I survive out of pure anxiety

Anxiety in a man's heart weigh him down but a good word cheers him up. These are the very words of the holy scriptures. Literally, there's no one earth be in an adult or a teen that isn't going through anxieties. When I say anxiety, your minds may fly to thinking that it means suffering. It's far from that. The richest man on earth can face anxiety but of different levels and classifications as the case may be.

Anxiety is termed as a emotion that's characterized by worries, stress, tension and feeling anxious about something. It's a normal way the body reacts to stress especially in this trying world we live in.

You're a family man earning 30,000 naira monthly which is 79 steems. This 30k is budgeted for school frees, feeding and rent. You'll feel very anxious about your very own life as you'll be on worries as to how you'll improve your household. There are times you'll just feel like giving up in life because your anxiety is stronger than you are.

This challenge brings this word to the limelight as most of us survive with these anxieties on a daily basis.

As a young adult still under the protective wings of my parents, I'll say I barely face the hardest form of anxiety because I'm not feeding myself, not paying rents, fees etc. I'll not have to make most decisions myself or think of what I'll eat the next day. The very day you'll start living on your day is the day you'll experience the hardest form of anxiety which can spand beyond just worries about physical food.

Currently, I cannot escape anxiety as a student. The tension that comes with writing an exams that's very abstract or that of carrying out a presentation and the likes is enough anxiety. But I barely face this type of anxiety.

The worst feeling is when it has to do with transportation. You don't have transport fare to school or you're pressured to do lots of assignments, term papers and the likes. This is one major form of anxiety I face in school. Balancing steemit and academic work can be very uneasy but I'm doing it just to raise funds for my sponsorship instead of placing much bills on parents.

When It comes to reading for an exams you don't even have a clue of where questions will span from, you become anxious at some point and the headache that follows as a result of trying to read for lengthy hours can add to your feeling anxiety so to speak. These are my own anxieties in school. I just use a smile to cover so it won't be as if I'm the only school is affecting

	Reading for an exams
	A sculpture portraying academic stress students paa through in school

@wgizzbro4eva and I in serious school dilemma

The Introductory part of my post has it that Anxiety weighs a man down but a good word cheers him up. This may sound daunting but has helped me in various ways. Associating with positive influence who'll encourage me and be there to lessen whatever anxious thoughts I've had has helped me in my composure.

These friends will always tell you to focus on what you'll gain other than on what you're facing now. Your anxieties may be much but by not dwelling on them, you send a message to your brain that you are not feeling the stress. These friends has helped remove feelings of anxiety in me. They'll take me out for a sit out or a walk to clear my head. With this association, I've come to believe that problem shared is problem solved.

Recreation has also done a great job in reducing my anxieties. When you recreate with things you find pleasurable, you'll feel you have less problems. This helps clear some stress and anxious thoughts from your mind. One of such recreational activities is swimming. Just by sitting on the pool and watching others swim is enough to make you feel you have problems you left behind. If you don't create time for recreation, you'll be exposed to those anxious thoughts which may cause sickness and breakdown.

I know of someone who fell from the building he was sitting to the ground and died at the spot. He was extremely stressed out due to the anxious thoughts of feeding his family the month that was to come. He has been working tirelessly day and night without rest. As misfortune could have it, he felt dizzy where he was sitting and fell to the ground.

Reading the bible has also been a source of encouragement and strength to me as I'll learn how others in the bible survive through anxieties prevalent in their time. The promises embedded in this holy book about the future gives me hope that one day, we wouldn't have to face all these.

Many today finds drinking and smoking as the only ways to fight anxiety but truth be told, it only add more problems to them even though at some point, it may help. Depression can follow vasca result of drinking excessively and the result sometimes lead to sad consequences. Some tips that can help are;

• Energising yourself and clearing your thoughts through exercises. It's one effective way of reducing stress. One may think it's stressful but the truth is that it reduces stress.

• Practicing self-care does help. At some point, take a break. Don't allow work or school make you give up your life because even when you do, school and work still continues.

• Meditation does help no doubt.

These are some of the tips I can profer to those living or surviving out of anxiety especially with the hardship that has marked the world a struggle to survive place.

I invite @mile16, @enamul17 and @usoro01.