While feeling anxious is a normal reaction to certain stimulus, people with anxiety disorders are constantly subjected to this annoying feeling. There are many treatments available for anxiety attacks that can help patients lead a normal and healthy life.
Anxiety is the feeling that is generated when we are placed in situations of stress or when we experience physical or emotional trauma. The sweating of palms before an exam or the heart palpitations before a big interview, or even while making a marriage proposal, that butterflies-in-the-stomach are all physical manifestations of anxiety. Anxiety is a very common feeling and has many common reasons. It is a purely natural reaction and as such is not harmful except when it develops into a chronic condition when the individual feels anxiety without any cause for it. One way of looking at an anxiety attack is an early warning of danger. When danger is expected, the body automatically goes into a defensive mode. In case the danger is real this mode sees us through.
As per the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety problems are the most common form of mental illness that exists in the United States. More than 40 million individuals over 18 are affected every year. There are many types of anxiety disorders.
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* The phantom anxiety is one that exists when you cannot figure out why you are so anxious.
* Panic attacks are sudden, unpredictable, and usually have no recognizable cause.
* Obsessions and compulsions will often develop because of anxiety disorders.
* Social aversion and inability to function in public is also a form of anxiety disorder.
* Sometimes this can turn into a phobia for specific situations or objects.
Whatever the form of an anxiety attack, the thing that is always consistent in all victims who suffer from one, is the uncontrollable fear. This sense of dread can be so intense that the victim will be in danger of immobilization. People with an anxiety disorder will go through the one or all of the following stages.
* Feeling of anxiety that is constant and inescapable.
* Anxiety that will often cause the victim to become isolated and suffer from emotional withdrawal.
* Anxiety that will now permit the victim to function normally (like leaving their home or meeting new people).
Since the victim of anxiety attacks will develop symptoms causing them to slowly withdraw into decreasing familiarity, this often causes secondary problems like depression, lack of self-esteem, alcoholism, and drug usage. Eventually the anxiety attacks will start interfering with the individual's performance at work and in personal relationships. Fortunately, all such disorders can be treated easily. Most people who suffer from anxiety attacks go on to lead normal lives free from fear and worry.
Panic attacks are anxiety attacks of unusual severity usually accompanied by overwhelming fear. Anxiety attacks can occur at anytime and at any place. This gives them a very random nature and people who have them are always overstressed because they never know when the next one might occur. The common feeling associated with panic attacks is the feeling of imminent death.
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