Psychology - Anxiety Disorders

Title	Psychology - Anxiety Disorders
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Psychology - Anxiety Disorders

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  Anxiety Disorders

     Anxiety is a feeling of tension associated with a sense of threat of danger when the source of the danger is not known. In comparison, fear is a feeling of tension that is associated with a known source of danger.  I believe it is normal for us to have some mild anxiety present in our daily lives.  Everyday that I can think of I have some kind of anxiety though out that day.  Anxiety warns us and enables us to get ready for the ‘fight or flight’ response. However, heightened anxiety is emotionally painful. It disrupts a person's daily functioning.
Anxiety can be seen with several other emotional disorders including the following:
      Acute Stress Disorder
      Panic Attack
      Agoraphobia
      Phobia
      Anxiety Disorder Due to Medical Condition
      Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
            Generalized Anxiety Disorder
            Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder
      Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

There are many characteristics associated with anxiety. Frequently, people with anxiety experience tightness in their chest, a racing or pounding heart, and a pit in their stomach. Anxiety causes some people to get a headache, to sweat, and even make them have the urge to urinate.
Severe anxiety, which can be described as an episode of terror, is referred to as a panic attack. Panic attacks can be extremely frightening. People who experience panic attacks over a prolonged time period may become victims of agoraphobia, which is a psychiatric disorder that  is closely associated with  the panic disorder. Patients with Agoraphobia avoid certain places or situations such as airplanes, crowded theaters, a grocery store or anyplace from which escape might be difficult.  It is said that Agoraphobia can be so severe that it has made certain individuals housebound.
     Some people argue that there is a genetic basis for these anxiety disorders.  Research shows that there is strong evidence for a genetic basis for anxiety.  If a person has anxiety, more than ten percent of his or her r...

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