A Smart Girl's Guide: Worry. Nancy Holyoke

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СКАЧАТЬ Anxiety

      revs up your

      body and changes

      how you feel. Your

      heart beats faster and

      your muscles tense up.

      Is your skin sweaty? Is your

      stomach tied in knots? Do

      your legs feel like rubber

      bands? That’s anxiety

      at work, too.

      3. Anxiety can affect

      what you do in an instant.

      A heartbeat ago, you were

      strolling through the woods,

      humming along to your

      favorite song. And

      now you are . . .

      running like crazy!

      r

      run

      n

      i

      ng

      like

      cra

      zy

      !

      The anxiety alarm can still kick in even if you’re not fleeing wild animals.

      An ordinary thing like a visit to the dentist can set it off if you’re worried

      enough. And the science test Mr. Baake is giving—the one that counts

      for a third of your grade? Or the party that your karate teammate is

      throwing—where you’re sure you won’t know a soul? Those could trip

      the alarm, too.

      Anxiety is your own personal bodyguard. It rallies to keep you safe

      from anything that’s scary to you.

go, fight, win!

      No girl likes the way she feels

      when she’s worried or afraid.

      But anxiety isn’t all bad.

      When worry focuses your

      thoughts, it can help you zero in

      on anything that’s really important

      at home or school. When it revs

      up your body, it can give you a

      burst of energy.

      The good thing about worry is

      that it can push you to do what

      needs to get done.

      Get busy!

      Stay focused!

      Do your best!

      So when you’re worried, maybe you can put those feelings

      to use. Try asking yourself: “What, exactly, is nagging at me?

      Is there something I can do about it?”

      If you feel like you ate a bowl of butterflies two days before

      the Spanish vocabulary quiz, that feeling might be telling

      you to put away your MP3 player and get out the flash cards.

      That headache you get whenever you think about your piano

      recital or a swim meet might be reminding you to practice a

      little more, try a little harder.

      If there’s something you can do about what’s worrying you,

      the surest cure is to just do it. Now. If worry can get you

      going, it’s on your side.

out of control

      The problem comes when worry spins out of

      control. Here’s how it works: Our thoughts create

      our feelings. Then our feelings lead to actions,

      and those actions create more thoughts. It’s a

      loop. In stressful times, anxiety can take hold and

      build on itself till it takes on a life all its own.

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      What

      if . . . ?

      It’s for

      sure going to

      happen!

      I feel

      ashamed

      and sad.

      It’s

      hopeless.

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