The topic for our final project is how different types of anxiety effects the different systems of the body, and relating these anxieties to a college student’s life. This topic was chosen because of how relevant it is to us, and other students that are all going through college.
Anxiety is typically known as your body’s response to danger. It is automatically triggered when you feel that you are threatened, in danger, and when you are under a lot of stress (2). More than 40 million people in the United States over 18 years of age are said to be suffering from some form of anxiety. Although most cases of anxiety go undiagnosed and unannounced to a professional who could help, there are both major and minor forms of anxiety that are constantly affecting the lives of many people through out the world. Most minor cases of anxiety go untreated. Although there are many different types of anxiety, the most common types, and three that will be focused on are OCD (obsessive compulsion disorder), PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), and generalized anxiety (3).
Obsessive Compulsion Disorder, known in short as OCD, is a form of anxiety that makes a person have repeated thoughts about certain things that make them eventually do what they are thinking. The repeated thought is the obsession side of this anxiety, and the act of completing that thought is the compulsion (4). Each case of OCD is different depending on the person who has it, but there are a lot of people that suffer from the same obsessions. Common obsessions include worrying about things becoming contaminated, organization, or in a worse case scenario, thoughts of self-harm or harming others. With these obsessions come compulsions. When a person who suffers from OCD has a...
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...e treated. General Anxiety Disorder affect approximately 3.1% of the population, 1% of the population is affected by OCD, and PTSD affects 3.5% (3). With that being said, these are just the cases that are taken under a doctor. Researching anxiety and the problems and downfalls that come along with the disease has opened my eyes up to what a lot of people are actually suffering from, and gives me a better understanding that anxiety is not necessarily a disorder that you just happen to have, but your life and what happens to you through out your life actually impacts whether you can get this disease or not.
In conclusion, I learned that anxiety affects more people than I originally thought it would. It’s not uncommon for a person to experience symptoms of anxiety on a day-to-day basis. Whether chronic or minor, anxiety is anxiety, and most people do experience it.
It is never pleasant to feel anxious or distressed for any reason. However, there are several people who are diagnosed with anxiety disorders as they are very prevalent today. Mental health professionals are helping people overcome hurdles such as panic attacks, severe worry, social anxiety and other specific phobias. I think that anxiety is an emotion that everyone experiences at one time or another in their life. Anxiety can have a negative effect on an individual if it interferes with one’s daily routine and keeps them from doing what they normally do.
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorder in the United States. Between 15 - 19% of the population suffers from this disorder, which impairs the quality of life and functioning (Stuart 218). What is anxiety? Abnormal Psychology describes anxiety as “an adaptive emotion that helps us plan and prepare for a possible theat.” The text book further states, “worrying about many different aspects of life becomes chronic, excessive, and unreasonable.” This is also known as generalized anxiety disorder or GAD (Butcher 201). DSM IV-TR specifies that GAD is a worry that occurs more days then not for at least 6 months, and that it must be experienced as difficult to control (Butcher 201). 25% of those that suffer from this disease are treated, leaving a large group in the population with anxiety without treatment. Although there is a high correlation of those with anxiety that use health facilities to treat the additional symptoms that anxiety causes (Stuart 218).
Fear and Anxiety are essential functions that occur in the brain that allow people to respond to stimuli appropriately. These feelings as normal as they are can cause problems and in 3.1 percent of adult Americans approximately 6.8 million people it does cause problems (“Generalized anxiety disorder”, 2014). A problem can arise when people have too much fear and anxiety; a problem is evident when it interferes with their life and their ability to do things. This is known as general anxiety disorder (GAD). When someone is suffering from generalized anxiety disorder they normally experience excessive exaggerated anxiety and worry about normal life events that give no clear reason for worry (“Generalized anxiety disorder”, 2014). This disorder can be debilitating and rule over people’s lives if it is severe and a better understanding of the disorder can be gained by looking at historical views, current views, causes and symptoms, case studies, differential diagnosis considerations, and treatment.
Anxiety is a monster that most people have to deal with on a daily basis. Even though anxiety is not actually a monster it still torments thousands of people every day, leaving them weak and scared. Anxiety defined means “distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune” defined by Dictionary.com. In the epic poem of Beowulf, one could say that the townspeople had anxiety when it came to Grendel because they feared what he could do to them.
