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👉🏽 POV: You just hit 2 birds with one stone with these ✨healthy lifestyle changes✨
Anxiety and high blood pressure (hypertension) - the link? 🥶
Spoiler alert - both anxiety and high blood pressure are treatable even though there isn’t a universal potion to cure them.
But what is anxiety and how what does that have to do with our blood pressure?
When you experience anxiety to the point where it lingers on even in the absence of anything even remotely anxiety-inducing, or if you feel anxious beyond your mental capacity - that's the sign that this anxiety is a tad more severe than you thought.
This is when it's an anxiety disorder.
And these anxiety disorders are types of mental health conditions.
But when you're anxious, your anxiety symptoms like racing mind and heart rate can lead to other things like breathlessness or even irritable bowel syndrome. Sometimes, severe or recurrent symptoms can lead to frequent episodes of a blood pressure spike.
And this can cause problems with our blood vessels and even our heart.
When you regularly experience intense anxiety, it can raise blood pressure or increase blood pressure even at times showing elevated blood pressure readings than the norm.
This has the potential to cause high blood pressure.
What came first - anxiety disorders or high blood pressure? 🧐
Although anxiety doesn't necessarily develop hypertension, severe or recurrent symptoms of high blood pressure spikes can lead to blood vessel damage and heart diseases.
And if you regularly experience intense anxiety and hypertension it can raise blood pressure or show elevated blood pressure levels.
There are also chances that chronic higher blood pressure can trigger feelings of severe anxiety leading to chronic anxiety disorders.
Basically, this is when you can't seem to control high blood pressure, or when managing stress in a hypertensive crisis situation leads to shortness of breath or panic attacks (read more about what that is - Chronic Anxiety: What It Means and How to Cope).
Treating high blood pressure and anxiety 🤗
👀 Thinking patterns
When we realise our anxiety can come up with cascading negative, scary thoughts about things that haven’t happened yet - we have the upper hand to stop these thoughts from spiralling into unhealthy coping behaviors.
This is when deep breathing comes in - it helps push pause on these thinking patterns that are headed for destruction.
Breathing is known to accelerate oxygen in our system and helps especially as a quick, short term anxiety relief.
And not only does this help with our anxiety, it also eventually keeps the blood pressure levels from fluctuating.
Let being help you make this a routine. Here's a mini guided therapy you can start with: I am feeling anxious right now.
🍳 Eating patterns
Another way to keep your blood levels from spiking is by eliminating foods that can affect your blood pressure. For example, limiting your salt intake can help control high blood pressure.
Oh, and did you know that foods with Vit-D, selenium, and Omega-3 work to combat mental illnesses? These have anti-inflammatory qualities and are known to work well with mood-related cells in the brain. This means that adding nuts, fish, eggs, and leafy greens to your diet can improve sleep, ability to focus, and overall good mental well-being!
Better yet? Let being turn your meal time into a more conscious one - here: I take the time to enjoy my meal, today.
🌻 Early detection and mental health services
Early detection of high blood pressure (the recommended way is with the help of a doctor) and knowing what causes it can help prevent blood pressure related issues like heart disease.
Same thing goes for your anxiety disorders - the recommended way is with the guidance of mental health professional. These professionals not only provide a safe space but also have the tools to equip you with for the next time you want to take control of your anxious thoughts and patterns.
You get to treat anxiety and other severe symptoms of mental well-being conditions that pose as increased risk factors to your physical health.
Fortunately, with being, you get to access some of the calming tools used and designed by mental health specialists. Check this out - I want to give a calm and soothing start to my day.
Before we wrap it up 💜
Regardless of whether its your anxiety leading to high blood pressure or the other way round, know that help is out there.
And, do not run out of self love.
Read that again. :)
If you find yourself being too anxious to seek professional help, being is at your fingertips to help you switch to a calmer state of mind.
The mini therapies are designed to tackle any stress or anxiety you may feel. Check them out - whenever, wherever.
Breathe! You are loved!
For more on anxiety and high blood pressure, read: Do You Have High Anxiety and Blood Pressure Struggles? They Could be Related.
Disclaimer
This is not a substitute for therapy.
Contact wellness professionals and medical professionals for any physical or mental health conditions. They have systematic review and treatment options like anti anxiety drug for anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety disorders, as well as depression treatment options. In case of medical emergency like increased blood pressure spikes or chronic high blood pressure visit your nearest health professional asap.
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