The topic that I chose was general anxiety disorder, also known as GAD. One of the reasons why I chose this disorder is because my dad has anxiety. Another reason was because I wanted to know more about the disorder, its symptoms, and what people with it have to deal with every day. Learning more about problems that affect people is important to me because understanding what people are dealing with helps with understanding them as a person.
With most things in life, there are facts that people should know to be better informed about topics, and mental disorders are no different. GAD is a chronic disorder, which means that it can last for years and may not ever go away. There are around 6.8 million adults with GAD in the just United States, that’s 31% of our population. Scientific …show more content…
For example, while regular anxiety is caused from stress encountered in life, and goes away after a little while, people suffering from GAD have constant bouts of anxiety. The amount anxiety that these people have is enough to affect their work, schooling, social activities, relationships and everyday life. What happens is that their fears over normal problems get exaggerated, such as losing a prized object like a sketchbook filled with minor notes or drawings will feel like they lost something extremely valuable. Most people react differently to anxiety so you can never know how it will affect them, some people will feel noxious, while others will bottle it up and others will just cry.
There are many symptoms of general anxiety disorder that people can look for to see if they might have GAD. Some of the physical symptoms include: sweating, lightheadedness, and fatigue as well as nausea, headaches, and trembling. The behavioral effects are restlessness, irritability, emotional distress, and excessive worrying. Some other symptoms are severe anxiety, lack of concentration and unwanted
With most things in life, there are facts that people should know to be better informed about topics, and mental disorders are no different. GAD is a chronic disorder, which means that it can last for years and may not ever go away. There are around 6.8 million adults with GAD in the just United States, that’s 31% of our population. Scientific …show more content…
For example, while regular anxiety is caused from stress encountered in life, and goes away after a little while, people suffering from GAD have constant bouts of anxiety. The amount anxiety that these people have is enough to affect their work, schooling, social activities, relationships and everyday life. What happens is that their fears over normal problems get exaggerated, such as losing a prized object like a sketchbook filled with minor notes or drawings will feel like they lost something extremely valuable. Most people react differently to anxiety so you can never know how it will affect them, some people will feel noxious, while others will bottle it up and others will just cry.
There are many symptoms of general anxiety disorder that people can look for to see if they might have GAD. Some of the physical symptoms include: sweating, lightheadedness, and fatigue as well as nausea, headaches, and trembling. The behavioral effects are restlessness, irritability, emotional distress, and excessive worrying. Some other symptoms are severe anxiety, lack of concentration and unwanted