The Anxiety Disorder ( Anxiety )

Adolescence is a difficult time period in a young person’s transition into their later stage of both physical and mental development. Mood disorders are often overlooked during this time for the brain becoming more developed; however among children, anxiety disorders seem to be the most common disorders to be experienced (Nelson; Israel, pg 112). Barlow (2002) defines anxiety as a future-oriented emotion that is characterized by the inability to be in control and predict future events that can be potentially dangerous to the individual. Anxiety shares commonalities with fear, but the difference between the two being that fear is the initial response made from a present threat, where anxiety is due to a unknown future event. A common

Anxiety disorders are the most predominant of all psychiatric diagnoses and affect about 18% of the population every year (Flanagan, Zaretsky, Moroz, 2010). Anxiety disorders can range from mild to severe depending on the disorder and have many different symptoms, treatments and can affect almost anyone.

Anxiety disorder that usually happens after experiencing a terrifying event or where physical harm may have taken place.

Anxiety disorders are the most common and prevalent of psychiatric disorders, yet less than 30% of individuals who suffer from anxiety disorders seek treatment (Lepine, 2002). The type of anxiety disorders are panic disorder, phobias, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (American Psychiatric Association, 2014). Studies showed that anxiety disorders afflict 15.7 million people in the United States each year at some point in their lives (Lepine, 2002).

Anxiety is a small, fair skinned, and timid being. Her fraternal twin sister is Fear and her cousin is Depression. She is so small because she is constantly worried about things like her appearance, school, money, family, and her size. She rarely eats due to her self consciousness and forgetfulness but still wears a dark long sleeve hoodie two sizes too big. Her skinny jeans range from colors of dark blues to black. She tries to keep herself covered up because of her fear of her size, this is why she is so pale. She has big dark brown eyes that are covered by her long black hair because she is constantly looking down, away from others. She has a small crack down the side of her cheek from stress.

The mental illness I chose to write about is one that my mom suffers from which would be panic disorder. A panic disorder is a form of an anxiety disorder.

Anxiety can have such distress that it hinders with the power to lead a normal life. If anxiety causes worry and fear are constant and overwhelming, and can be disabling. A Panic disorder is a condition that one’s has a feeling of terror that comes suddenly and again and again with no warning. Other symptoms of a panic attack include sweating, chest pain, shivers and it is an unusually strong or irregular pulse. It can seem like you are having a heart attack or "going crazy." Although, a panic disorder can be frightening but normally it does not hurt others.

Anxiety disorders are a common emotional disorder, with APA identifying six types of anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder, specific phobia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The symptoms that include overwhelming feelings of panic and fear, uncontrollable obsessive thoughts, painful, intrusive memories, recurring nightmares, physical symptoms etc. Strongman (1995) broadly classifies the theories of anxiety as psychoanalytic, learning/ behavioural, physiological, phenomenological/ existential, cognitive, and those concerned with uncertainty (Strongman, 1995).

There are six major types of anxiety disorders, each with their own distinct symptoms. They are as follows: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), phobia, social anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. All of which have multiple categories that fall underneath each one, and most all are over looked, or played down because they are not physical.

Anxiety is a feeling we can all relate too, some worse than others. Believe it or not, anxiety can be a normal feeling. The emotion you get before an exam, new job interview, or going on the first date, that is anxiety. There are differences in normal anxiety and pathological (abnormal) anxiety. Normal anxiety should last for a short amount of time and cause some discomfort. Now if the anxiety starts to become prolonged and causes the person to become incapacitate, that is when it becomes pathological anxiety. One of the serious disorders that come from anxiety is called Panic Disorder (Anxiety disorders in Adults). The most common demonstration of panic disorder is a sudden feeling of fear or discomfort without a recognizable trigger, along with at least four of the following symptoms: dyspnea; dizziness or faintness; palpitations; trembling or shaking; sweating; choking; nausea or abdominal distress; depersonalization; numbness; flushes or chills; chest pain or discomfort; fear of dying; and fear of doing something uncontrolled or going crazy (The western journal of medicine). For those who go through life with a panic disorder can understand exactly how much of an impact it can have on life.

Anxiety Disorders is a serious and common mental illness, often defined by the feelings restlessness, worry and fear. Everyone feels Anxious now and then, it is just a normal emotion of everyday life. An average person might feel a little anxious when, for example, they have a business interview, but a person with Anxiety Disorders might feel anxiety every time they leave home, or get out of bed in the morning. Anxiety Disorders can take a number of forms, these forms include Panic disorders, Social anxiety disorder, Specific phobias and Generalized anxiety disorder.

The most common form, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), is where someone is constantly worrying about everyday things for a period of more than 6 months. This form of anxiety is also very common in conjunction with panic disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders. Phobias are another form of an anxiety disorder. Some common phobias include the fear of snakes, blood, spiders, and airplanes. Phobias are an extreme fear of something that doesn’t actually pose any danger to the person. Social Anxiety Disorder is where a person has an irrational fear of social situations for fear of being embarrassed or feeling awkward. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder caused by a horrific event like living through a natural disaster, being in a war, or surviving a terrorist attack. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), is marked by repetitive behaviors such as washing your hands three times before eating anything. Another type of anxiety disorder is panic disorder, which is characterized by panic attacks. “Panic attacks are a fear reaction to a situation where no real danger exists, except in the person’s mind” ( http://overcoming-depression.org/6-types-of-anxiety-disorders/ ). All of these anxiety disorders can be treated by using medication, psychotherapy, relaxation therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and by making dietary/life style

What is Anxiety? As defined by Understanding Psychology by Glencoe, Anxiety is a general state of dread or uneasiness that a person feels in response to a real or imagined danger. Anxiety affects 19 million Americans annually and anxiety disorder happens to be the most common mental illness in America. There are many different types of anxiety disorder such as: Panic Disorder, Obsessive – Compulsion Disorder, Phobias, and a few more. Although there is no cure for anxiety disorders, there are treatments to reduce symptoms.

To start off, what is an anxiety disorder? Anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental illness, affecting 40 million adults in the United States, which is about 18% of the population. Anxiety itself isn’t a bad thing, it’s a natural human emotion to stressful or new life experiences and we all feel it every once in awhile. To a certain extent, anxiety is an important aspect of the human emotions because it helps us cope with stress or danger by releasing the hormone adrenaline. The hormone

Anxiety disorder is quite common in America. Anxiety Is a reaction to something like fear that you might of wanted to face but couldn’t. Also it affects people who have stress, or a phobia, and even to people who get worried of something. SOMETIMES CVHDUVXJIDSSVDSV DSUUUUUGBNFDBDUKL.