Generalized Anxiety Research
Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the United States, and like many mental illnesses, anxiety is hereditary. This mental illness arises in response to apparently innocuous situations and is the product of subjective, internal, and emotional conflicts the causes of which may not be apparent to the person himself. Anxiety affects people differently, some people's anxiety arises in the course of daily life and is considered normal. (Anxiety) Anxiety can be known as a phobia (when unreasonable evoked by a specific object of event), but in regular terms a free-floating-persistent associated with no particular cause or mental concern. This illness is an adaptive mechanism that signals a potentially harmful internal or external change and
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The most common anxiety disorders are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Anxiety Disorder, and specific phobias. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a basic form of anxiety that affects women more than it affects men. The symptoms of this disorder are; persistent worry and feeling of dread for at least 6 months. This disorder often comes as a package deal including depression, social anxiety, panic disorder, and commonly substance abuse. Generalized Anxiety Disorder mainly affects people who are at least thirty years old. While this disorder is a very general, common disorder, there are many disorders that are more …show more content…
Sudden onset of intense apprehension, fear or terror that occurs without apparent cause are the things that happen when someone has a panic attack. These attacks are diagnosed based on the occurrence of at least four physical (somatic) or psychological symptoms. Shortness of breath, palipations, accelerated heart rate, chest pain or discomfort, choking, dizziness or faintness, trembling or shaking, sweating, nausea, abdominal distress, numbness or tingling, and hot flashes and chills are all symptoms a person would feel and experience during a panic attack. Psychology symptoms of a panic attack are smothering sensations, feeling of unreality, fear or dying, fear of “going crazy” and losing control. There are three types of panic attacks which are all self explanatory, the first one is situation bound, second being situationally predisposed, and lastly unexpected panic attacks. These attacks can last from anywhere between ten to fifteen minutes.
While panic attacks are commonly brought along with other disorders, some people are affected mainly by panic attacks, making them develop a Panic Disorder. Panic Disorder may signal a heart attack, stroke, or other medical problem which leads to repeated Emergency Room visits. This condition is influenced by : age, education, panic disorder diagnosis, or another psychiatric condition, more often than not being major depression. Panic attacks and panic disorder is really
The most common anxiety disorders are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Anxiety Disorder, and specific phobias. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a basic form of anxiety that affects women more than it affects men. The symptoms of this disorder are; persistent worry and feeling of dread for at least 6 months. This disorder often comes as a package deal including depression, social anxiety, panic disorder, and commonly substance abuse. Generalized Anxiety Disorder mainly affects people who are at least thirty years old. While this disorder is a very general, common disorder, there are many disorders that are more …show more content…
Sudden onset of intense apprehension, fear or terror that occurs without apparent cause are the things that happen when someone has a panic attack. These attacks are diagnosed based on the occurrence of at least four physical (somatic) or psychological symptoms. Shortness of breath, palipations, accelerated heart rate, chest pain or discomfort, choking, dizziness or faintness, trembling or shaking, sweating, nausea, abdominal distress, numbness or tingling, and hot flashes and chills are all symptoms a person would feel and experience during a panic attack. Psychology symptoms of a panic attack are smothering sensations, feeling of unreality, fear or dying, fear of “going crazy” and losing control. There are three types of panic attacks which are all self explanatory, the first one is situation bound, second being situationally predisposed, and lastly unexpected panic attacks. These attacks can last from anywhere between ten to fifteen minutes.
While panic attacks are commonly brought along with other disorders, some people are affected mainly by panic attacks, making them develop a Panic Disorder. Panic Disorder may signal a heart attack, stroke, or other medical problem which leads to repeated Emergency Room visits. This condition is influenced by : age, education, panic disorder diagnosis, or another psychiatric condition, more often than not being major depression. Panic attacks and panic disorder is really