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Part 1
1. Do you tend to be an individual that struggles with stress and anxiety?
As an athlete, I do deal with a bit of stress and anxiety. Cognitively, depending on the sport I play I may have a small lack of confidence but I still try to do my best, and I do not let that stop me from trying to play better than an opponent. Mainly I just want the event to start, and then I can get into a groove. I have more anxiety on the somatic side of things. I deal with a lot of the physical symptoms of anxiety including pounding heart, increased respiration rate, clammy hands, adrenaline surge, and I always have to go to the bathroom more closer to the times of sporting events I participate in. Most of these are just before the event starts, but some may return if a game I am playing goes into overtime or something.
3. What are possible factors that influence your arousal, stress, and anxiety status before an event?
I think my personality is a huge factor that influences my arousal, stress, and anxiety status before an event. The lesson states that in general if an event is more important, there is more stress in the situation. My personality has such a strong desire to win that I can make a pickup game into something really important to me. I know this only increases the more important the events are as well from past experiences.
4. What are strategies that you can apply to reduce stress and anxiety and maintain appropriate arousal levels?
After reading the article on competitive anxiety, I am looking forward to trying some of these relaxation techniques before I play a pickup game. I found the exercise where one inhales slowly through the nose and exhales gently through the mouth while relaxing different sections of your body (Karageorghis, 2007) interesting. While that may work to an extent before a competition, I wonder if I could find something a bit quicker than I could potentially do while I was playing or if that is just a trait that I have that I can’t fully get rid of.
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