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Anxiety, Panic & Phobias
What is anxiety?
Anxiety and phobias affect about one in every ten people at some point in their
lives. Anxiety is the normal human feeling of fear that we allexperience when
faced with threatening or difficult situations
.
What is panic?
A sudden unexpected surge of anxiety which makes you want to leave the
worrying situation.
What isa phobia?
A phobia is a fear of particular situations or things that are not dangerous, and which
most people do not find troublesome.
What causes anxiety, panic and phobias?
*Genes: Some of us seem to be born more anxious than others –
research suggests that these problems can be inherited through our
genes.
* Circumstances: Sometimes it is obvious what is making youanxious.
. This is called post-traumatic stress disorder.
* Drugs: Street drugs like amphetamines, LSD or ecstasy can all make
you anxious – for some people, the caffeine in coffee is enough.* Life experience: Bad experiences in the past, big changes in life in the
present - pregnancy, changing job.
What does anxiety feel like?
* Mind: feeling worried all the time,tiredness, being irritable, sleeping
Badly.
* Body: racing heartbeat, sweating, muscle tension and pains, shaking,
Breathing heavily, dizziness, faintness and indigestion.
What does panic feellike?
A sudden and overwhelming sense of fear and loss of control. You breathe
quickly, feel your heart pounding, sweat, and may feel that you are going to die.
What does a phobia feellike?
You tend to avoid the situations that make you
anxious - but this makes the phobia worse as time goes on. It can also mean
that your life becomes increasingly dominated by theprecautions you have to
take to avoid such situations.
And you may also feel depressed
Anxiety and panic are often accompanied by feelings of depression, when you feel
glum, lose your...
What is anxiety?
Anxiety and phobias affect about one in every ten people at some point in their
lives. Anxiety is the normal human feeling of fear that we allexperience when
faced with threatening or difficult situations
.
What is panic?
A sudden unexpected surge of anxiety which makes you want to leave the
worrying situation.
What isa phobia?
A phobia is a fear of particular situations or things that are not dangerous, and which
most people do not find troublesome.
What causes anxiety, panic and phobias?
*Genes: Some of us seem to be born more anxious than others –
research suggests that these problems can be inherited through our
genes.
* Circumstances: Sometimes it is obvious what is making youanxious.
. This is called post-traumatic stress disorder.
* Drugs: Street drugs like amphetamines, LSD or ecstasy can all make
you anxious – for some people, the caffeine in coffee is enough.* Life experience: Bad experiences in the past, big changes in life in the
present - pregnancy, changing job.
What does anxiety feel like?
* Mind: feeling worried all the time,tiredness, being irritable, sleeping
Badly.
* Body: racing heartbeat, sweating, muscle tension and pains, shaking,
Breathing heavily, dizziness, faintness and indigestion.
What does panic feellike?
A sudden and overwhelming sense of fear and loss of control. You breathe
quickly, feel your heart pounding, sweat, and may feel that you are going to die.
What does a phobia feellike?
You tend to avoid the situations that make you
anxious - but this makes the phobia worse as time goes on. It can also mean
that your life becomes increasingly dominated by theprecautions you have to
take to avoid such situations.
And you may also feel depressed
Anxiety and panic are often accompanied by feelings of depression, when you feel
glum, lose your...
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