Anxiety Disorder

Social anxiety
Imagine a situation where a person has to attend an official party with his colleagues. He fears of how to dress to avoid the attention of other people there. He even realizes that nobody would actually care about his dress-up. Yet he believes that all would frame an opinion about him in their mind. A series of negative thoughts starts haunting his mind. Attending the party would mentally thwart his social action.

As per psychologists and physicians social anxiety is the least understood 'anxiety disorder' of all. People develop fear in themselves of been observed and evaluated, which makes them uncomfortable social creature. A feeling of self-consciousness is developed. This may happen in a market or a social gathering where there are many people around. The patient of anxiety disorder will believe that everybody is watching him/her. It makes the person feel embarrassed and forces him/her to stay behind closed door most of the time.

People suffering with social anxiety disorder can be labeled as "schizophrenic", "manic-depressive", "clinically depressed", "panic disordered", and "personality disordered".

Some of the general experiences of social anxiety disorder problem: -

• Being the center of attention
• Being watched while doing something
• Being introduced to other people
• Being teased or criticized
• Meeting people important people who possesses a dignity
• Social encounters, particularly with strangers
• Making "small talk" at parties

So how do one finds respite from all this? Till date cognitive-behavioral therapy is the only treatment that has been shown to work effectively. And many people are taking help of medication along with behavioral therapy to overcome this problem. It is largely observed that social anxiety is a life time problem. And people who do not fight this disorder bravely have to cope with it all through their life.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder : Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition when people always tends to expect worst while dealing issues like money, family, work or health. This anxiety can happen in a normal person time to time especially when they are expecting results of their doing.

But in people suffering from GAD this happens even when there are no signs of trouble. Expectancy of bad result can bring anxiety in any normal human being. But patients of GAD will always think that the worst is going to happen. It is a critical condition and reduces the potential of a person in excess.

GAD is characterized by 6 months or more of tension and worry, which is usually baseless. GAD is quite common in general population. A majority of people suffers from GAD at some point of their life.

Social Anxiety Disorder: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) also known as 'social phobia' is a condition where a person feels nervous and afraid against day to day social activities. A fear of everyday social situation makes such people very difficult to perform daily activities smoothly.

There are certain symptoms that evaluate the SAD condition in a person. Whenever a person develops a fear of embarrassment without any reason or when he\she starts avoiding social situations - regularly - it can be termed as SAD syndrome. These also include physical symptoms like sweating, trembling, blushing, nausea and rapid heart beat.

Social Anxiety Disorder is a prevalent situation in US. Several people suffer from SAD without even knowing about it. Psychopathic treatment is implemented for the treatment of such patients.