My name is Mark Wigley, a first aid, ligature and self-harm trainer and Director of Meducate Training Ltd and owner of markwigley.online.
Everyone feels anxiety at some point in their life, at work and outside work. In our line of work it may be as a support worker (concerned over your client or your job); as a manager (juggling the many balls you have to on a day to day basis); when changing supplier to one you have never used before; when being asked to stand up and do a role-play in a first aid class; heck, even after 10 years delivering training I still get nervous sometimes before presenting to a class!
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When we feel anxiety, we often fall back on what is familiar and known to us, even if what is familiar and known is no longer serving our best interests!
Although anxiety happens in our brains where do we really feel it? In our body, that’s where.
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When our brain activates the fight-flight response all sorts of cool stuff starts happening in the brain with corresponding reactions manifesting in the body. Chemicals are released by the brain like epinephrine (also knowns as adrenaline) and norepinephrine (also known as noradrenaline). These chemicals act to constrict certain blood vessels, elevate heart rate, increase blood pressure and trigger greater metabolism of sugar.
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When you are suffering from anxiety (and modern humans have invented themselves many things to be anxious about) you might feel that you have a racing heart, cold and clammy skin, ‘butterflies’ in your stomach and more. Return to the familiar and the known (inside your comfort zone) and the feelings of anxiety dissipate quickly. The problem is that the brain now learns not to confront that situation again to avoid this response and the familiar and ‘known’ remains the norm.
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I always tell my 13 year old son that when he has those feelings of anxiety before doing something new, its just his body and brain getting ready for a new experience! It’s completely normal!
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Push through that anxiety and do the thing that is outside your comfort zone and your brain learns not to fear it as much next time until the task creates little or no anxiety at all!
Kind Regards
Mark Wigley
www.meducatetraining.co.uk
www.markwigley.online
www.mwonlinetraining.uk
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