Effective Steps for Managing Anxiety

Have you ever been in a situation that brought on sweats, rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath? You probably weren’t having a heart attack but an anxiety attack. If you suffer from anxiety disorders, learning to manage it is the first step to overcoming it.

Anxiety is characterized as extreme reactions to fearful situations. When someone follows you into a dark alley, those anxious feelings of a racing heartbeat and sweaty palms gives way to heightened senses and a rush of adrenalin that can save your life. This is the fight or flight syndrome.

In the case of frequent anxiety, the fearful feelings are dread of a particular situation and not the situation itself. Getting caught in traffic can cause an anxiety attack over what might happen when you get to work late. Starting a new job can bring on anxiety attacks. You don’t know anyone and fear of that unknown can send you into a panic.

Everyone experiences panic or anxiety in small ways. Like the fight or flight example, it can save your life. In new situations, we get panicky but when the outcome we fear fails to materialize, the anxiety stops. For someone with chronic anxiety, this is not the case.

Every situation that brings anxiety is not life-threatening. More than likely it is an extremely stressful situation that has brought on the anxiety as a way of dealing with it. Unchecked anxiety of this type can lead to depression.

If you suffer from anxiety attacks on occasion or a more frequent anxiety disorder, there are steps you can take to keep your anxiety under control.

1. See a professional. This is always a good first step. Self-diagnosis of any type of physical or mental condition is unwise and can be dangerous. A professional psychologist can help you understand your anxiety and prescribe medication or other effective techniques.
2. Get a good night’s sleep. During the sleep cycle, your body repairs itself. You feel more rested after several hours of restorative sleep, reaching the REM stage. Most people need eight hours a night which varies within an hour or two each way.
3. Exercise on a consistent basis. Exercise helps you to use oxygen more efficiently. It helps to get more oxygen to the brain. It also increases focus which may help you see solutions to problems rather than simply worrying about them.
4. Meditate. Meditation is more than chanting mantras. Yoga is an exercise that involves quieting the mind and controlling your breathing. Simple mediation such as taking 5 minutes to clear your mind everyday can work wonders in the fight against anxiety.
5. Manage the worry. When you feel your pulse start to quicken, count backwards from ten. As you count, focus on the situation. What has actually happened? Resist the urge to read anything more into the situation.
6. Don’t use alcohol. You might think that the glass of wine is relaxing your tension but alcohol is a depressant. In anxious situations you could rely too heavily on it and gain another problem in the process.
7. Find some relaxing activities. Stress can rob you of your energy. On a regular basis, do something you like such as gardening, painting, reading or listening to music.

Anxiety can come into your life at any time. It’s normal. When the anxiety becomes frequent you could be at risk for more serious conditions. If you feel your anxiety is starting to take over your life or increasingly causing you problems, seek professional help immediately. There is no need to suffer this terrible condition in silence.

To good health!

Anxiety and Stress : Tips to Get Rid of It

Anxiety isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some amount of anxiety is normal for everyone, such as being a little nervous before a test or when you meet someone new who you really like. Did you ever shake somebody's hand and realize that your hand is kind of clammy? That's anxiety. Although it can be uncomfortable, it is usually our body's natural way to prepare for a stressful situation.

Our body is equipped with what's called an autonomic nervous system. This controls many of the automatic functions of our body; our heart rate, breathing, and digestion. When we are faced with a situation which requires our body to respond, the autonomic nervous system changes these functions to deal with that situation. When we get scared, we may feel our heart beating faster or harder; this helps get the blood to the muscles in case they are needed. We may also feel our skin get cold or our hands get clammy. This is because skin is an organ and blood flow may be reduced to the body's organs in order to increase the blood in the muscles. Your body may feel tense as the muscles prepare themselves and you may feel your breathing get deeper as more oxygen is required for your body at that time. These changes occur very quickly and take a lot longer to go back to normal.

