PSICOLOGY
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Subcategories:
- Panic Attack Disorders
- Agoraphobia
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Social Phobia
- Specific Phobia
What is it about?
Panic attacks are the most frequent form. A recent literature study has shown that 20% of people have suffered from panic attacks during their lifetime. In panic attacks, uncontrolled reactions occur when our alert system goes haywire. The person is scared. The effort he makes to fight his feelings, instead of diminishing them, makes them increase.
Agoraphobia is the disturbance of open spaces, which can force a person to fear leaving the house. The person thus renounces social relations. The person may also fear being in a crowd, without an escape route. Agoraphobia can involve physical ailments, such as tachycardia, nausea, pain and dizziness. Avoidance behaviors may emerge, such as staying at home, seeking a companion, seen as a protective figure. Agoraphobia also stimulates emotional responses such as anxiety and stress.
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Anxiety Disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder is a full-blown picture if it has persisted for at least 6 months (DSM5) and can lead to a decrease: Those who live in generalized anxiety live in a state of constant generalized concern, towards every aspect of everyday life: family health , professional goals, couple problems.
Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is related to a situation in which the individual is exposed to the possible examination and judgment of others. The fear is disproportionate, and can concern common situations such as a conversation, being observed for example while eating or drinking, or a performance such as giving a speech in front of other people.
Specific phobias are specific pictures characterized by fears relating to particular objects or situations, with an alteration of physiological parameters: heart rate, sweating and blood pressure. The objects of fear can be animals (dogs, cats the most common), nature (storms, floods, height), clinical situations (injuries, blood sampling), fear of suffocating or flying, masked characters.
