Anxiety Disorder & Its Best Treatment
by Vanessa Bokanowski French Psychologist in DubaiAnxiety
Disorder & Its Best Treatment
Anxiety is a
psychological and physical state, which is considered as normal in a stressful
situation. In that case, it gives a signal to the organism that should initiate
a reaction in the brain in order to take action.
However, anxiety can
become a pathological state when it becomes excessive or when the individual
feels anxiety in the absence of a stressful situation. Then, it becomes an
abnormal reaction that can be ranged in the label of “Anxiety disorders”.
Anxiety disorders are the most common
psychiatric illnesses affecting children and adults. They are a group of mental
disorders characterized by feelings of anxiety and fear. Those feeling can
appear in particular situations, such as in enclosed spaces or on the opposite,
in open spaces (agoraphobia). They can also appear in the presence of
particular objects or insects, animals, transportations; or the fear of talking
in public (social phobia). When anxiety becomes a permanent state without any
objective reason or situation, it is called “Generalized anxiety disorder”,
where the individual has lost his ability to control the worry.
An anxiety disorder is a serious mental
illness, worry and fear are constant and overwhelming and the individual is not
able anymore to pursue normally his daily goals and activities.
What
are the main different kinds of anxiety disorders?
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Generalized anxiety disorder:
an excessive anxiety about daily activities associated mostly with irritability
and fatigue.
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Panic disorder:
occurrence of panic attacks linked to a special situation associated with
palpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, etc.
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Agoraphobia: fear of
anxiety about transportations, open spaces or enclosed spaces, etc.
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Social anxiety: fear
or anxiety in a social situation with avoidance of those situations.
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Phobias: marked fear
or anxiety about a specific object or situation.
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Separation anxiety:
excessive fear of anxiety to be separated from those to whom the individual is
attached
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Obsessive-compulsive
disorder: the presence of obsessions and compulsions: the obsessions are
recurrent thoughts, which are intrusive and unwanted; the individual is trying
to combat those by different kinds of behaviors such as washing, counting,
checking…
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Post-traumatic stress
disorder: an intense stress due to an abnormal situation where the individual
has seen or being the principal actor of a violent scene, fearing for his life
or someone else’s life.
What
is the best treatment for anxiety disorders?
The best treatment to
overcome anxiety is first to analyze and understand the roots of the problem.
Of course, medication can help temporarily release the anxiety, but if you
don’t understand the source, as soon as you will stop the medication, everything
will come back.
For example, social
anxiety comes for example from a lack of self-confidence, which has maybe
always been there. This kind of anxiety finds normally its roots in childhood.
It’s, therefore, possible, that the individual had been raised in an insecure
environment or haven’t been enough reassured. It’s pretty much the same pattern
for all types of anxiety disorders. For phobias, we can see that the fear of an
object or an animal is most of the time a symbolic translation from an
unconscious pattern that happened in the past. Finding this meaning by a
talking cure can help the individual to get rid of it.
To conclude, if the
anxiety symptoms are taking control of your life, and if you see yourself
avoiding situations because of the fear of anxiety, and this started to create
a real discomfort in your daily life, it’s really time to seek the help of a
mental health professional that will help you get through it.
Psychologist in Dubai, French Psychologist in Dubai, Female Psychologist in Dubai, Anxiety Treatment in Dubai,
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Phone: +971 4 429
8450
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Fax: +971 4 429
8451
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E-mail: vanessa@psychologistdubai.ae
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Website: www.psychologistdubai.ae
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