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