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Worry, fear, and anxiety are a normal part
of our life. Have you experienced feeling anxious before taking an exam and
later find out that you got a higher result more than what you’ve expected?
Or, feeling anxious for a job interview and ended up getting hired, or
feeling frightened walking down an alley where bad things often happened?
Normal anxiety helps us cope in any stressful situation, it also keeps us
watchful.
Mental health professional are not
concerned with normal anxiety. But, if your anxiety suddenly occur without
apparent reason and lasts for weeks to months and happens in most days than
not, that is another issue. If anxiety persists in most days than not, and
takes longer than six months, it has become an immobilizing disorder.
An anxiety disorder is a recurring and
excessive anxiety and worry about events or activities without logical
reasons at all lasting for more than six moths and it is interfering with
everyday activities, such as going to work, and socializing. A person
experiencing anxiety condition finds it difficult to control the feelings of
worry and fear. The thing about people with anxiety disorder is that they
actually know that what they think of feel is not real and that they are
just made-up.
The common anxiety disorders are Panic
Disorder, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety, Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder, and Selective Mutism.
A person with anxiety condition may suffer
different anxiety disorder symptoms. And because no two individuals are the
same, the anxiety disorder symptoms may vary from one person to the other.
The physical symptoms of anxiety disorder
are cause by brain sending messages to parts of the body to prepare for the
flight-to-fight response. The lungs, heart, and other parts of the body work
faster and the brain releases stress hormones, including adrenaline, and
that explains that physical symptoms.
Anxiety disorder symptoms may experience
physically can include but not limited to:
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Abdominal discomfort
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Diarrhea
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Dry mouth
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Rapid heartbeat or palpitations
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Tightness or pain in chest
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Shortness of breath
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Dizziness
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Frequent urination
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Difficulty swallowing
Anxiety disorder symptoms may experience
psychologically can include:
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Insomnia
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Irritability
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Inability to concentrate
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Fear of going crazy or dying
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Feeling unreal and not in control of
your behavior
There are several types of anxiety
disorders and sometimes they are associated with physical problem such
alcohol and drug abuse. Anxiety is the main symptoms of other mental illness
called anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder symptoms may differ from the
symptoms of other anxiety disorders, but all the symptoms cluster around
excessive, irrational fear and dread.
For people with anxiety condition, cheer
up! Your world does not stop there because there is cure for anxiety
disorder. Anxiety disorders are curable and there are two types of
treatments available for anxiety disorder- medication and psychotherapy.
But, it is said that the proven most effective way to treat anxiety
sufferers is psychotherapy.
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