AnxietyDisorder & Its Best TreatmentWhat is anxiety?Anxiety is apsychological and physical state, which is considered as normal in a stressfulsituation. In that case, it gives a signal to the organism that should initiatea reaction in the brain in order to take action.However, anxiety can becomea pathological state when it becomes excessive or when the individual feelsanxiety in the absence of a stressful situation. Then, it becomes an abnormalreaction that can be ranged in the label of “Anxiety disorders”.What are anxiety disorders?Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatricillnesses affecting children and adults. They are a group of mental disorderscharacterized by feelings of anxiety and fear. Those feeling can appear inparticular situations, such as in enclosed spaces or on the opposite, in openspaces (agoraphobia). They can also appear in the presence of particularobjects or insects, animals, transportations; or the fear of talking in public(social phobia). When anxiety becomes a permanent state without any objectivereason or situation, it is called “Generalized anxiety disorder”, where theindividual has lost his ability to control the worry.An anxiety disorder is a serious mental illness, worry andfear are constant and overwhelming and the individual is not able anymore topursue normally his daily goals and activities.What are the main different kinds of anxiety disorders?· Generalized anxietydisorder: an excessive anxietyabout daily activities associated mostly with irritability and fatigue.· Panic disorder:occurrence of panic attacks linked to a special situation associated withpalpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, etc.· Agoraphobia: fear ofanxiety about transportations, open spaces or enclosed spaces, etc.· Social anxiety: fearor anxiety in a social situation with avoidance of those situations.· Phobias: marked fearor anxiety about a specific object or situation.· Separation anxiety:excessive fear of anxiety to be separated from those to whom the individual isattached· Obsessive-compulsivedisorder: the presence of obsessions and compulsions: the obsessions arerecurrent thoughts, which are intrusive and unwanted; the individual is tryingto combat those by different kinds of behaviors such as washing, counting,checking…· Post-traumatic stressdisorder: an intense stress due to an abnormal situation where the individualhas seen or being the principal actor of a violent scene, fearing for his lifeor someone else’s life. What is the best treatment for anxiety disorders?The best treatment toovercome anxiety is first to analyze and understand the roots of the problem. Ofcourse, medication can help temporarily release the anxiety, but if you don’tunderstand the source, as soon as you will stop the medication, everything willcome back.For example, socialanxiety comes for example from a lack of self-confidence, which has maybealways been there. This kind of anxiety finds normally its roots in childhood.It’s, therefore, possible, that the individual had been raised in an insecureenvironment or haven’t been enough reassured. It’s pretty much the same patternfor all types of anxiety disorders. For phobias, we can see that the fear of anobject or an animal is most of the time a symbolic translation from anunconscious pattern that happened in the past. Finding this meaning by atalking cure can help the individual to get rid of it.To conclude, if theanxiety symptoms are taking control of your life, and if you see yourselfavoiding situations because of the fear of anxiety, and this started to createa real discomfort in your daily life, it’s really time to seek the help of amental health professional that will help you get through it.Psychologistin Dubai, FrenchPsychologist in Dubai, FemalePsychologist in Dubai, Anxiety Treatmentin Dubai,· Phone: +971 4 4298450· Fax: +971 4 4298451· E-mail: vanessa@psychologistdubai.ae· Website: www.psychologistdubai.ae
