A Soul of Nervousness
Fearing the past, present, and the future can disturb people’s lives and make them feel miserable. Individuals, who are usually anxious, nervous, and concerned, must be suffering from a disorder with or without their knowledge. Excessive stress, pressure, and tension cause serious consequences that include psychological disorders and more specifically, anxiety disorders. What are anxiety disorders? How many Americans experience an anxiety disorder? Can they be treated? “Anxiety disorders develop from a complex set of risk factors, including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and life events” (“Facts”). In the United States, 18.1 of the population experiences an anxiety disorder (“Any”). In order to be aware …show more content…
is Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) in which fifteen million Americans struggle with (“Social Anxiety”). SAD affects 6.8% of the Americans and is “equally common among men and women . . .” (“Facts”). Social Anxiety Disorder “refers to the fear of being humiliated, embarrassed, negatively evaluated, or rejected in social situations” (“Social Anxiety Disorder”). Some people who struggle with SAD feel disturbed when it comes to public speech while others fear “. . . any situation in which other people are present” (“Social Anxiety”). Suffering from SAD means that patients are suffering from: “Extreme uneasiness, self-consciousness, . . . fear of embarrassment in ordinary social situations, avoidance of parties and social gatherings, blushing, sweating, trembling, nausea, and difficulty talking in social situations . . .” (“Types” 17). In order for Social Anxiety Disorder’s patients to improve, mental health institutions can help them change their ideas, manners, and associations. Therapy can be a useful method for those who suffer from SAD. A therapy might include exposure, deep breathing, and cognitive techniques. Exposure means that patients can be introduced steadily “to situations that frighten them” in order for them to accustom to their fears. Another technique is deep breathing in which a therapist teaches the patients how to control their unreasonable horrors. In using the cognitive techniques, patients can …show more content…
According to the “Anxiety Disorders General Statistics,” “Current estimates . . . approximate [that] 30 percent [of the United States population suffer from an anxiety disorder] as many people do not seek help, are misdiagnosed, or do not know they have issues with anxiety.” Overall, the four most common anxiety disorders afflict 48.5 million of the United States’ population (“Facts”). Even though people may know that they develop an anxiety disorder, it is still hard to adapt and recover from it. However, if people do not seek help, they may cause problems socially and
Fearing the past, present, and the future can disturb people’s lives and make them feel miserable. Individuals, who are usually anxious, nervous, and concerned, must be suffering from a disorder with or without their knowledge. Excessive stress, pressure, and tension cause serious consequences that include psychological disorders and more specifically, anxiety disorders. What are anxiety disorders? How many Americans experience an anxiety disorder? Can they be treated? “Anxiety disorders develop from a complex set of risk factors, including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and life events” (“Facts”). In the United States, 18.1 of the population experiences an anxiety disorder (“Any”). In order to be aware …show more content…
is Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) in which fifteen million Americans struggle with (“Social Anxiety”). SAD affects 6.8% of the Americans and is “equally common among men and women . . .” (“Facts”). Social Anxiety Disorder “refers to the fear of being humiliated, embarrassed, negatively evaluated, or rejected in social situations” (“Social Anxiety Disorder”). Some people who struggle with SAD feel disturbed when it comes to public speech while others fear “. . . any situation in which other people are present” (“Social Anxiety”). Suffering from SAD means that patients are suffering from: “Extreme uneasiness, self-consciousness, . . . fear of embarrassment in ordinary social situations, avoidance of parties and social gatherings, blushing, sweating, trembling, nausea, and difficulty talking in social situations . . .” (“Types” 17). In order for Social Anxiety Disorder’s patients to improve, mental health institutions can help them change their ideas, manners, and associations. Therapy can be a useful method for those who suffer from SAD. A therapy might include exposure, deep breathing, and cognitive techniques. Exposure means that patients can be introduced steadily “to situations that frighten them” in order for them to accustom to their fears. Another technique is deep breathing in which a therapist teaches the patients how to control their unreasonable horrors. In using the cognitive techniques, patients can …show more content…
According to the “Anxiety Disorders General Statistics,” “Current estimates . . . approximate [that] 30 percent [of the United States population suffer from an anxiety disorder] as many people do not seek help, are misdiagnosed, or do not know they have issues with anxiety.” Overall, the four most common anxiety disorders afflict 48.5 million of the United States’ population (“Facts”). Even though people may know that they develop an anxiety disorder, it is still hard to adapt and recover from it. However, if people do not seek help, they may cause problems socially and