Anxiety
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a normal part of life. Many people worry about things like health, money or family issues. But anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear.
Anxiety does not go away in people with anxiety disorders and may worsen over time. Symptoms may interfere with daily activities such as job performance, schoolwork, and relationships.
Anxiety Types
Panic Attack
is a sudden feeling of intense fear in the absence of triggers, in a crowd, open place, or home alone.
Agoraphobia (AG)
is described as a fear of being in a place or situation where escape may be intricate, or help might not be available (fear of embarrassment).
Specific Phobia
is an unreasonable fear of particular objects or
situations such as animals (e.g., spiders, rats, dogs, lion), natural environment (heights, storms, water), situational (boarding plane), and blood.
Social Anxiety Disorder
refers to worrying about people’s judgment or laughing at one’s appearance, dress, or fear of speaking in public or facing interviewers.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
is an intense fear of separating a child from his parents or anybody from his loved ones.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
involves constant obsession, recurrent and persistent thoughts, behavior, and feeling dirty or unwanted events that cause anxiety.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD)
is an anxiety disorder characterized by flashbacks of
horrible thoughts following terrifying experiences like war, accident, or rape attack.
Selective Mutism (SM)
refers to the inability of children to speak in public or
social gatherings, especially at school.
Medication Anxiety Disorder (MAD)
is caused by the adverse effects of a drug or due to
withdrawal syndrome.
Medical Condition Anxiety Disorder (MCD)
Disease conditions such as ulcers, asthma, diabetes,
hypertension, hyperthyroidism, cancer, and heart
disease may cause anxiety as comorbidity.
Anxiety Types
Panic Attack
is a sudden feeling of intense fear in the absence of triggers, in a crowd, open place, or home alone.
Agoraphobia (AG)
is described as a fear of being in a place or situation where escape may be intricate, or help might not be available (fear of embarrassment).
Specific Phobia
is an unreasonable fear of particular objects or
situations such as animals (e.g., spiders, rats, dogs, lion), natural environment (heights, storms, water), situational (boarding plane), and blood.
Social Anxiety Disorder
refers to worrying about people’s judgment or laughing at one’s appearance, dress, or fear of speaking in public or facing interviewers.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
is an intense fear of separating a child from his parents or anybody from his loved ones.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
involves constant obsession, recurrent and persistent thoughts, behavior, and feeling dirty or unwanted events that cause anxiety.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD)
is an anxiety disorder characterized by flashbacks of
horrible thoughts following terrifying experiences like war, accident, or rape attack.
Selective Mutism (SM)
refers to the inability of children to speak in public or
social gatherings, especially at school.
Medication Anxiety Disorder (MAD)
is caused by the adverse effects of a drug or due to
withdrawal syndrome.
Medical Condition Anxiety Disorder (MCD)
Disease conditions such as ulcers, asthma, diabetes,
hypertension, hyperthyroidism, cancer, and heart
disease may cause anxiety as comorbidity.
Symptoms of Anxiety
Panic, fear and restlessness State of feeling anxious Change in mental states Not staying calm Sleep problem Cold, sweaty, numb or tingling hands or feet Shortness of breath Dry mouth Heart palpitations Nausea Dizziness
Panic, fear and restlessness
State of feeling anxious
Change in mental states
Not staying calm
Sleep problem
Cold, sweaty, numb or tingling hands or feet
Shortness of breath
Dry mouth
Heart palpitations
Nausea
Dizziness
