We All Know What Anxiety Feels Like
Being anxious about family problems, before a tough interview or a big sales and marketing presentation, having to speak publicly for the first time are quite normal. So is fretting about a first date or a difficult exam. Anxiety is the body’s normal reaction to risks, threats and dangers. But when anxieties and fears have become recurring and are already inhibiting you from living a normal and happy life then it may be a more serious condition than the typical or normal fretting and worrying. It could be signs of an anxiety disorder.
Signs and symptoms of an anxiety disorder are not the same for everybody. Anxiety disorders are a collection of interrelated conditions and not a solitary complaint. One person may experience extreme anxiety attacks that hit without any warning, while somebody else will become unnerved at the thought of socializing at a party. Another may grapple with an immobilizing dread of driving or unmanageable, disturbing thoughts. Still someone else may live in an unremitting state of apprehension, fretting about anything and everything. Regardless of this difference in forms or types of anxiety attacks, all anxiety disorders share a foremost symptom, that of a relentless and intense fear or nervousness in circumstances where most people would not feel susceptible or endangered.
There are both emotional and physical symptoms of anxiety disorder in addition to the illogical and intense terror and worry. The emotional symptoms could be difficulty concentrating, being edgy and tense, bad temper, agitation, forever anticipating dangers or the worst and having a blank mind. Physical signs are profuse sweating, palpitations, stomach upset, diarrhea, muscle rigidity, fatigue, headaches and insomnia.
Most people suffering with anxiety disorder are prone to depression. Anxiety and depression are believed to come from the same biological susceptibility. This could be the explanation why anxiety and depression almost often go together. Because anxiety makes depression worse and vice versa, it is vital to try to find remedy for both conditions.
