Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Also known as GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder is defined as chronic anxiety. Even if there is nothing to provoke the disorder, you may find yourself responding to a situation with excessive tension and worry, which you or a loved one might not believe is a standard response. GAD can last for up for months at a time, and during that time, you may be faced with excessive worry or anxiety, during which you display anxiety-related symptoms. These GAD symptoms include:- Feeling wound-up, restless, or on edge
- Getting fatigued easily
- Having your mind go blank when thinking hard or having trouble concentrating
- Muscle tension
- Having a hard time controlling how much you worry
- Feeling Irritable
- Experience sleep issues, such as trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or unsatisfied, restless sleep
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder, which is defined by a person having reoccurring thoughts (obsessions), and repetitive behavior (compulsions) that they feel they need to repeat repeatedly until they feel satisfied. Examples of repetitive behaviors include counting, cleaning, and washing, often with the hope that performing these rituals will help to prevent the obsessive thoughts altogether or make them go away. OCD is a common anxiety disorder, and the disorder may be long lasting. While conducting these rituals may provide short-term relief, not conducting them could cause severe anxiety to the person suffering from OCD. People who suffer from OCD may only show symptoms of obsession or compulsions, or they may show symptoms of both. OCD symptoms can hinder all aspects of a person’s life, such as work or school and social relationships. Depending on the person who suffers from OCD, symptoms may come and go, lighten up over a longer period, or get worse. Many adults who suffer from OCD realize that the rituals that they are doing do not make sense to the people around them. While some children and adults may not recognize that their behaviors and rituals are preventing them from living healthy lives and therefore do not seek treatment.Panic Disorder
A type of anxiety disorder, a panic disorder can be defined by unexpected and repeated episodes of severe fear. However, a person who has a panic disorder does not solely suffer internally. Sufferers often suffer from physical symptoms like panic attacks. During times of high anxiety, such as during a panic attack, they can suffer from rapid heartbeat, trouble breathing, chest pains and dizziness. Panic attacks come about when a person suddenly feels terror for no reason and are often hard for people to control. Panic disorders are typically more common in women than in men, and symptoms tend to start to show up in young adults. Panic attacks can be triggered anytime, anywhere, and often without warning. Often they are a result of a person who is under a lot of stress. If you suffer from anxiety disorders, it may make every day activities difficult to navigate and you may start to avoid situations or places to prevent these feelings. For some people who suffer from a panic disorder, they may feel that they can no longer leave their house. However, if you do not understand your disorder, you will not be able to seek help.Phobias
Phobias are another type of anxiety disorder that causes strong, irrational fear of an object, place or situation that poses little or no real danger to the person. There are many types of phobias, including:- Acrophobia, the fear of heights
- Agoraphobia, the fear of public places
- Claustrophobia, the fear of confined and closed-in places
Social Anxiety Disorder
People who suffer from a social anxiety disorder, sometimes referred to as a “social phobia” are fearful of social or performance situations because they believe that they will feel judged, embarrassed, rejected or offend others. Overall, they suffer from severe self-consciousness in every social situation that they encounter. Social phobia can occur in one type of situation, such as the fear of speaking in both informal and formal settings or eating or drinking in front of other people. Social phobia in the extreme form may result in a person showing symptoms almost on every occasion that people surround them. There are many symptoms of social phobia, and they include:- Feeling anxious about being around other people and having a hard time talking
- Worrying for days or weeks before an event takes place where other people will be around
- Avoiding situations where there will be other people
- Sweating, trembling or blushing when people are around
- Feeling sick to the stomach or nauseous when encountered by other people
- Having trouble making and keeping friends
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