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Angs: ‘N Simptoom Wat ‘N Versteuring Gemaak Word

Angs: ‘N Simptoom Wat ‘N Versteuring Gemaak Word

Angs is ‘n toestand van geestelike en emosionele ongemak, nood, vrees, ongerustheid en ongemak wat dikwels geassosieer word met verskeie fisiese simptome, soos slapeloosheid, verlies aan eetlus, “skoenlappers in die maag”, naarheid, diarree, sweet, bewing, hartkloppings, lighoofdigheid, verminderde fokus, en meer.

Sommige het angs gedefinieer as die spanning, vrees of ongemak van ‘n onbekende bedreiging en vrees gedefinieer as die vrees, ongerustheid of skrik vir ‘n identifiseerbare bedreiging.

Alhoewel ek nie saamstem dat so ‘n onderskeid tussen angs en vrees gemaak kan word nie, mis dit myns insiens die punt heeltemal en kan dit selfs tot verwarring lei.

Angs en / of vrees is emosionele seine wat verskeie neurale weë van alarm, waaksaamheid en liggaamlike verdediging aktiveer, soos verhoogde hartklop en bloeddruk, wat bloed wegbeweeg van spysverteringsorgane na die spiere om óf te “veg” óf te “vlug” en aktivering van immuunrespons. Al hierdie liggaamlike reaksies is die gevolg van die brein wat sy “vrees”-stroombaan aktiveer en die “gevaar”-sein aan die liggaam stuur dat daar ‘n bedreiging is, hetsy werklik of verbeeld, en die liggaam reageer op daardie sein met ‘n kaskade van adrenalien, inflammasie, glukokortikoïede en aktivering van ander stelsels.

Die punt is dat fisiologies en neurologies die impak op ‘n persoon dieselfde is wanneer ‘n mens hul streskringe aktiveer, hetsy van werklike of denkbeeldige bedreigings of die onbekende.

Hierdie stelsel van alarm- en stresreaksie kan aanpasbaar en gesond wees in die lig van ‘n werklike krisis (huis aan die brand, kind verdrink, deur ‘n vyand gejaag), wat veroorsaak dat ‘n mens vinnig en met gepaste intensiteit reageer om te vlug of die gevaar te oorkom, wat dan daartoe lei dat die alarmstelsel afskakel en die stresreaksie kalmeer. Maar dieselfde stelsel, as dit chronies geaktiveer word, word skadelik en beskadig die liggaam, wat ‘n verhoogde risiko vir diabetes mellitus, vetsug, metaboliese sindroom, depressie, demensie en ander probleme veroorsaak.

Omdat soveel mense chroniese angs het (sukkel met chroniese aktivering van hul alarmstelsel), is verskeie “angsversteurings” deur die professionele psigiatriese gemeenskap geïdentifiseer (geskep). Sulke diagnoses soos algemene angsversteuring, paniekversteuring, sosiale fobie, posttraumatiese stresversteuring (PTSV) en ander word deur verskeie kriteria onderskei.

Alhoewel dit gedoen is om psigiaters en ander geestesgesondheidswerkers te help om die soorte angs te kategoriseer en te onderskei en sodoende behandeling te individualiseer met die doel van beter uitkomste, het die onvoorsiene gevolg simptome in afwykings verander, en die skepping van afwykings het veroorsaak dat die oortuigings van mense so verander het dat eerder as om die oorsaak van die angs simptome te soek, pasiënte al te dikwels behandeling soek vir “afwykings”, wat simptoomverligting tot gevolg het. Met ander woorde, mense met chroniese angs glo dat hul angs nie meer ‘n simptoom van ‘n probleem is nie, maar die probleem is. Dit het gelei tot die voortbestaan van chroniese angs, belemmering van genesing en die skep van ‘n klas pasiënte wat afhanklik word van farmaseutiese produkte of ander deurlopende “behandelings” om simptome te bestuur eerder as aksies wat die oorsaak sal oplos en ‘n pasiënt tot welstand sal herstel.

 

‘n Versteuring of ‘n simptoom?

Ek wil ‘n verskuiwing in ons denke voorstel om angs nie as ‘n versteuring te verstaan nie, maar eerder altyd as ‘n simptoom van iets anders. Angs funksioneer vir die gees soos fisiese pyn vir die liggaam funksioneer. As ‘n mens fisiese pyn in die liggaam ervaar – soos tandpyn – dink hulle nie: “O, ek het ‘n pynversteuring. Al wat ek nodig het, is pynmedisyne.” Nee, wanneer ‘n persoon fisiese pyn ervaar, kan hulle pynmedisyne neem, maar hulle dink ook: “Wat is verkeerd? Wat is die oorsaak? En hoe kan ek dit oplos?”

