Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder may appear in people who also have Avoidant Personality Disorder. The two often occur together. GAD affects most, and probably all the areas of the sufferer’s life and it affects 70% of people with Social Anxiety Disorder. The sort of anxiety we call Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) causes people to live in a constant state of fear. No surprise then that this can cause frequent panic attacks which seem to come out of the blue, with no warning and no apparent trigger. The anxiety symptoms induce a state of panic when they occur intensely and suddenly.
Typically, panic attacks will last 5-10 minutes though it may feel much longer. When the attack itself is over, a low level anxiety persists.
Among the many causes of this anxiety are · Feeling tired · Finding it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep · Having difficulty concentrating · Confusion · The mind going blank · Fear of another panic attack
The problem can become so severe that people experience panicky feelings in so many different contexts that they begin to avoid any situations that they fear may trigger an attack. This is how people begin to show signs of agoraphobia, for example staying at home where they can more effectively control their environment. Even when they do leave the house, people with GAD will avoid certain situations they associate with the problem, such as cues at the supermarket check-out, traffic jams, crowded places or wide open spaces. This over-awareness of dangers and hyper-vigilance for evidence to confirm their worst fears triggers off the anxiety response and sends the message to the unconscious mind that they’re right to be fearful. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy. Why do some people get themselves caught up in this cycle of fear, and others seem instead to cope? Anxiety treatment – For more information click here Leave this Generalized Anxiety Disorder page and return to Health Hypnosis
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