What Are the Possible Effects on Performance When a Performer Enters a Major Competition with a High Level of Anxiety? Discuss the Strategies and Techniques the Performer May Use to Manage Anxiety in the Build Up to the Competition.

For these reasons, meditative breathing was chosen as the appropriate intervention strategy to combat anxiety.

Anxiety is defined as the body’s natural response to danger, an automatic alarm that goes off when you feel threatened, under pressure, or are facing a stressful situation. A little bit of anxiety can actually help a person stay attentive and on track. If we did not feel a certain level of pressure at a job or school, then perhaps we wouldn’t care about it as much. We might slack or leave a few loose ends that may cause us to fall behind. A little bit is actually beneficial, but unfortunately there are people who have to deal with anxiety as part of a mental illness or disorder. There are different types of anxiety which include: general anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and social phobia.

Anxiety has both mental and physical effects, it is our internal alarm system to put our mind on a physical alert and prepares for us a "fight or flight response". This alarm can go away when we know that everything is okay and there is no danger nearby or nothing is going to happen but sometimes our alarm will not shut off and then an anxiety problem persists. There are different types of anxiety disorders and I will discuss generalized anxiety disorder

Physical symptoms include an increase in perspiration, breathing, and muscle tension. The brain also has a feedback system to reduce anxiety. This includes releasing GABA, but when the GABA pathway is not working properly, anxiety remains.

For example, when I get really worried about an upcoming exam or test, it often upsets me. Therefore, I would approach a friend or an adult that I don’t mind talking to and make them listen to my concerns. A strategy that I use when I talk to a friend or an adult is that I would try to pinpoint the most important concerns that I have and I would look at their reactions so that I know when to stop when they begin to lose focus on listening to my problem. Another way that I use to handle my uncomfortable emotions is to do exercise, especially yoga because the soothing music allows my mind to relax. In addition, the yoga routines allows me to focus on them instead of my emotions because if I lose focus, then I wouldn’t be able to hold a position for the anticipated time as it wouldn’t be as effective. The strategy I use during yoga is to choose soothing music that I like, for example it could be violin or piano covers of pop songs that I like. Another technique that I use is to find a place where I can fully relax without having people interrupt me during my session, for example, this could be at a park, or in my own

What is an anxiety disorder?- Anxiety is “a mental health disorder characterized by feelings of worry or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities...” Anxiety disorders involve more than temporary fear or worry. There are numerous disorders involving anxiety, which includes: social phobia, panic disorder, separation anxiety disorder, etc.

The worst aspect of anxiety is that it is often well hidden by the sufferer so the people around you are not aware of what is happening to you. What if someone told you that there is an exercise that you can learn to do in just a few minutes that would not only help you cope with your anxiety but also reduce it over time?

Anxiety — part of the body's natural reaction to stress — can even be helpful at times, making you more alert and ready for action. But anxiety disorders differ from normal feelings of anxiousness. When feelings of fear or nervousness become excessive, difficult to control, or interfere with daily life, it's called an anxiety disorder. (www.everydayhealth.com) . This evidence relates to the types of anxiety because it is telling how anxiety can make you feel and act.

Anxiety can be a very serious (disease/disorder) it is simply defined as an abnormal fear or tension which can occur without any obvious trigger or session; a recurrence, unwelcome and intrusive thought. Anxiety can also be defined as a subjective state of fear or tension. There are two types of anxiety, anxiety can provide signals that alert the body to trigger it to improve mental and physical performance

Many athletes would agree that they have felt butterflies in their stomach or a sudden rush of adrenaline before an important game. This feeling can either translate into legendary performances or monumental failures. According to Sharon D. Hoar (2007), to fully comprehend anxiety’s effect on performance, one must understand the discrimination between two unique sets of sources: trait and state anxiety, and cognitive and somatic anxiety. Anxiety symptoms are numerous and unique to every athlete. Hoar suggests that athletes might report cognitive symptoms (eg. Inability to focus), somatic symptoms (eg. Sweaty palms), or both. The author discusses a variety of sources of anxiety and argues that it can have both positive and negative effects

It is a simple process: close your eyes, relax, and take deep breaths. Mindful breathing is a great remedy to anxiety and stress. It can help you deal with challenges at a calm and

Approximately 40 million adults are affected in the United States by anxiety. (Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 2014). There are many different types of anxiety disorders but they all have the same symptoms like worry, panic and evasion. (Otto & Smits, 2011). Treatments differ from person to person however there is scientific evidence that exercise is an effective treatment for treating anxiety. Exercise has many great Exercise releases endorphins which are similar to the effects of medication, strengthens the body to handle stressors and helps regain control of anxiety symptoms.

Overtime, individuals develop their own unique way of reducing anxiety. These individuals may use positive strategies such as, exercising, reading, and dancing, or negative strategies such as, crying, yelling, and smoking.

Anxiety treatment could most accurately be described as having a tool belt with lots of different options to take given the situation. Breathing exercises are a great way to increase the amount of chemicals in your brain that tells itself to calm down. By taking a few deep breaths before doing something that you are nerves about, you will find that a lot of the pressure to take action will have lifted off of your shoulders. It’s much easier at that point to take action because you feel less constrained by your fear.

Many people are negatively impacted by anxiety and stress on a daily basis. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety is the most prevalent mental illness in the United States, affecting 18% of the population. These disorders can occur unexpectedly and cause a stress response in the brain that leads to rapid breathing. In the past, systems have been created to attempt to train a user’s breathing.