Below you will find a list of discussions in the Anxiety forum at the Live Your Optimal Life to Heal Your Ailments Forum. Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear. The source of this uneasiness is not always known or recognized, which can add to the distress you feel. It is important to distinguish between anxiety as a feeling or experience, and an anxiety disorder as a psychiatric diagnosis. A person may feel anxious without having an anxiety disorder.
Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear. The source of this uneasiness is not always known or recognized, which can add to the distress you feel. It is important to distinguish between anxiety as a feeling or experience, and an anxiety disorder as a psychiatric diagnosis. A person may feel anxious without having an anxiety disorder.
This is a disorder with the effect of constant worry and excessive anxiety about almost everything, along with physical symptoms such as muscle tension, trembling, feeling tense, insomnia, etc. More specific Anxiety Disorders include Social and Generalized Anxiety.
A phobia can be described as an irrational, overwhelming, intense fear of an object or situation. It may seem that normal fear and a phobia are the same thing, but the effect of a phobia is much greater on a person than normal fear. There are four defined categories of specific phobias: natural, medical, animal and situational. Many people suffer multiple specific phobias simultaneously. This also includes, amongst others, physical symptoms such as dizziness, rapid heartbeat, trembling, or other uncontrollable physical responses, along with the sensation of terror, dread or panic.
This relates to having anxiety related to a specific concern, such as for instance finances, health, family, children, work, etc.