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The different types of Anxiety are Phobic, Panic, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Performance based Anxiety Disorder.
PHOBIA – The different types of phobia are
Azorophobia - In which there is fear of open spaces and meeting places.
Social Phobia - Fear of social gatherings, eating in public, etc.
Animal Phobia Specific Animal phobia In which there is fear of mice, cats, spiders, snakes ,etc.
Miscellaneous Specific phobia in which there is fear of heights, thunder, flying, etc.
PANIC ANXIETY DISORDER - It occurs sudden and consists of recurrent attacks of severe anxiety. They are mostly unpredictable. The patient feels chest pain and finds difficulty in breathing. The patient fears as he is going to die. The attack lasts for few minutes to 2 hours.
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDERS- These are universal and are present most of the times of day and in all situations.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder is more prevalent for about 2 and 5% with women being more susceptible than men.
PERFORMANCE BASED ANXIETY DISORDER - It is the disorder seen in individuals who face immense pressure of performing something specially in front of large crowd like a stage play, sports person performing in big events like OLYMPICS, students who are forced to perform well in examination etc.
Sat, Aug 23, 2008
Anxiety Disorders