Responding to anxiety Coping with anxiety Books and further help Click on any section that interests you, or else read on through the page. Introduction Anxiety and worry are very fundamental human emotions that we will all feel at times. Some people suggest that we only notice them when they occurs in excess. Many people adapt to very high levels of anxiety and do not consider it a problem until they meet people who are less worried.
Anxiety has very healthy purpose.
If we did not feel anxious about certain situations then we would risk falling over cliffs, stepping into fires and so on. Similarly, if we had no anxiety about ourselves in relation to others we might well behave with great insensitivity. Sometimes anxiety can become excessive and unhealthy. In what follows we shall endeavour to identify levels of anxiety and worry which are suitable for remedy and to give some ideas about responding to them. However we do this bearing in mind that anxiety is a necessary feature of living.