When these physiological changes occur when they aren't really needed, or they occur when they shouldn't (such as when you are relaxed and suddenly feel nervous without anything in your environment changing), then anxiety may be a problem. Although these physiological symptoms are usually associated with anxiety and what has been called 'anxiety attacks' or 'panic attacks,' thoughts and emotions are also involved.

Thoughts, or cognitions, which can serve to bring about, increase, or result from an anxiety attack are different for everybody. Thoughts may be "I'm not good enough," "I'm gonna fail this test," "I look stupid," or "It's hopeless." They are typically thoughts relating to something being wrong or about to go wrong, not being good enough, making a fool of ourselves, or fear that one of these things is going to happen. Emotions that occur with anxiety, which may also cause, increase, or result from the physiological symptoms are even more diverse. They can be feelings of embarrassment, fear, not being safe (both emotionally and physically), being alone, or feelings of being closed in (such as in claustrophobia).

Just as physical exercise such as running, playing football, or lifting weights can prepare our bodies for the next time we engage in these activities, certain exercises can prepare our bodies for stressful situations. The key to both is consistency. If we exercise regularly, we feel better, and activities are less strenuous because our bodies are ready. The following ‘stress reduction’ exercises can help you’re body be prepared for stressful situations if you do them consistently and will help relieve stress during those times of high anxiety.

These exercises are listed in order of complexity. The earlier ones are quite simple to perform and can be done literally in a matter of a minute or less. These are more useful for immediate stress reduction. The later ones are more complex, taking up to 10 or 15 minutes to complete. They are more useful for generalized anxiety and stress, and to reduce your overall level of anxiety.

Start Exercising

Try each exercise at least a couple of times, both during times of stress and during times when you nay not feel it is needed. This will help you determine which one or which combination works best for you. Keep practicing them, make changes as needed, and pay attention to how you feel afterward. Being prepared is the best way to fight anxiety and stress. That way, when the stress hits, you’ll be ready. And you will likely find yourself feeling more in control of anxiety and stress and start noticing that your overall feelings of stress is diminishing. Anxiety and stress can be controlled, and now you have the power to do it.

Exercise #1: Stop!

Particularly useful when a stressor hits you suddenly or when a situation occurs which results in racing thoughts and high anxiety. Simply imagine a picture in your head, such as a Stop Sign. Focus on the image until you are able to picture it completely (color, shape, words, etc). Continue to focus for at least 10 or 15 seconds.

Exercise #2: Counting

As simple as it sounds. When you feel that stressor hit you...stop, close your eyes, and count to ten slowly. As you count, focus on your breathing and the numbers only. If stressful thoughts get in the way, start back at one.

Exercise #3: Deep Breathing

Sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes.

Focus on your breathing and breath in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Breath slowly and deeply and focus on the steady and comfortable pace that you are keeping.

Make sure to exhale completely each time, without forcing the air out.

If you find thoughts going through your mind, start to tell yourself something that helps you relax, such as just repeating the word "relax," or counting 1-2-1-2-1-2 as you breath in and out.

Continue this for a few minutes until you feel yourself begin to relax, until the thoughts and emotions are more comfortable for you.

Exercise #4: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes if it helps, and remove your shoes if you can.

Clench your hands into fists and hold them tight for a few seconds, then allow them to relax slowly.

Do this with the other muscles in your body, in an order similar to the following: wrists, lower arms, upper arms, shoulders, neck, feet, legs, buttocks, stomach, lower back, upper back, forehead, eyes, jaw, lips.

Focus your thoughts on the tenseness of your muscles and then the feelings of relaxation.

Exercise #5: Deep Muscle Relaxation

Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes, and remove your shoes if you can.

Clench your hands into fists and hold them tight for a few seconds, then allow them to relax slowly.

Do the same with your feet, clenching your toes and paying attention to the sensations as you do this. When you relax them, once again pay attention to the sensations as the muscles relax, often there are sensations of tingling, coolness, or warmth.

