Psychology of Behavior ANXIETY.....

Everyone feels anxious now and then. It’s a normal emotion. For example, you may feel nervous when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. Anxiety disorders are different, though. They are a group of mental illnesses, and the distress they cause can keep you from carrying on with your life normally.
The American Psychological Association (APA) defines anxiety as “an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure.”
Anxiety is a term for feelings of fear, nervousness, apprehensiveness or worry. Everybody gets anxious at times and some anxiety actually helps us to function well, but anxiety can become a problem when:
It happen too often
It goes on for a long time
It stops us from doing things that we want to do.

Anxiety disorders
The duration or severity of an anxious feeling can sometimes be out of proportion to the original trigger, or stressor. Physical symptoms, such as increased blood pressure and nausea, may also develop. These responses move beyond anxiety into an anxiety disorder.

Symptoms
All anxiety disorders share some general symptoms:
Panic, fear, and uneasiness
Sleep problems
Not being able to stay calm and still
Cold, sweaty, numb or tingling hands or feet
Shortness of breath
Heart palpitations
Dry mouth
Nausea
Tense muscles
Dizziness

Types
The five major types of anxiety disorders are:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Social Phobia (or Social Anxiety Disorder)

Causes
The causes of anxiety disorders are complicated. Many might occur at once, some may lead to others, and some might not lead to an anxiety disorder unless another is present.

Possible causes include:
environmental stressors, such as difficulties at work, relationship problems, or family issues
genetics, as people who have family members with an anxiety disorder are more likely to experience one themselves
medical factors, such as the symptoms of a different disease, the effects of a medication, or the stress of an intensive surgery or prolonged recovery brain chemistry, as psychologists define many anxiety disorders as misalignments of hormones and electrical signals in the brain
withdrawal from an illicit substance, the effects of which might intensify the impact of other possible causes.

Treatment
Self Treatment
Counselling
Medications

At the end..
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." — Martin Luther King

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