Anxiety

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is normal and is typically described as a feeling of apprehension or dread in situations where there is no actual real threat and although it doesn’t feel like it, is relatively harmless.  The feeling is unpleasant, however it is necessary for our survival in certain situations, for example before a job interview, taking a driving test or taking an exam.  It keeps us alert.  Most people experience stress and anxiety at some point in their lives.   Where stress is usually a response to an external cause, such as a presentation, or work deadline or having an argument with someone, it usually disappears or dissipates once the situation is resolved.   However, anxiety can persist even after the event has passed and, in some cases, anxiety can escalate into a disorder causing physical, psychological and behavioural symptoms affecting day to day life ranging from mild anxiety (mild worry, manageable, temporary) to severe (intense excessive worrying, feeling of overwhelm, withdrawal, difficulty concentrating on simple tasks, feeling of dread, intense, recurrent and intrusive unwanted thoughts, feeling on the edge all the time).

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Types of anxiety disorders

• Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Social Anxiety
• Panic Attacks
• OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
• PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
• BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder)
• Compulsive Skin Picking
• Hoarding
• Phobia (social phobia, zoophobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, arachnophobia, dental phobia, fear of flying, injection phobia)
• Separation Anxiety (adult and child)

If you think that you may be suffering with an anxiety disorder, and would like to know more about the symptoms of anxiety, please read more.

Anxiety Symptoms

Physcial

• butterflies in the stomach
• increased heartbeat
• increase in perspiration
• dry mouth
• feeling sick
• shaking
• loss or gain of appetite
• dizziness
• tightness across chest
• wanting to go to the toilet

Psychological

• inability to concentrate
• feeling panicky
• fear you might be sick
• faint or embarrass yourself
• feeling detached from your environment or the people you’re around
• feeling on the edge or short tempered
• racing thoughts
• finding it hard to make decisions
• fearing you might have a heart attack, brain tumour or may die