{"id":53,"date":"2022-04-06T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2022-06-16T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:22:25","slug":"anxiety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>Anxiety:<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On my path to better understanding what mental health means and why it is important there have been two words that have continuously come in my research which are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anxiety<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">depression<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Anxiety is a common feeling that many people feel throughout their lifetime which includes the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/anxiety.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/anxiety.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). However, this feeling for many, is a feeling that does go away and could start interfering with their daily life which then could be diganous as a disorder or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">medical illness<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. According to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Alliance on Mental Illness<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, over 40 million people in the U.S suffer from this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">medical illness (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/anxiety-disorders\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/anxiety-disorders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> If you think you are suffering with anxiety at any levels, just know you are not alone and there are actions you can take for yourself to help you be the best you. I know that sounds cheesy \u201cbeing the best you\u201d but when I think about how I can be the best me, I think about what I can do to feel like me because whenever I feel like myself, I feel like I am my best me.\u00a0 <strong>Just know life is a long journey not a race, so enjoy the path while you are on it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2022\/05\/IMG_2047.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2022\/05\/IMG_2047.jpeg 1512w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2022\/05\/IMG_2047-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2022\/05\/IMG_2047-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2022\/05\/IMG_2047-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo Credits: Kami Atcitty)<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><em>To learn more about anxiety, please visit these websites:<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>National Institute of Mental Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/anxiety-disorders)\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/anxiety-disorders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>National Library of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/anxiety.html\">https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/anxiety.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Disclaimer:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This website does not provide medical advice and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The written information that is provided are Sunshine&#8217;s interpretations of these different concepts and ideas. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anxiety: On my path to better understanding what mental health means and why it is important there have been two words that have continuously come in my research which are anxiety and depression. Anxiety is a common feeling that many people feel throughout their lifetime which includes the feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness (https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/anxiety.html). &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/anxiety\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Anxiety&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":870,"featured_media":130,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/anthropology-20624-shining-through-the-shadows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}