Anxiety And Acupuncture

Anxiety disorders affect about 40 million Americans. In a given year, it affects women twice more then men. Anxiety disorder (GAD) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about everyday life eventrs with no obvious reason for worry. People woryy about things as health, money, family, work, and school. The worry is often unreallistic or out of porportion for the situation. Eventually, the anxiety interferes or dominates the person’s thinking and daily functioning.

Acupuncture addresses the mind, body, emotions and spirit. For example, on the highway when theres construction or an accident traffic is blocked in many directions. This is true with the body and enrgy associcated iwth anxiety. Acupuncture serves as the on and off ramps to unblock the congested energy in the body’s highways in all directions, thus allievating anxiety, calming the mind, body, emotions and spirit.