any other feeling has a beginning, middle, and an end. Pretend you are in that situation right now and notice the beginning, middle, and ending of the anxious feeling. Rest your full attention on it. And with some practice you will begin to notice that you can observe it without being pulled along for the ride. The "You" watching it is not the same as the "you" feeling it.

Pay attention to what triggers it. Is it something you see, hear, taste, or smell? Also pay attention to where you feel that feeling in the body, what does that energy feel like? Where does it want to go? Place your attention on it and follow the energy flow around your body until it finds an exit point. This can be repeated as needed until the energy zips right along. Explore your system to make some core changes.


-Oz