The experience of anxiety has two components:
1) awareness of physiological sensations (such as palpitations and sweating) and
2) the feeling of being nervous or scared.
The anxiety may be heightened by a sense of shame ver - "Others will find that I'm scared."
Many people are amazed to discover that others are not aware of their anxiety or, if they are, do not appreciate the intensity.
addition to the motor effects and visceral anxiety affects thought, perception and learning. It tends to create confusion and distortion of perception, not only that of time and space, but also of people and the meaning of events. These distortions can interfere with learning rire reducing the concentration, the ability to recall learned and limiting the ability to relate an object with another, or to make associations.
An important aspect of emotions is represented by its effects on the selectivity of attention.
anxious individuals tend to select certain aspects of their environment and neglecting others, in an effort to prove that they JUSTIFY in considering the terrible situation and acting accordingly. If falsely justify
their fear, their anxiety is increased by the selective response, establishing a vicious cycle of anxiety, distorted perception and anxiety additio king.
Conversely, if falsely reassure themselves at thinking through a selective, appropriate anxiety may be reduced and may not be able to take the necessary precautions.
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