Without tensing your muscles anymore, focus on whatever sensation you noticed when your feet and/or hands relaxed. Allow this sensation to flow into your feet and past your heel to your ankle.

As fast or slow as you need to go, focus on the sensation of your muscles relaxing and allow that sensation to move upward, into your legs, buttocks, hips, stomach and back. Make sure not to force yourself to relax, as this process occurs naturally if you allow it.

Allow the sensations to move into your chest, through your shoulders and down your arms, and finally up to your neck and the rest of your head.

This whole process may take 5 minutes or it may take 20 minutes, depending on how anxious you were, how relaxed you want to be, and how used to relaxation your body is. Take your time as you do this, and practice it even if you don't feel you need it. Eventually your body will take less time to achieve the same results.

Exercise #6: Imagery

Sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes.

Think of a place were you would feel very comfortable and safe, such as lying on a beach, in a field of grass, or at the top of a mountain. Whatever image you come up with is fine, even if it seems strange or isn't real.

Concentrate on this image and pay attention to the details, such as what time of day it is, the temperature, the feeling of the wind as it blows, the sounds of the waves, or the leaves rustling.

Continue to focus on what you see, hear, and feel, and on being comfortable and safe.

Do this for 5 minutes or so.

As you do this more and more, you will be able to imagine this much more clearly. You may find that different images work better at different times.

Anxiety And Stress Symptoms

Quite often you may enter into an episode of anxiety and stress without being conciously aware about it. Thus, you need to increase your familiarity with the symptoms that you may recognise during such times.

• Exhaustion: This is supposedly one of the foremost symptoms of anxiety, depression or stress. You just don't seem to find the energy to perform even simple household tasks and your motivation level drips down. Exhaustion is something which is both physically and mentally crushing.
• Disturbed Sleeping Patterns: This is one of the most frequently and commonly observed symptoms at times of stress and depression. At times it might even be accompanied by vivid dreams or nightmares. You may either show oversleeping or undersleeping pattern.
• Irritable: Irritability is a major symptom characterising stress and anxiety. Under stress conditions, you normally become so frustrated that you tend to lose your temper at the smallest of accident or mishap. Your patience level becomes thin and you lose on your tolerence ability.
• Headaches: This is more of a physical symptom and in some cases can turn into migrain. These can prove out to be really stressful at times.
• Loss Of Appetite: A symptom most frequently observed under conditions of stress is loss of appetite. No one feels like eating when they are stressed out or tired. However, reducing your food intake actually makes you more lethargic and further effects your energy level causing anxiety.
• Racing Heartbeat: This is more of a symptom for anxiety and stress than for depression. Anxiety accounts for high emotional state resulting in increased adrenaline flow in your body, thereby causing your heart to race fast.
• Muscle Pain: A symptom typically characterized in stress sufferers. This pain can at times be very painful but what makes it more painful is the fact that most often the sufferers are unaware that the pain is a symptom of depression.
• Isolation: This is more of a self imposed suffering. Retreating into a solitary world is one of the major symptoms of depression. The person just doesn't feel like interacting with the outside world and rather prefers to be left alone.
• Excessive Worry: Sometimes stress sufferers tend to worry unnecessarily. The person becomes such a pessimist that he is unable to find positive outcomes to anything. Infact, at times the sufferers lose all sense of self worth and overly critical self-deprecation is performed, adding to the torment.

Stress can ruin ones life life in more than one ways and I am one big example of that. But all said and done what has helped me most is yoga. I have been practicing this for some time now and and have been considerably benefited from that.

Steps to perform Synchronized Breathing

1. Sit in a comfortable position with your back upright.
2. Inhale rapidly through your nose as you tilt your head back while simultaneously inflating your abdomen.
3. Immediately exhale quickly through your mouth as you bow your head down while compressing your abdomen.
4. Repeat 10 to 15 times.
5. Then relax with your head vertical and concentrate on the top of your head, the mid-brow area and the centre of your chest simultaneously while breathing slowly for 30 seconds.
6. Repeat the entire process three times.