Fisiese pyn funksioneer om ons te waarsku dat iets verkeerd is, dikwels skadelik, en ons terselfdertyd te motiveer om op te tree. Hoe groter die pyn, hoe intenser is die motivering om op te tree. Angs dien presies dieselfde doel. Dit waarsku ons dat iets verkeerd is en motiveer ons terselfdertyd om op te tree, om die oorsaak aan te spreek, dit te verwyder of op te los wat verkeerd is. En hoe groter die angs, hoe sterker is ons gemotiveerd om iets te doen om dit op te los. Ongelukkig, eerder as om die oorsaak aan te spreek, soek mense te dikwels bloot simptoomverligting.

Angs kan baie oorsake hê, soms fisies, maar dikwels sielkundig, verhoudingsverwant of geestelik. Fisiese oorsake sluit in dinge soos hipertireose of hipoksie (lae bloedsuurstof, so dit voel asof ‘n mens versmoor) van watter oorsaak ookal (longsiekte, slaapapnee, verdrinking). Angs in hierdie situasies kan oorweldigend wees en selfs tot paniek lei, maar sulke individue het nie angsversteurings nie. Die angs is normaal – dit is die gesonde reaksie op verdrinking of versmoring, wat ontwerp is om die persoon te waarsku om onmiddellik op te tree om suurstof te kry. As ‘n verdrinkende persoon hul kop bo water kry, verdwyn die angs.

Maar ongelukkig, omdat angs meestal van nie-fisiese oorsake kom, is die mees algemene reaksie om simptoomverligting te soek eerder as om die oorsaak op te los. Mense sal hulle wend tot alkohol, ander dwelms, verhoudings, diere (ondersteuningshonde of katte), trooskos, afleidings (speletjies, TV, vermaak), pornografie, godsdienstigheid, selfpyniging soos sny, farmaseutiese produkte, Oosterse meditasie en baie ander vorme van selfstrelendheid, alles bedoel om die angsgevoelens te laat verdwyn, maar sonder om die bron daarvan te identifiseer en die oorsaak op te los.

 

Onbedoelde gevolge

Die gesondste benadering tot angs is om te besef dat dit altyd ‘n simptoom is van iets wat nie reg is nie, ontwerp om ons te waarsku en te motiveer om die bron van die angs aan te spreek – angs is nooit die probleem op sigself nie! As ons dit nie erken nie en valslik glo dat angssimptome op sigself ‘n versteuring is, formuleer ons ‘n identiteit hieruit, hak ons vas in ons begrip dat die simptoom ‘n versteuring is, en ons hou op om die oorsaak te gaan soek, wat die oorsaak laat vererger en vererger. Dit sou wees soos om ‘n gat in die tand te hê en tandpyn te ervaar en tot die gevolgtrekking te kom dat ‘n mens ‘n pynversteuring het, pynmedikasie gebruik, maar nooit die gat herstel nie. Ja, vir ‘n tyd lank kan ‘n mens beter voel, maar die holte sal stadig erger word en uiteindelik, soos die tand verval, hou die medisyne op om te werk en, as infeksie intree, vererger die algemene gesondheid.

Dit is die probleem met ‘n groot deel van die moderne psigiatrie, die onbedoelde gevolg van die omskakeling van simptome na afwykings. Die bevordering van die oortuiging dat die simptoom ‘n afwyking is, lei daartoe dat beide pasiënte en praktisyns daarop fokus om simptome te verlig eerder as om die oorsaak van die simptome op te los.

So, wat is die oorsake van angs behalwe fisiese oorsake?

  • Eksistensiële angs – vrese wat verband hou met ‘n mens se bestaan, doel, toekoms en identiteit, soos ‘n verlies aan betekenis, ‘n vrees vir die dood, gestremdheid, doelloosheid, ens.
  • Verhoudingsverwant – hartseer, vrees vir verlating, isolasie, eensaamheid, vrees vir verwerping, nie gesonde konneksie en liefde ervaar nie, ens.
  • Sielkundig – verwronge gevoel van self, geïnternaliseerde negatiewe denk- en verwerkingspatrone, onredelik selfkrities of anderkrities, ens.
  • Geestelik – voortdurende onopgeloste skuldgevoelens, skaamte, onsekerheid oor self, interne veroordeling (oortuiging dat ‘n mens te sondig is om gered te word), hipergodsdienstigheid, vrees vir oordeel, veroordeling teenoor ander, ens.
  • Omstandighede – oorweldig word met werklike verantwoordelikhede en nie die hulpbronne het om tred te hou of aan objektiewe pligte of behoeftes te voldoen nie – ‘n enkelma met ‘n beperkte inkomste wat twee werke werk en agter raak met rekeninge, ens.
  • Onopgeloste trauma wat al die bogenoemde kan beïnvloed, eksistensiële bekommernisse, verhoudings, negatiewe internaliserings oor self en ander, onopgeloste geestelike bekommernisse, hetsy skuld of wantroue of woede teenoor God, en verskeie omstandigheids-stressors.

