Agitation or Anxiety
General or Other | General Practice | Agitation or Anxiety (Symptom)
Description
Anxiety is a psychological condition characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components.
The emotional effects of anxiety include feelings of apprehension or dread, trouble concentrating, irritability, restlessness, feeling tense and jumpy, anticipating the worst, watching and waiting for signs of danger, and, feeling like your mind's gone blank as well as nightmares, obsessions about sensations, deja- vu and feeling like everything is scary.
The cognitive effects of anxiety may refer to thoughts about dangers, such as fear of dying. Other fears can be that the chest pains are a deadly heart attack or that the shooting pains in the head are caused by a tumor or aneurysm. The fear of dying is very intense and is often present.
The behavioral effects of anxiety include withdrawal from situations which have provoked anxiety in the past.
The physical symptoms that are associated with anxiety are: palpitations, chest pains, a feeling of tightness in the chest, and a tendency to overbreathe. Muscle tension leads to headaches and back pains. Dry mouth, bloating, diarrhea, nausea, and difficulty in swallowing are gastrointestinal symptoms. Other symptoms include sweating, blushing, pallor, lightheadedness, and a frequent need to urinate or defecate.
Anxiety is considered to be a normal reaction to a stressor. Anxiety takes several forms: phobia, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and post-traumatic stress.
When anxiety becomes excessive, it may fall under the classification of an anxiety disorder or another psychological disorder such as depression. Anxiety is a psychological condition with cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components.
Causes
Anxiety may arise in response to apparently harmless situations or may be out of proportion to the actual degree of the external stress. Anxiety also frequently arises as a result of subjective emotional conflicts of whose nature the person himself may be unaware. Generally, intense, persistent, or chronic anxiety that is not justified in response to real-life stresses and that interferes with the individual's functioning is regarded as a manifestation of mental disorder.
Diagnosis and Treatment
There are a variety of treatments available for controlling anxiety, including several effective medications and specific forms of psychotherapy. For individuals who may be wondering how to avoid panic attacks using treatment without prescribed medications, natural remedies may be an option.
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