Types of Anxiety

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  There are 5 types of anxiety. These are; 

       Generalised anxiety disorder, 

       Social anxiety disorder, 

       Panic disorder, 

       Agoraphobia, 

      Specific disorder. 

Let's learn a bit more about them. 


  Generalised anxiety disorder

      People with generalised anxiety disorder worry much of the time about all sorts of everyday things – to do with work, finances, health or family for example. They worry something terrible might happen, even if there's no real reason to think so. They can't stop feeling anxious, even though it's affecting their life. For example, they might not want to drive a car because they're worried about having an accident. They often ask for reassurance that the terrible things they fear won't happen. People with generalised anxiety disorder don't sleep well and often complain of headaches and muscle tension in their necks and shoulders.  

Social anxiety disorder

  Someone with social anxiety disorder worries about other people noticing their anxiety and thinking less of them because of it. Being the centre of attention is a problem for them.

For example, they might feel anxious about:

meeting new peoplespeaking or performing in front of other peoplegoing to meetings or partiescatching public transportbeing watched while eating or drinking.

They worry that they might do something embarrassing, or that other people might notice that they're anxious. They will avoid situations where other people could notice their anxiety. Normal shyness isn't social anxiety disorder.

    Panic disorder

       Someone with a panic disorder has repeated panic attacks, which seem to happen for no particular reason, and then they worry a lot about having more panic attacks. A panic attack is a sudden surge of fear or anxiety in situations where others would not be afraid.

    Agoraphobia

      Agoraphobia is when someone is very fearful about certain situations because they're afraid that they might have a panic attack, or something awful might happen to them. They then go out of their way to avoid these situations.

Someone with agoraphobia would be very anxious about:

using buses, trains, trams, or planesbeing in open spaces (car parks, bridges, parks)being in enclosed places (shopping centre, cinemas)being in a crowd.

  

Specific phobia

     If someone is very fearful of one particular thing or situation, they might have a specific phobia.

People can have phobias about things such as:

animals – for example spiders or dogsflying in aeroplanesheightsgetting an injection.

The fear is usually out of proportion to the actual danger and can cause problems with people's day-to-day lives. For example, someone might refuse to go for a walk in the park because they're worried about dogs. Problems that are related to anxiety disorders are PTSD and OCD.

       

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