WELLNESS - THE ANXIETY ASPIRIN

FWR asks: How do we handle all the anxiety?

Anxiety has become more common than the common cold. Why?

New social conditions make us ripe for anxiety. These conditions include economic and media fragmentation of the family. We have lost trust in our social institutions - school, church and government. We live in a society that has become egocentric. We are no longer a stable, caring society.

Here we deal with the big sources of anxiety we face daily. It can come from the road traffic. Relationships at work can make us tense all day. What hits the hardest are family relationships, when things aren’t right at home.

How does the Family Wellness Rainbow help today’s sources?  It asks its six big questions:

• Are we fit? We can control our bodies. Exercise is the best medicine.
• Is there a key relationship that is off track? We can either make the big effort or forget it.
• Are we informed about anxiety? Are we using the internet?
• Are we doing our share for the family? Or, do we just blame one family member?
• Are we living our values? Or, are we flirting with what we know is wrong?
• Are we straight with what we believe? Do we have our own answer to the big question - “What’s it all about?”

The combination of our answers to these six big questions is the main way to deal with anxiety coming from daily life.

Medication usually helps, but it is a band aid. These big six questions and medication equips us to deal with our anxiety. However we tackle anxiety, it takes daily attention.

FWR says: Wellness is the main way to control anxiety coming at us daily