Anxiety is a natural condition , its there to protect us from perceived evils , the commonly called fight or flee syndrome.
However the rustle in the bushes is very often received with alarm even if its isn’t a tiger to eat us but simply the wind , unfortunately its better to be safe than sorry so we over react almost always as if its the tiger that is about to eat us.
The reptilian part of the brain can only react to the flight syndrome because its conditioned so do , learning to overcome this phenomena is very difficult .
I have spend many hours researching the level of anxiety that people manifest .
Unfortunately although we can measure , distance and even time ….emotions are harder.
We have to create therefor an artificial measurement called that SUD (subjective unit of distress ) basing it on one to ten….anxiety ast the highest level is ten.
My painting here is about the extent of a level of anxiety at its highest , which is left untreated can cause underlying and ongoing problems.