There are several types of anxiety disorders. Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times.
Many people feel anxious, or nervous, when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision.
Anxiety disorders, however, are different. They can cause such distress that it interferes with a person’s ability to lead a normal life. An anxiety disorder is a serious mental health challenge.
For someone with anxiety disorders, worry and fear are constant and overwhelming, and this can be crippling.
Everything in life comes with moderation and once we notice that it’s crossing the boundary line, there is a need for check to avoid going overboard.
We may wonder what anxiety has got to do with mental health challenge? The reason behind it lies with individual, how are you managing “your” anxiety? Is it in moderation or in excess?
“One night while I was sitting in my final dress rehearsal for the school play, I started thinking about my life. As I was sitting in rehearsal that night, thoughts about my relationships with others just kept popping up in my head. Are they good, healthy relationships? What are they really based on? While these were normal questions for anyone to ask, my reactions to them were both mentally and physically overwhelming. I couldn’t focus on playing my music, and I started breathing too quickly and trembling, convinced that my friends would dump me and my world would fall apart. I kept imagining only the worst outcomes from this situation, until finally I couldn’t sit with the band anymore. I had to leave the auditorium during the last full dress rehearsal and run to the bathroom, where I began retching in one of the stalls.”
“One night while I was sitting in my final dress rehearsal for the school play, I started thinking about my life. As I was sitting in rehearsal that night, thoughts about my relationships with others just kept popping up in my head. Are they good, healthy relationships? What are they really based on? While these were normal questions for anyone to ask, my reactions to them were both mentally and physically overwhelming. I couldn’t focus on playing my music, and I started breathing too quickly and trembling, convinced that my friends would dump me and my world would fall apart. I kept imagining only the worst outcomes from this situation, until finally I couldn’t sit with the band anymore. I had to leave the auditorium during the last full dress rehearsal and run to the bathroom, where I began retching in one of the stalls.”
We may not see anxiety in the narration above but that is the way we are most of the time, mostly anxious for nothing and when we cannot keep it calm anymore, it blows up.
General symptoms of anxiety include:
- Feelings of panic
- Fear and Uneasiness Problems sleeping
- Cold or sweaty hands and/or feet.
- Shortness of breath.
- Heart palpitations
- Inability to be still & calm. Dry mouth, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet.
- Nausea, muscle tension, & dizziness
Causes Anxiety Disorders:
The exact cause of anxiety disorders is unknown; but anxiety disorders — like other forms of mental health challenge are not the result of personal weakness, a character flaw, or poor upbringing.
With continued research on various mental health disorders, it is becoming clearer that many of these disorders are caused by a combination of factors, including changes in the brain and environmental stress.
“Like other brain illnesses, anxiety disorders may be caused by problems in the functioning of brain circuits that regulate fear and other emotions.
Studies have shown that severe or long-lasting stress can change the way nerve cells within these circuits transmit information from one region of the brain to another. Other studies have shown that people with certain anxiety disorders have changes in certain brain structures that control memories linked with strong emotions. In addition, studies have shown that anxiety disorders run in families, which means that they can at least partly be inherited from one or both parents.
Moreover, certain environmental factors — such as a trauma or significant event — may trigger an anxiety disorder in people who have an inherited susceptibility to developing the disorder.”
Gone are the days when we can hide behind inadequate informations. Take charge of your mental health and also be of help to others. Let’s stop overlooking minor things that can become major.
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