Anxiety Self HelpFind helpful information about anxiety.

Not everyone gets anxious about the same thing, a problem at work for example is something that many people could just brush off but for others it will sit in their mind and cause so much anxiety that they may never be able to go back to work again.

Some of the symptoms are shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain, heart palpitations, fear of dying and abdominal distress. Another type of anxiety disorder is post traumatic stress disorder. This disorder will give you symptoms that occur after a traumatic event like natural disasters, crashes, assault, child abuse, war, emotions, nightmares depression, anger, and flashbacks to mention a few.

Do you flush your toilet 10 times in a row? Or maybe you have to get up every hour to check that your windows and doors are still locked? If you recognize either of these behaviors or maybe you do something similar then there is a good chance that you suffer from Obsessive compulsive disorder.

Phobias are another type of anxiety. There are two types of phobias, social phobia and specific phobia. People who have social phobia have fear of embarrassment, humiliation, scrutiny, causing them to avoid social situations and miss out on other important activities in their life.

A vast number of people suffer with generalized anxiety disorder, constant worrying about their daily routine and events that are happening to them. These events will often seem of no consequence to others but they will cause huge anxiety to the sufferer. This anxiety can display as fatigue, tension and even constant headaches and nausea.

There are certain ways that you can treat anxiety disorders. Treatments for anxiety disorders are medications, and psychotherapy. These things may be combined together to help people with their anxiety.

There are more medications then there has ever been before to help treat anxiety disorders. Some of these medications are called antidepressants and benzodiazepines. If one medication is not effective when it is tried then others can be tried to see if they will be effective.

While there are some very effective ways of treating anxiety with psychotherapy, including behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy, there are also a wide variety of new medications coming onto the market. Talk to your Dr about therapy first as it may have less side effects than any medications.

In addition to the behavioral therapy techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy will teach patients how to understand and change their thinking so that they can act differently to the situations that cause anxiety to them.