Stress and Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are a category of mental illness. It's difficult to get through the day when you're anxious. Nervousness, panic, and terror are common symptoms, as are sweating and a racing heart. Medication and cognitive behavioural therapy are among the options for treatment.

Anxiety is a normal human reaction that affects both the mind and the body. It performs an essential survival function: Anxiety is a warning mechanism that goes off whenever a person perceives a threat or danger. Physical symptoms of anxiety include a rapid heartbeat and respiration, tense muscles, sweaty palms, a queasy stomach, and trembling hands or legs when the body and mind react to danger or threat. These feelings are a result of the body's fight-or-flight reaction.

They are brought on by a surge of adrenaline and other substances that prepare the body to flee from danger quickly. When a person detects a threat, the fight-or-flight reaction is triggered immediately. The thinking section of the brain (the cortex) takes a few seconds longer to absorb the situation and determine whether the threat is real and, if so, how to tackle it. The fight-or-flight response is deactivated and the nervous system can relax when the cortex gives the all-clear signal.

Anxiety may persist if the mind believes that a threat will persist, keeping the person alert. Physical sensations such as rapid, shallow breathing, a racing pulse, tense muscles, and sweaty palms may linger.

Anxiety disorders are mental illnesses characterised by high levels of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, worry, or dread. Anxiety that is too constant or too intense can make a person feel worried, distracted, tense, and constantly on the lookout. Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental illnesses. They have an impact on people of all ages, including adults, children, and teenagers. Anxiety disorders come in a variety of forms, each with its own set of symptoms. However, they all have one thing in common: Anxiety is too common, excessively severe, out of proportion to the current situation, and affects a person's daily life and happiness.