Anxiety disorders are a type of mental disorder which are characterised by extreme feelings of anxiety and fear. There are many different forms of anxiety disorders with very different levels of extremity. These emotions can cause not only mental but physical issues on the person struggling with one of these unfortunate disorders. The physical impact may include a fast heart rate and shakiness where as mental impacts may be the feeling of anxiousness or worry. People who suffer from anxiety disorders often have more than one. Those who have anxiety, may also experience panic attacks which could lead to several different specific anxiety disorders.
SUBTYPES
The different subtypes of anxiety disorder are... -Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - The extreme feeling of anxiousness and worry -Panic Disorder - An intense fear or stress resulting in reoccurring panic attacks -Specific Phobias - An intense but irrational fear of things or situations e.g bugs, heights -Social Anxiety Disorder - A fear of social interactions and situations -Agoraphobia - Extreme irrational fear of open places or public situations
ANXIETY
Anxiety itself, is a very serious intensity of the feeling of being stressed or worried. Anxiety is when your stressors are staying put, resulting in a constant anxious feeling. Anxiety is ongoing and tends to happen without a trigger or cause. It is an extremely uncomfortable and uneasy feeling for the sufferers and it can be hard to treat in some cases.
CATASTROPHIC THINKING
Catastrophic thinking is when a person overthinks a situation and turns it from good to bad or bad to worse. It is defined as immediately jumping to worst-case scenario. For example, the catastrophic thought of having a blemish on your face would be it being a cancerous tumor. Catastrophic thinking can increase anxiety and the likelihood of developing and anxiety disorder.