There are several different kinds of Anxiety Disorders and treatment is based
on the type of anxiety disorder with which you struggle. Anxiety affects our
emotions and the way we think and percieve the world. It also affects people
physically, socially and neurologically. Because anxious symptoms can mimic
other physical disorders it is always best to first seek a consultation with
your primary care physicial.
Symptoms you may be experiencing: overwhelming fear; panic; feelings of doom;
shaking; trembling; heart palpitations; nausea; urinary pressure; sweating;
blushing; embarresment; hyperventilation; tingling; insomnia; disrupted sleep;
depression; intrusive thoughts; ruminitive thoughts; hyper-alertness
(hypervigilence); intense startle-reactions and fatigue.
TYPES OF ANXIETY DISORDERS:
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER:
High levels of anxiety resulting from trauma that you have personally
experienced or observed.
PANIC DISORDER:
Overwhelming high levels of anxiety, where the individual feels flooded with
anxious thoughts and feelings. Often an individual will end up in the the
emergency room believing they are dying or having a heart attack.
PHOBIAS:
Intense fear to an object or person that the individual takes steps to avoid.
GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER:
Excessive worrying that feels overwhelming and which the individual feels they
have no control over.
SOCIAL PHOBIA:
Fear of being humiliated, judged or embarrassed in the public arena.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER:
Persistent disturbing thoughts, which raise the individuals anxiety level
which they than manage through ritualistic behavior i.e. excessive hand
washing.
HEALTH ANXIETY (HYPOCHONDRISIS):
Preoccupation with fears of illness or disease associated with
misinterpretation of physical symptoms.