Anxiety Phobia Disorders often start in your childhood
submitted: 2008-04-13 00:25:22 |
by: BiancaStijnman
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A fear of a particular event or situation can result in a phobia. Fear can be so intense that one suffers anxiety because of it. Anxiety is that feeling of dread and/or panic that is felt that causes them to suffer from different physical discomforts including nausea, difficulty breathing, tremblling and a variety of other sensations. People suffering from any kind of anxiety phobia disorders tend to feel an strong feeling of doom that prevents them from further facing their fear.
Fear is not that uncommon. Your body triggers a response by creating hormones, this will result in raised heart and blood pressure. Respirations increase and senses are heightened and your blood will be rerouted from the stomach and organs to the limbs.
When fear is consistent and prevents or restricts a person from doing something we call it phobia. There are two types of anxiety phobia disorders. There are specific and social phobias.
Life experiences and biological factors can result in a particular anxiety phobia disorder. It is the fear a particular event or activity. A person can have a phobia of germs, bugs, driving, heights or any other situation or thing.
More then 19 million people suffer from an anxiety phobia disorder. It is interesting to see that this happens twice as much to women. Often it starts in childhood, experiencing a traumatic event or it feels as a traumatic experience.
Another anxiety phobia disorder is a social phobia. Social phobias are the result of being in situations that deal with stress and social activities. This is also be known as social anxiety disorder. Social phobias affect over 15 million people. Men and women are affected equally and again start in childhood.
Social phobia is about being fearfull of being judged by someone else. Public speaking can can cause social phobia to feel tremors, nauseated, rapid heartbeat and begin to sweat more then normal. An example of an common fear is eating in front of people and fear they will choke or fear they cause a certain embarrassment.
Those who suffer from both anxiety disorders, they will go to great extremes to avoid social situations that will cause anxiety. People with anxiety phobia order will also avoid seeking for help.
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