The spiritual power centre at the top of your head regulates the pineal gland and melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep cycles.

When to practice this method

• You can practice this daily before going to bed
• Before returning home from work so you don't bring stress to your family
• Before important meetings
• Whenever you feel stressed

Relieving Stress Thru Cell Renewal

With the declining economy, stress and worries are at an all time high. Stress is the cause of many emotional and physical conditions. The wonderful thing is - we can learn how to control and even omit worry and stress.

Every single day you replace more than 300 billion cells. You control the quality of those new cells by your behaviours and choices; it's not entirely genetic. Only 35% of how you experience the degeneration or aging process is pre-determined. This means you can reduce damage to your cells and increase repair instead, resulting in building a better body one cell at a time.

Stress define as symptoms commonly include a state of alarm and adrenaline production, short-term resistance as a coping mechanism, and exhaustion, as well as irritability, muscular tension, inability to concentrate and a variety of physiological reactions such as headache and elevated heart rate.
Think of it as a seesaw: on one side is repair, on the other, damage. With the stresses of everyday life compounded by aging, your body's ability to repair itself declines. When damage accelerates, it pushes up on the damage side of the seesaw.

Every day, there is an ongoing seesaw of damage and repair within every cell of your body. Because of this, there are certain things that you must do to ensure these cells receive the proper nutrients they need to build better cells for tomorrow.

Everyone needs to nourish, restore, fortify, and vitalize their cells for optimal health and regeneration.

• NOURISH : Get the essential nutrients you need to be healthy. Your body needs fuel to thrive, and these products help provide that fuel:delivering critical elements for optimal cell health, weight management, hormone balance, and stress relief.*
• RESTORE : Develop optimal cell function to prevent health risks. Each day the body suffers damage from forces that degenerate our vital functions.
• FORTIFY : Defend your body against the ravages of everyday life. Strengthening your cells is the best way to protect them against the damaging environmental and other forces they constantly face.
• VITALIZE : Enhance your energy to feel and do your best.

Aromatherapy and Anxiety

Essential oils are very effective in the treatment of stress and in the encouragement of relaxation. Scents of vanilla, orange blossom, rose, chamomile and lavender {and other floral fragrances) have a noticeable calming effect on the way you feel. Scents of lavender, sandalwood and nutmeg help you shrug off the ill-effects of stress. Patchouli oil helps eliminate anxiety and lifts the mood (it is also said to be an aphrodisiac.).

Clary sage is a sedative and tonic.

Ylang-ylang is euphoric, regulator, sedative, and tonic. Use it in moderation. It can cause headaches in some people.

Lavender is probably the most useful of them all for relaxation. It is a sedative and a tonic. It helps you to relax, at the same time, it also eases aches and pains, such as headache. Sprinkle four drops on a tissue and inhale deeply for sudden stress. Our ancestors carried with them handkerchiefs perfumed with lavender water or rose water.

The most effective methods for using essential oils to help calm the mind and relax the body include massage, baths, and vaporization. You can use them singly or in combination.

The Characteristics Of Essential Oils Useful for Anxiety and Stress Management

Calm Oils

• Basil
• Bay
• Bergamot
• Cedarwood
• Chamomile
• Cinnamon
• Comfrey
• Cypress
• Frankincense
• Geranium
• Hyssop
• Juniper
• Lavender
• Marjoram
• Melissa
• Neroli (orange blossom)
• Patchouli
• Rose
• Sage (Clary)
• Sandalwood
• Ylang Ylang

Uplifting Oils

• Basil
• Bergamot
• Geranium
• Juniper
• Lavender
• Melissa

Stress Oils

• Chamomile
• Geranium
• Lavender
• Marjoram
• Melissa
• Peppermint
• Sandalwood

Oils To Avoid In Pregnancy

• Basil
• Bay
• Comfrey
• Hyssop
• Juniper
• Marjoram
• Melissa
• Sage (Clary)

Useful Essential Oil Blends

Essential oil combinations are useful for purposes of relaxation and producing a sense of calm. You can experiment with different combinations to determine the effects they produce on you. Try not to mix more than three oils unless it is specifically recommended.