Everyday we experience anxiety. Normally, it’s the feeling you get right before a test, recital, or an interview, but sometimes and for some people it can be a whole lot worse. It can even result in terrible panic attacks that affect the way they live. Anxiety is defined as a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, worrying,, and fear. Severe anxiety is the most common mental illness and affects 40 million people in the U.S. That’s about 18% of our population. We all get mild anxiety from time to time, but there are more severe cases, types, and forms to this illness. I will tell you about the type of anxiety that could be harmful to your everyday life. Today I will tell you about the types of anxiety, the different treatment options you have, and how these disorders could affect your everyday life.
Data from a Western country of 25 million people say that combined anxiety disorders affect 12% of the population: 9% of men and 16% of women over a year.
There are many types of anxiety disorder but the most common psychological disorders are: phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and traumatic stress disorder.
What if you woke up every morning with a feeling of dread about getting through the day? What if you were constantly in a state of worry? What if you had spontaneous, uncontrollable panic attacks throughout the day? What if you uncontrollably washed your hands to the point where they bled and cracked? What if you had an anxiety disorder? Anxiety is the most common illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults over the age of 18; that counts for 18% of the U.S. population. However, 22.8% of those cases are counted as severe anxiety.
Bearing in mind that an anxiety response is a result of various factors, there are different types of anxiety disorders. The most common type of anxiety disorders as described as specific phobias, social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) (2016), specific phobias affect about 19 million adults in the U.S, while SAD affects 15 million, PD affects 6 million, GAD affects about 6.8 million, OCD affects about 2.2 million and PTSD affects 7.7 million adults respectively. Considering that anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S, yet only about one-third of those suffering receive treatment (ADAA, 2016).
Individuals who have been diagnosed with GAD may feel overwhelmed with day to day interactions such as work, family, and money. Generalized Anxiety Disorder affects 6.8 million adults in the United States alone, and is more common in women than in men. Although the cause of this disorder is still unknown, GAD shows evidence of traumatic encounters in one’s life, family history, and genetic factors.
Anxiety disorders are collectively the most common mental disorder affecting children and adults. Roughly 40 million American adults over the age of 18 suffer with at least one form of anxiety. These disorders tend to run in families and have a biological basis, but may develop due to brain chemistry, personality, or life events. Despite being highly treatable issues, only one-third of adults receive treatment. The commonly used term “anxiety disorders” exemplifies generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder and panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, selective mutism, separation anxiety, and specific phobias. (“Understanding the Facts”)
...e mental illnesses that are more common than our society realizes. The community should be more educated as how to properly handle someone who is affected by it. Facing your fears is not an option if you are scared of the fear itself. Having support from someone could prevent a panic attack and help tremendously because it is always comforting to know you are not alone. The most effective way to help someone with an anxiety disorder is first understanding the differences between feeling nervous and owning anxiety disorders. It is an illness that is capable of dealing a lot of damage to a person’s mental health, and without proper help can be fatal. Anxiety disorders can easily evolve into depression and can make a person feel trapped or even suicidal. Knowing the proper procedures can greatly affect people with these disorders and could possibly save someone’s life.
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. Every person experiences some form of anxiety in his or her lifetime. Anxiety helps us deal with tense situations like using our flight or fight reaction, study harder for an exam, or keep focus on important deadlines. Anxiety can be useful until it gets to the point of interfering with everyday life. Some people explain it as not being able to shut the anxiety off. When anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it becomes a disabling disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009). Each year, anxiety disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009). There are five major Anxiety Disorders they include Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Phobias.
Anxiety is our body’s reaction to stressful dangerous or unfamiliar situations (“What is Anxiety,” n.d.). Everyone has anxiety at times and this is necessary in human beings but some people have it much worse than others. Anxiety disorder makes life more difficult to cope with, it keeps people from sleeping, socializing with their peers and it makes it hard to concentrate (“What is Anxiety,”n.d.). So, what is the cause of anxiety? How can we tell if a person is suffering from an anxiety disorder? What are the different types of anxiety disorders around us?
When you think of emotions you think of the classic, sadness, happiness, and madness. The one people often forget is the emotion of anxiety. Anxiety is one of the only emotions that you can have and actually not show it. Anxiety itself is very strange, depending on who you are, and how your brain works, anything can cause it . Anxiety usually follows you throughout your life but for some people, it changes as you change and grow. You aren 't the same height as you were when you were 6, you grew. There’ s a chance that the anxiety you encounter works the same way. Some classic emotions remain the same throughout your life for the most part, but anxiety as a tendency to morph.