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by Rai Micht

With today’s hectic schedules, rocky relationships, job interviews, and the many things that could complicate our life, it is perfectly normal for a person to worry. Yet, when the worries become too much for you to handle and you feel like all choked up and your life is not in your control anymore, it might be a symptom of anxiety disorders.

Anxiety disorder is defined as excessive anxiety and worry, happening frequently for at least 6 months and they can get worse when they aren’t treated. A person experiencing from an anxiety disorder can find it hard to manage the anxiety. Usually, it occurs with some other mental or physical illnesses, such as drug or alcohol abuse, which could mask or worsen the symptoms. Every anxiety disorder has its own symptoms, still, all of these symptoms center on having excessive, unreasonable fear and dread.

There are numerous types of anxiety disorders. A few of the familiar types of anxiety disorders are separation anxiety, social anxiety or phobia, selective mutism, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PSTD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety disorder, and specific phobia.

1. Separation Anxiety - is an overwhelming anxiety brought about by separation from home or from someone you are attached to. It symptoms are linked to the recurrent fear of being separated from someone or something of value to you. Physical symptoms usually manifest as nausea, stomachaches, headaches, or chest pain.

2. Social Anxiety disorder - also called as social phobia, this anxiety disorder is diagnosed once a person becomes overwhelmingly anxious and extremely fearful of social interactions. Those who have this illness suffer from intense, persistent, and constant fear of being watched and judged, as well as other things that could put them in an embarrassing position. They worry for days even before that actual situation happens and the feeling can worsen, often hindering in work, school and other activities.

3. Selective mutism - this is a disorder where the person has the consistent failure to speak in a specific social situation where speech is anticipated in spite of be able to speak in other situations. Based on research, there is a relation between social phobia and selective mutism.

4. OCD - for this type, the individual has recurrent and unwanted ideas or impulses (called obsessions), together with an urge or compulsion to do something to relieve their discomfort caused by obsession. A person with OCD has senseless, repetitive, distressing, and sometimes harmful habits that are also difficult to overcome.

5. PTSD - this comprises a debilitating disorder that comes after a terrifying event. Normally, those who have PTSD have relentless frightening thoughts and retention of the ordeal and feel emotionally insensitive even they’re with people they used to be very close with. Signals and symptoms of this condition oftentimes appear within three months after the tragical event.

6. Panic disorder - this anxiety disorder has brief episodes of intense fear followed by several physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, and many others that occur in many occasions and unknowingly in the absence of external threat.

7. Specific phobia - an intense fear for specific things or situations such as heights, water, closed-in places, spiders, and several others.

Anxiety disorders are treatable. The sooner you are diagnosed, the better. Once you sense you bear symptoms of anxiety disorders, go to your physician directly to acquire apt treatment. Anxiety disorders could impact your day-to-day life routines and might aggravate once prompt treatment isn’t applied.

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