Here are some suggested combinations:

Essential Oil Combination for Anxiety

• Marjoram - 1 part
• Neroli (orange blossom) - 1 part
• Bergamot - 1 part

Combination #2

• Lavender - 3 parts
• Bergamot - 2 parts
• Sandalwood -1 part.

Relaxing Blend

The following blend can be used in a vaporizer, for a massage, or in a bath. If you use it for massage, add 1/2 fluid ounce of carrier oil.

• 2 drops geranium
• 2 drops lavender
• 2 drops sandalwood
• 1 drop ylang-ylang

Anti-anxiety Combination

• Mix soothing essential oils such as lavender, jasmine, geranium, ylang-ylang. and bergamot. This can be used by any of the following methods.
• Use 50 drops of this blend in a diffuser or an aroma lamp
• Add 6 drops to a hot bath (stirring gently to disperse)
• Make a massage oil by adding 10 drops of the blend to one ounce of carrier oil such as almond or olive.

Stress Management

Stress affects all students, from graduate level to those in the kindergarten. The term stress refers to the response you have when facing circumstances that force you to act, change or adjust in some way to keep things balanced. It is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand. It can be caused by both good and bad experiences. In the right dose, stress can be healthy or even enjoyable. However, stress can be very damaging for students when it becomes excessive. It can harm students' health, happiness, performance, relationships and personal development. This article will deal with management of negative stress.

How Students Can Manage Stress

Students can manage stress using various techniques. The most important of these are;

1. Learning to manage their time wisely. This is done by setting up a study schedule, breaking up studies into smaller chunks. In short, students are advised to formulate, with the help of their teachers and parents, study timetables and adhere to them.
2. The student will also need to have a system of organization for note-taking, keeping track of assignments and other important papers.
3. Creating a good study environment is also a great tool for stress management. Students have different study habits. While some need a completely quiet room free from interruptions, others actually study better listening to quiet music in the background. A student should pick which is best for him or her.
4. Determining the most appropriate learning style: whether the student is a visual, kinesthetic or auditory learner. Tailoring your study practices around your particular learning styles makes success easier to attain and keeps stress at bay.
5. Using relaxation techniques like deep breathing, visualization or imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation and yoga. Additionally, being optimistic will help students become healthier, less stressed and more successful.
6. Learning how to budget money, spend wisely and pay bills on time, if any, is very important for the student's survival and will lower stress levels.
7. Lastly, students must take care of their bodies and minds by getting proper nutrition, getting some form of physical exercise and getting enough sleep. Seven hours of sleep each night is recommended for optimum body and brain function. Naps, not exceeding one hour, should also be taken when needed.

Excellent Breathing Tips to Deal With Social Anxiety

Relaxation Technique; Breathing via the Nose

1. Nose Breathing: Slightly pucker the lips. Gently lay bottom and front teeth ontop of each other; that is, do NOT clench your teeth. You will have a tendency to this when you are nervous, but, DON’T. And firmly lay you tongue on your bottom mouth, let it be relaxed and used only when needed to speak.
   
2. Maintain regular, slow breaths in and out of your nostrils while maintaining a firm, gentle hold with your teeth. The idea is to not hear the air entering or exiting your nostrils. This is important because as you become more anxious and worked up you will begin to heavily breath through your nostrils. But don’t, the whole idea is to maintain smooth, slow in, and exhales no matter what situation you find your self in; whether it be at home or out to a dinner. And if you find yourself not conversing much yet you begin to find yourself breathing heavily or loudly through your nostrils, then politely remove yourself from the situation because your body trying to tell you something’’I’M NOT COMFORTABLE’’listen to it, its right. Do not hesitate in stepping away because your thoughts are concerned about whether an abrupt exit will appear rude. Your body has signaled that it is uncomfortable, therefore you should abrubtly exit and regain your composure. The sooner you loose the from mentioned above for nose breathing, and the longer you wait to exit the given situation the more uneasy you will become. So be assertive and recognize that your body is not responding well to the person or place it has engaged and remedy the situation by stepping away.
   
