Understanding Anxiety and Its Impact

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Define anxiety?

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General negative emotional state associated with fear, worry and/or apprehension.

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What are the 3 types of anxiety?

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Trait, state, and competitive.

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What is trait anxiety?

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Personality characteristic where an individual has a natural tendency to perceive situations as threatening and respond with anxiety.

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What is state anxiety?

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Temporary emotional state of tension, worry, or nervousness that occurs in response to a specific situation or event. Fluctuates depends on what is/has happened.

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What is competitive anxiety?

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Anxiety experienced by athletes before, during, or after a competition. It involves feelings of nervousness, worry, and tension related to the pressure of performing well in a competitive environment.

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Explain the 3 symptoms of anxiety?

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Cognitive (mental), somatic (physical) and behavioural.

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3 cognitive symptoms of anxiety?

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Doubt, worry, apprehension, fear, irrational thoughts.

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3 somatic symptoms of anxiety?

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Increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, butterflies, sweaty palms.

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3 behavioural symptoms of anxiety?

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Pacing up and down, fidgeting, becoming aggressive.

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What causes anxiety?

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Internal factors like injury or being a perfectionist or External factors like the opposition, or conditions etc.