| Anxiety disorder is capable of destroying your life | | | | in specific social situations where you are |
| if not treated immediately. Luckily it is possible to | | | | expected to render speech. OCD is an illness |
| live free from anxiety for the remainder of your | | | | wherein you have recurrent and unwanted urge |
| life. | | | | to do something to relieve your discomfort. PST |
| Have you ever felt anxious about something for | | | | is an incapacitating condition that follows a |
| any reason? Or, feeling anxious or worried in the | | | | terrifying event (persistent terrifying thoughts). |
| times of stressful situations? It is ok to feel what | | | | Panic disorder is categorized as recurrent brief |
| you feel as long as you have rational reasons to | | | | episodes of intense fear that are accompanied by |
| validate your feelings. | | | | many physical symptoms, like heart palpitations |
| Anxiety is a normal response to any stressful | | | | and dizziness, even without external threat. |
| event and it helps you deal with that situation. | | | | Agoraphobia is defined as an incapacitating fear of |
| But, when anxiety becomes too much that it can | | | | open spaces, resulting to avoidance of crowds, |
| affect your day to day activities and peace of | | | | and open public places. |
| mind, it becomes an anxiety disorder. | | | | General anxiety disorder is described by diffuse |
| Anxiety disorder is excessive anxiety and worry | | | | feelings of apprehensions with physiological |
| about events or activities, which occurs most | | | | symptoms. Specific phobia is a feeling of intense, |
| often than not in most days for at least six | | | | irrational fears towards certain things, like closed-in |
| months. A person who has anxiety disorder finds | | | | places, heights, water, etc. |
| it difficult to control the feelings of worry and | | | | If you think you have an anxiety disorder, the |
| fear. | | | | first person you should see is your family doctor. |
| The anxiety, worry, or the physical symptoms of | | | | A physician can determine whether the |
| anxiety disorder can cause considerable suffering | | | | symptoms that bother you are due either to |
| or harm on the important areas of daily life | | | | anxiety disorder or other medical condition, or |
| activities. Some of the common types of anxiety | | | | both. |
| disorders include separation anxiety, social anxiety | | | | If indeed you are diagnosed to have anxiety |
| or phobia, selective mutism, obsessive-compulsive | | | | disorder, the next step you should do is definitely |
| disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder | | | | see a mental health professional whom you are |
| (PSTD), panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized | | | | comfortable talking with. |
| anxiety disorder, and specific phobia. | | | | Clearly, in order for you to be treated for this |
| Each of these anxiety disorders has different | | | | condition, you and your doctor should work |
| symptoms, but the entire symptoms revolve | | | | together as a team and make a plan to cure you |
| around excessive, unreasonable fear and dread. | | | | from anxiety disorder. Don't let this condition ruin |
| Separation anxiety is defined as developmentally | | | | your mood, activities, or your life in general. |
| improper and excessive anxiety relating to | | | | Get immediate treatment the soonest possible |
| separation from home or to someone you are so | | | | time once you think that you might have an |
| attached with. Social anxiety or phobia is generally | | | | anxiety disorder. The sooner you get the |
| understood as extreme fear in the face of social | | | | treatment, the sooner you will feel better and be |
| interaction. | | | | able to enjoy life to the full. |
| Selective mutism is the consistent failure to speak | | | | |