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Individuals
with panic disorder experience unexpected and sudden rushes of intense
fear or anxiety. Common symptoms during an episode are difficulty breathing,
a pounding heart, chest pain or discomfort, dizziness or faintness, sweating,
upset stomach, hot or cold flashes, feelings of unreality, and trembling.
Also, a person may experience a fear of dying, going crazy, or doing something
uncontrolled during an attack.
People
with agoraphobia are those who fear and avoid certain places, activities,
or situations due to fear of experiencing panic symptoms in those situations.
Situations commonly feared include crowds, stores, traveling, and being
home alone. Many of these individuals do not leave their homes.
Generalized
anxiety is persistent anxiety that can occur in the presence or absence
of stressful events or specific triggers. People who suffer from this
disorder may experience muscle tension, inability to relax, fatigue, difficulty
concentrating, irritability, and disturbed sleep. These persistent feelings
of tension and anxiety are associated with a tendency to worry excessively
about many things.
People
with Social Anxiety Disorder fear certain social or performance situations.
These individuals fear that they will be embarrassed, humiliated, or experience
severe anxiety in such situations. Some common situations include public
speaking, eating in front of others, interacting in a group setting, urinating
in public toilets, test taking, and speaking in front of others. Sometimes
shyness can be so severe to be considered a social anxiety problem.
People
with specific phobias fear and often avoid a specific object or situation.
Obsessions
are persistent ideas or images that feel intrusive and inappropriate.
Compulsions are repetitive behaviours that are intended to prevent or
correct discomfort or an anticipated upsetting event. Common obsessions
are repetitive thoughts of violence, contamination, or self-doubt. Common
compulsions include excessive washing, hoarding, counting and checking.
The
person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which the person experienced,
witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual
or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity
of self or others and the person's response involved intense fear, helplessness,
or horror. They may experience a state of feeling numb or detached, feel
like they are in a daze, and may be unable to recall information about
the event itself .
Individuals
who have been exposed to a traumatic event may develop serious physical
and emotional symptoms after the event. These may include intrusive recollections
of the event, the avoidance of activities or thoughts that remind the
individual of the trauma, an emotional numbing response, or difficulty
controlling emotions. Insomnia, irritability, jumpiness, or difficulty
concentrating may also be experienced.
Children
with Separation Anxiety Disorder exhibit inappropriate anxiety concerning
separation from home or from those to whom the individual is attached.
These may include excessive worry about losing, or about possible harm
befalling major attachment figures, persistent reluctance or refusal to
go to school or elsewhere because of fear of separation, sleep problems,
and repeated complaints of physical symptoms (such as headaches, stomach-aches,
nausea, or vomiting) when separation from major attachment figures occurs
or is anticipated.
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| The disorders may include general anxiety (feelings of general worry), panic disorder, (feelings of terror), phobias (strong fears about certain objects or situations), obsessive compulsive disorder (unwanted & uncontrollable thoughts and rituals), agoraphobia (fears of having a panic attack in which escape is difficult and many may refuse to leave their home), and post-traumatic stress disorder (a reaction to a traumatic event) and social anxiety or intense, debilitating shyness. | PANIC DISORDER | |
| PANIC DISORDER WITH AGORAPHOBIA | ||
| GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER | ||
| SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER | ||
| SPECIFIC PHOBIA | ||
| OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER | ||
| ACUTE STRESS DISORDER | ||
| POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER | ||
| SEPARATION ANXIETY DISORDER | ||