3. When listening to another speak continue this practice during conversation. Most importantly,maintain this position and a steady slow breath flow through you nose while engaged in a tense conversation. This will keep your concentration on your breathing and not on what you may otherwise being worry about . A tense conversation might include any of the following, a fellow man at a restaurant who attempts to dominate the conversation through loud speaking, interrupting, and continuous talking on issues you overtly show you are not interested in. Here, you body is signaling fight or flight. We aren’t cavemen though so neither is quite appropriate in a dinning environment. But, to contain your building aggression, lower your heart rate, and regain a cool composure practice the nostril breathing. Very few people recognize and use this biological device for its intended purpose. The very unfortunate reason for this is that most don’t recognize the ever important role breathing plays in our day to day lives. Without going into a medical journal on repertory circulation in the body and its incredible effects on major organs such as the heart, brain, and stomach, I will say that a large majority of this population is unaware of its importance, and a large majority of this population suffers from anxiety and high levels of stress that often go undiagnosed. I truly believe, and beg anyone to prove me otherwise, following the aforementioned breathing techniques will significantly reduce your stress and anxiety. While I do recognize that some instances of these medical diagnosis do require treatment in addition to what I have mentioned.
   
4. So often we get caught up in the day to day routine that we forget the reasons for our fatigue, for our stress, our anger, our anxiety. The ultimate reason we find time and time again is that our bodies are overloading us with signals to slow down, to take a break and think about what you are doing. Its hard to catch these signals, we so often ignore them. And when these signals go unnoticed the result is the body manifesting anxiety and stress in a variety of ways most, if not all causing us uncomfort and dissatisfaction.
   
5. Social uneasiness, social anxiety, stress, are all the RESULT of previous behavior. That is, in order to actually treat these issues we must target the cause. And time and time again I have found that the simple solution is a conscious recognition of ones breathing (in the manner aforementioned). After having practiced this from time to time at you home, and then in social situations of your choosing, I guarantee you will start to notice a difference in behavior. Not your behavior, but in the behavior of others. You will begin picking up on social ques that indicate uncomfortableness or anxiety. You will begin to notice these things because you have become at one with your self in public, you have become content; free of your minds nagging question and able to really enjoy not only yourself, but more importantly other people.

Best of Luck.

The Fuel of Stress, Anxiety and Depression

In the 21st Century, it is predicted that stress and stress related illnesses such as depression and anxiety will become the biggest killers. Despite significant advances in housing, standards of living, quality of food, and medical science, the pressures all of us have to face in today's world are as demanding as any pressures experienced by our predecessors.

Why are these illnesses on the rise? And why do some people become so ill through these illnesses, they can find it hard to function?

Well they sure don't happen overnight! You don't suddenly wake up one morning and feel stressed or depressed. It's not like flicking on a light switch! And by the same rule, if you're suffering, you can't just wake up one morning, flick off the switch and say Great, I'm better now.

Many people who don't suffer from these illnesses often say to sufferers:

Come on, snap out of it.

If only it was so easy! Should anyone say this to you, please forgive them as it’s just a lack of understanding. It's very hard for people to understand how you’re feeling if they haven’t been there.

The fact that these illnesses don’t suddenly happen means we can draw some parallels with illnesses such as heart diseases, some cancers and strokes.

Because these illnesses don’t just suddenly happen either.

