Anxiety Disorders
Generally, if symptoms of anxiety persist for a minimum of six months, it is considered that the person is suffering from a disorder.
If such conditions are not properly treated, they may become worse because anxiety disorders, often than not, arise together with other physical and mental illnesses.
So, let's explore each type of anxiety disorder in detail.
Panic disorders are the most vividly felt anxiety disorders.
A person suffering from panic attacks would feel as if they are unable to breathe and is on the verge of dying.
Everything will seem as disconnected from the reality and a dreaded feeling will come across the person in which he/she panics over nothing in reality.
Later these sufferers may develop a conditioned fear or anxiety over places, situations or with people associated with their previous panic attacks.
Therefore, it is advisable to seek treatment and therapy before a person resorts to isolation and avoidance.
There have been many cases reported where individuals have restricted themselves of the choice of job, spouse, and social life due to their bad experiences with panic attacks.
But what's important to remember is that not everybody who experience panic attacks, develop panic disorder.
For many individuals, panic attacks are a one or two time incidents which fade off over time.
One of the major drawbacks in panic disorder treatment is its late diagnosis.
Sometimes an individual may have made several repeated trips to emergency rooms and been diagnosed by several doctors on different grounds, before they realize the true condition.
This situation however, is unfortunate as panic disorder is among the easily cured anxiety disorders.
Obsessive Compulsive disorders (OCD) are another category which is very common.
It involves persistent and upsetting thoughts (obsessions) and compulsions in the form of rituals used to control anxiety provoked by upsetting thoughts.
If someone is obsessed with cleanliness, he/she may spend long hours every day washing and cleaning themselves.
Doing so means, abiding by their obsessions and compulsions; in which they sometime lose the sense of reality.
Many adults will feel their repeating rituals as distressing.
Although, these rituals interfere with their daily life, they will continue performing these acts.
Normal people too have rituals such as locking if a door is closed over and over again.
However, the difference is that a mentally healthy person will not let their rituals affect their day to day life.
If such conditions are not properly treated, they may become worse because anxiety disorders, often than not, arise together with other physical and mental illnesses.
So, let's explore each type of anxiety disorder in detail.
Panic disorders are the most vividly felt anxiety disorders.
A person suffering from panic attacks would feel as if they are unable to breathe and is on the verge of dying.
Everything will seem as disconnected from the reality and a dreaded feeling will come across the person in which he/she panics over nothing in reality.
Later these sufferers may develop a conditioned fear or anxiety over places, situations or with people associated with their previous panic attacks.
Therefore, it is advisable to seek treatment and therapy before a person resorts to isolation and avoidance.
There have been many cases reported where individuals have restricted themselves of the choice of job, spouse, and social life due to their bad experiences with panic attacks.
But what's important to remember is that not everybody who experience panic attacks, develop panic disorder.
For many individuals, panic attacks are a one or two time incidents which fade off over time.
One of the major drawbacks in panic disorder treatment is its late diagnosis.
Sometimes an individual may have made several repeated trips to emergency rooms and been diagnosed by several doctors on different grounds, before they realize the true condition.
This situation however, is unfortunate as panic disorder is among the easily cured anxiety disorders.
Obsessive Compulsive disorders (OCD) are another category which is very common.
It involves persistent and upsetting thoughts (obsessions) and compulsions in the form of rituals used to control anxiety provoked by upsetting thoughts.
If someone is obsessed with cleanliness, he/she may spend long hours every day washing and cleaning themselves.
Doing so means, abiding by their obsessions and compulsions; in which they sometime lose the sense of reality.
Many adults will feel their repeating rituals as distressing.
Although, these rituals interfere with their daily life, they will continue performing these acts.
Normal people too have rituals such as locking if a door is closed over and over again.
However, the difference is that a mentally healthy person will not let their rituals affect their day to day life.
