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Worry, tension, stress and anxiety are all normal components of a person’s life. But simply experiencing these don’t necessarily lead to the development of any disorder. Anxiety problems only become medical and psychological concerns once these become chronic and inhibit one’s ability to function.

There are many forms of anxiety disorders – the majority of them can often become severe enough as to affect every aspect of one’s life. In total, there are at least six major anxiety problems, all of which have distinct symptoms and severity.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD

Everyone worries to a certain degree, but the level at which people with GAD or generalized anxiety disorder worry are anything but ordinary. Their worries are out of proportion, excessively irrational, and life-inhibiting, to say the very least.

Psychological sensations like worrying are often accompanied physiological symptoms like sweating, trembling, hot flashes, and tension. Patients of GAD also experience the following symptoms when they are on the verge of having another attack of anxiety or when they are experiencing an episode: out of breathe, light headed, nauseated, frequent urination, irritability, inability to stay focused, fatigued, and having sleep disturbances.

Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks

Panic attacks are the hallmarks of an anxiety disorder called panic disorder and within this symptom alone are dozens of different psychological and physical symptoms, as well as emotional sensations. Not all of the symptoms occur simultaneously though. Usually, only four is necessary to qualify the condition as panic attack.

Panic disorder patients report of the following physical psychological sensations while undergoing attack: chest pain or discomfort, shortness of breath, pounding heart, nausea, weakness or fatigue, tingling sensations, sense of detachment from reality and/or oneself, fear of going crazy and of losing control.

Social Phobia or Social Anxiety

Social anxiety, otherwise called as social phobia, is a form of anxiety disorder that makes people suffering from it specifically fearful of social situations wherein there are possibilities of being scrutinized by others. Often, people with social phobia worry or fear that they would not measure up to other people’s judgment or expectations.

Phobias

Phobia is characterized by one’s intense apprehension or fear of certain objects or specific situations. Most patients, especially adults, are very aware that their fears are irrational. Nevertheless, their fears are often so overwhelming that when faced with their objects of fear, they forget all reason. Instead, these fears cause them severe anxiety or situationally predisposed panic attacks.

People with phobia usually end up responding in one of two ways – first, avoid the object of fear or situation, and second, deal with them by enduring with extreme distress and anxiety. Neither approach is unhealthy for the person.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD is an anxiety disorder that is comprised of two things – obsessions or obsessive thoughts and compulsions or ritualized behaviors. In the majority of cases, obsessions occur alongside compulsions. However, in less than 20% of all patients, OCD develops into a condition that involves only obsessions OR compulsions.

Ritualized behaviors are often performed to alleviate anxiety although in a not a few cases, these engender worse anxiety, especially in cases when the obsessions have already become demanding.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Disorder or PTSD is a form of anxiety problems that develops from experiencing or witnessing an intensely traumatic, tragic or terrifying event. Usually, such experiences leave people with PTSD emotionally numb particularly to people they were once close to and bothered with memories of the event unless treated.

Anxiety problems come in many different forms, but all have symptoms that often inhibit people suffering from them from living normal lives. To know more about the individual disorders and the treatments available for them, visit my website.

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