Many people around the world suffer from anxiety disorders of many different types. In the US it is estimated that around 20% of the total adult population suffers from some form of anxiety disorder, which is considered to be a form of mental illness.
There are a number of different types of anxiety disorders and it is often difficult to tell one from another. The different types can include general anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, panic attacks, post traumatic disorders, social anxieties and a wide range of specific phobias.
It is more common for women to be affected by some forms of anxiety than it is for men to be affected.
There can be a wide range of causes for any of these, and other, anxiety disorders. These can be chemical in nature, often from some form of chemical or hormonal imbalance in the brain. There can be environmental factors and others, such as stress, unresolved conflicts and various learned behaviors.
Anxiety attacks can manifest themselves in a variety of ways. For example a sufferer can experience physical symptoms such as rapid heartbeat and chest pain, shortness of breath and dizziness. They can suffer insomnia, tension in various parts of the body and extreme irritation.
Anxiety is extremely widespread, and if serious can impact greatly on the quality of life of the anxiety sufferer. But it can usually be treated, often with very good results.
There are a wide range of options for people who suffer from one or more of the various forms of anxiety and related disorders. It is common for medication to be used, and this can include antidepressants and other anti anxiety medicines, which can be very effective.
These medicines can be used in conjunction with other forms of treatment as well. There are various therapists and counselors, including behavior therapists, who treat undesirable behaviors. They can use cognitive therapies, involving changing negative thought patterns as well as relaxation therapies often involving breathing control, massage and sometimes aromatherapy.
Some anxiety attack sufferers can be helped with a range of natural remedies. It is surprising how effective it can be just ensuring that the sufferer adheres to a well balanced nourishing diet to maintain good blood sugar levels and nourish the body. Exercise is also very important. There are also a range of dietary and vitamin supplements that can be used such as vitamin B.
Anxiety disorders or attacks can be very frightening for the person who experiences them, expecially if they are unexpected. But they need not be disabling for most people, as they can often be successfully treated.
Peter Crump
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/suffering-from-anxiety-problems-you-are-not-alone-56233.html
Comments
In life’s everyday rush, how many people now suffer from anxiety and/or depression? How can we change this?
The number of people in this country alone that suffer from one or both of these conditions is unreal. What does that tell us as a society that we need to do? So far the only answer is multiple trips to the pharmacy to get medication. How much does that truly help? Aren’t we just "covering up" the problem, instead of finding a way as a country to change this problem? You see anxiety in people everywhere you go anymore, from the roads (road rage), to mothers killing thier children. When do we say enough is enough, this is a real issue in this country and we need to do something about it?
find the causes, find the answers
References :
I think that all of us at one time become depressed or suffer from anxiety, it is human nature. However, most of us can control it and snap out of it, and there are those that can’t. It is now believed that those that can not control it have a chemical imbalance and need medication to try to help, although, there are some people I know that are on meds and still are depressed, not just as badly. I had a friend that led a normal life, was a teacher, traveled extensively, then started to act anxious and nervous. He developed agoraphobia, he could not come out of his environment, did not leave his house or back yard for 12 years. It was truly a real fear, meds or no meds. He did not choose this, it chose him and he lived miserably until the day he died.
References :
OK. You first. Enough is enough. Now solve humanities problems. Look around and you will see that something is being done about "it" each and every day. The same question was asked thousands of years ago. Something was done then and something is being done now and again in the future something will be done about whatever is causing the anxiety and/or depression.
References :
Anxiety and depression are just fancy terms for weakness, cowardice, and self-pity.
People can create all the psycho babble they want, but other than a physical condition that affects the brain, the only problem that exists today is that all this phony mental illness is a bunch of crap created by weak minded people who only want others to feel sorry for them, and are too cowardly to face the fact the world doesn’t owe them anything. Rather than take responsibility for their actions, they want to blame others for the fact they are a worthless failure as a human being.
The only real issue we need to address is that instead of telling all the whiny little wimps that complain something’s wrong with them to grow up, we coddle them and tell them a bunch of B.S. like they’re victims and all their problems are someone else’s fault instead of their own.
If people would spend more time being adults and less time trying to find their inner child, we might finally realize anxiety and depression are not legitimate illnesses; just examples of people that don’t want to pull their own weight.
I’m sure there are a lot of weak minded individuals that disagree with me, because I’m sure they need to feel there are other people that are just as weak as they are, and they need to pull those people down with them and be able to blame others for their miseries and their failures.
I’m also sure there are a lot of psychologists that will disagree with me. After all, if they didn’t, they would have to go out and get a real job.
References :
Interesting Passions.. So the "how can we change this" questions becomes, "how can we change the weakness in those certain people? I doubt saying a comment like "grow up" is going to actually change them, no matter how good it feels to tell them that. Any ideas to this modified question of the old one?
References :