Anxiety
What is Anxiety Disorder?
It’s normal to feel anxious about moving to a new place, starting a new job, or taking a test. This type of anxiety is unpleasant, but it may motivate you to work harder and to do a better job. Ordinary anxiety is a feeling that comes and goes, but does not interfere with your everyday life.
An anxiety disorder is a mental health condition that can present as an ongoing pattern of apprehensive worry, muscle tension, and nervousness, often without cause. An anxiety disorder may be accompanied by feelings of shyness and social withdrawal, intense fears or panic attacks, difficulty concentrating, irritability, as well as insomnia.
In the case of an anxiety disorder, the feeling of fear may be with you all the time. It is intense and sometimes debilitating. This type of anxiety may cause you to stop doing things you enjoy. In extreme cases, it may prevent you from entering an elevator, crossing the street, or even leaving your home. If left untreated, the anxiety will keep getting worse.
Anxiety disorders are the most common form of emotional disorder and can affect anyone at any age. According to the American Psychiatric Association, women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety is distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune. Normally we all feel anxious about day to day activities of our lives but sometimes we are chronically in a state of apprehension and psychic tension leading us to various mental disorders.