PTSV is ‘n angsversteuring wat nie bloot veroorsaak word deur blootstelling aan trauma nie, maar ook deur die onvermoë om die trauma te verwerk en tot ‘n oplossing daarvoor te kom. Dit word nie hoofsaaklik gedryf deur neurobiologiese veranderinge nie, maar deur veranderinge in oortuigings, perspektiewe en begrip – wat die daaropvolgende neurobiologiese veranderinge veroorsaak. Met ander woorde, die trauma het ‘n verandering veroorsaak in ‘n mens se manier van dink en waarneming van die lewe, self en ander wat nie ooreenstem met ‘n mens se self nie, onaanvaarbaar is; hul gevoel van welstand, veiligheid, geloof of identiteit ondermyn, en daardie veranderinge in oortuigings veroorsaak veranderinge in die brein, wat die stresreaksie aktiveer met daaropvolgende negatiewe fisiologiese en sielkundige kaskades.

Die getraumatiseerde individu vind hulself nie in staat om die trauma-ervaring in ‘n geïnternaliseerde selfverhaal waarmee hulle vrede het, op te neem nie. Hulle gaan dus voort om weerstandig te wees om te aanvaar wat gebeur het en vermy om deur die emosionele trauma te werk omdat dit te pynlik is en om dit op te los, verg ‘n mate van verandering in hul begrip voor trauma.

Maar omdat die onopgeloste traumatiese ervarings nie deurgewerk is nie en die individu nie tot ‘n interne begrip gekom het waarmee hulle kan saamleef, vrede kan hê of aanvaarding kan ervaar nie, veroorsaak hierdie toestand interne emosionele konflik, waar die verstand basies sê: “Dit is nie reg nie,” maar omdat dit nie aktief deurgewerk word nie, word dit weggestoot van die gewete. En omdat dit nie reg is nie, hou die verstand aan om dit in verskillende vorme na die self te bring – drome, indringende gedagtes, terugflitse, ens., as ‘n manier om te sê: “Hou op om dit te ignoreer; dit maak seer; hanteer dit; kom ons soek genesing!”

Omdat dit egter pynlik is en omdat die trauma-oorlewende nie weet hoe om dit te verwerk nie, nie weet hoe om sin te maak van dinge nie, sal hulle dikwels probeer om die angs te vermy en die simptome van PTSV te ly.

Hierdie angs is nie ‘n versteuring nie; dit is ‘n simptoom van ‘n onopgeloste emosionele, sielkundige of geestelike wond wat genesing nodig het – net soos ‘n persoon met ‘n ongeneesde fisiese besering voortdurende pyn sal voel (en enigiets wat aan die wond raak, veroorsaak flitse van verergerende pyn), maar het nie ‘n pynversteuring nie; hulle het werklike wonde wat genees moet word. Dit is wat gebeur met mense met ongeneesde traumas.

Onlangs het ‘n veteraan my vertel dat sy gemeenskap van veterane die etiket Post Traumatiese Stresversteuring verwerp het en na hul stryd verwys het as Post Traumatiese Stresbesering. Ek stem heelhartig saam! Trauma veroorsaak beserings aan harte en gedagtes, wonde wat, as dit nie genees word nie, simptome veroorsaak, wat ons waarsku dat daar wonde is wat genesing nodig het.

As jy of iemand vir wie jy lief is, met angs sukkel, erken dat die simptome ontwerp is om jou te waarsku dat iets verkeerd is. Moenie in die strik trap om slegs simptoomverligting na te streef nie; tree eerder terug en begin navors wat eintlik verkeerd is, wat die angs veroorsaak, en streef dan na oplossing, genesing en verwydering van die oorsaak. As jy, soos baie, vind dat jy net weet dat jy heeltyd angstig is, maar nie weet hoekom nie, dan moedig ek jou aan om bekwame, professionele Christelike geestesgesondheidshulp te gaan soek om jou te help om die onderliggende oorsaak te identifiseer en aan die oplossing daarvan te werk.


As iemand wat jy ken sukkel met angs wat inmeng met funksie en selfhelphulpbronne nie genoeg is nie of professionele behandeling nie gelei het tot die verbetering wat hulle wil hê nie, kan jy hulle laat weet van Honey Lake Clinic  (HLC), waar ek dien as die mediese direkteur van die volwassenes program. HLC is ‘n holistiese, Christelike geestesgesondheidsresidensiële behandelingsprogram wat poog om die verskillende oorsake van angs te identifiseer en op te los – hetsy biologies, sielkundig, verhoudingsverwant of geestelik. Ons is hier om te help!

 

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