Anxiety
Anxiety is characterised by worry. Worry is defined as apprehensive expectation. A person with anxiety may worry about a particular subject or worry about many different subjects and find it difficult to stop worrying. Another person may experience anxiety but not be aware of any subject that is a worry for them. Anxiety may also involve uncomfortable or distressing physical symptoms. Anxiety may be mild or moderate or severe, stimulus specific or without an obvious stimulus, and temporary or persistent.Symptoms of Anxiety
Anxiety may include symptoms such as worry, an accelerated heart rate, concentration
difficulties, diarrhoea, distress, dizziness, fatigue, irritability, nausea,
nervousness, or restlessness. Anxiety may also include symptoms such as shortness of breath, sleep problems including difficulties falling
asleep or staying asleep or unsatisfying sleep, startled responses,
sweating, tension including muscle aches and soreness or shakiness or
trembling or twitching, or an apparently unexplainable general sense of unease.
Causes of Anxiety
Anxiety may be related to imagined or real threats, unconscious conflicts, someone or something being too much, misinterpretation of physical sensations, thoughts, or existential anxiety. Anxiety may also be related to Anxiety Disorders such as Acute Stress Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Phobia, Specific Phobias, or Substance Induced Anxiety Disorder.
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