Anxiety is a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness. It might cause you to sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heartbeat. It can be a
normal reaction to stress. For example, you might feel anxious when faced with a difficult problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision.
While anxiety is our body’s instinctive response to fear and a sense of possible danger, prolonged anxiety can create enormous personal, economic, and health care problems for those who are affected. Anxiety disorders are a group of disorders that share symptoms of clinically significant anxiety or fear.
Anxiety involves negative mood, worry about possible future threats or danger, self-preoccupation, and a sense of having no control over future outcomes due to lack of predictive abilities. It creates a physiological state of tension and long-term overarousal. It binds the person in behavioral patterns of general avoidance.
Treatment for anxiety can enable one to effectively overcome the symptoms and lead a more manageable day-to-day life.The treatment for anxiety spans three categories– psychotherapy, complementary health techniques (like mindfulness, yoga and stress management), and medication.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an active goal-oriented technique focused at solving problems and decreasing symptoms by attending to the present. It involves actively reconstructing thoughts, emotions and behavior patterns. Solution Focused Therapy is a brief and effective treatment method that operates by empowering individuals to envision future goals for themselves and to work towards achieving them practically.
It’s normal to feel anxious about moving to a new place, starting a new job, or taking a test. This type of anxiety is unpleasant, but it may motivate you to work harder and do a better job. Ordinary anxiety is a feeling that comes and goes but doesn’t interfere with your everyday life.
This type of anxiety may cause you to stop doing things you enjoy. For example, it may prevent you from entering an elevator, crossing the street, or even leaving your home in extreme cases. If left untreated, the anxiety will keep getting worse.
Anxiety disorders are the most common form of emotional disorder and can affect anyone. But, according to the American Psychiatric Association, women are more likely than men to receive a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder.
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