If we look at heart disease, it’s often the result of damaging behaviors practised over many years. Behaviors such as smoking, lack of exercise and a diet high in saturated fat. Strokes are a result of similar behaviors and cancers too, particularly heavy smoking and drinking as you know.

So how do stressful illnesses such as stress, depression and anxiety compare?

Stress is also the product of harmful mental habits and behaviors. These habits and behaviors are developed and practised over years' since childhood in most cases. These are the mental processes that enable us to make sense of our lives and the circumstances we’re faced with. When we reach adulthood, we perform them automatically because we’ve learned these behaviors by repetition.

Think of it like learning to drive a car. Initially, the skills required to control the vehicle needed conscious thought. It seemed really difficult didn’t it? But once we’ve performed them for sufficient periods, we drive on auto-pilot. We’ve mastered the required skills by repetition.

Here’s the key: if we eat healthy food, take regular exercise, cut out harmful behaviors such as smoking and drinking, we improve our health and drastically reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and strokes. We are repeating good habits, habits that will give our physical well being a huge boost.

It’s exactly the same for stress. What’s important to understand is that not everyone becomes stressed or depressed ‘ even when tragic and traumatic circumstances happen to them. Just like people who lead a healthy lifestyle and avoid harmful habits and behaviors, people don’t become stressed or depressed because they have learned effective habits and behaviors that prevent stress from arising.

This is very good news if you suffer from these illnesses. Because just as we can learn habits and behaviors which cause us to become highly-stressed, depressed or anxious, we can learn the habits and behaviors which stop these terrible illnesses in their tracks. And the more often we make use of them, we’ll soon begin to perform them automatically and our mental health will benefit enormously.

No more feeling stressed out. No more feeling unable to cope. No more anxiety and no more depression. EVER.

I’m living proof of this. For 5 years, a series of traumatic events sent me spiralling into an anxiety-induced depression nightmare. I came out of it by learning the natural skills that starve these illnesses. The more I used them, the less anxious I became. They’re now as natural to me as driving a car, and I’ve completely eradicated anxiety and depression from my life.

You can do it too.

Deja-vu Causing Anxiety

The exact definition for Deja-vu remains to be vague. What most people still are unaware about is the fact that there are not one but three different types of Deja-vu depending upon the type of experience i.e. an already experienced situation, feeling or place. This can be explained as follows:

Deja-vecu:

This explains a feeling of having already experienced or lived through a certain situation. This is one of the most common types of Deja-vu, known to occur most commonly among youngsters between the age of 15 to 25 years. The most interesting fact about this type is that, some of these memories might be so striking that you may remember them for years after the occurrence of the event. Another commonly experienced fact regarding Deja-vecu is the amazing detail involved, where everything seems to confirm with your memory of it. This is one of the primary reasons for people to have a feeling that they have already experienced a similar situation.

Deja-senti:

This explains a feeling of having previously felt a similar kind of emotion or sentiment. The term Deja-senti is quite often confused as being something similar to Deja-vecu, however, unlike Deja-vecu, Deja-senti is an exclusive mental happening. It can be considered as something appearing in the aura of temporal lobe epilepsy attacks. One of the most characteristic features of this type is that, there are almost no precognitive aspects where the persons feel that they know in advance what will be said or done. Also, it rarely remains in the afflicted person's memory afterwards. Deja-senti is basically thought to occur as a result of something already occupying the mind but, which has been forgotten for quite some time and comes back when a similar situation is consciously sought for.

Deja-visite:

This explains a feeling that a particular place has been already visited sometime in the past, while it might actually be a completely new place for you. You just seem to know your way around the place which forces you to consider the situation even more. Surprisingly, this is also a commonly confused phenomenon with Deja-vecu. There are three basic theories to explain the occurrence of Deja-visite. One of the first theories suggests reading a detailed account of the place sometime in the past which you might have forgotten in time. While the second theory is based on the belief of reincarnation, the third theory is based on the possibility of so-called 'out-of-body' experiences, in which the person is able to travel abroad.