Anxiety Cause

Anxiety affects millions of people every day of every year, across the world. Some research figures provide that in excess of 13% of the US adult population have or are affected by some sort of anxiety disorder. This significant proportion account for an expenditure on medical services in excess of $42 billion per annum, of which more than half of this amount is spent on repeat medical services due to the fact that those suffering from anxiety related disorders feign physical illness.

There are points in one's life, if you are affected by anxiety - where you often wish you could explain the anxiety cause, yet it seems to elude you as the fear, worry or even panic seems to set in. The fact that you become aware of this condition, is in no doubt a step forward in dealing with this condition.

Try and educate yourself as much as possible around the issue of anxiety, so that you have a better understanding of the condition. You will also learn that there is quite often no significant or noticeable trigger to the feeling or condition of anxiety, whether it be psychological or physiological. By learning more about these conditions that affect us, will put you in a better position to manage the condition, and you will be able to make informed decisions when it comes to selecting the right treatment for yourself.

Most anxiety cause is attributed to specific phobias where apparently females are more affected than males. A phobia is described as a fear of situations, activities or even people, but quite often it is irrational and persistent.

The next most prevalent anxiety cause is attributed to Social Anxiety Disorder, which occurs equally between the sexes. This condition directly affects the ability to function in certain areas of life and can be linked to the fear of embarrassment or even humiliation, which is largely based upon the perception of the individual concerned, based upon his or her own actions.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is another anxiety cause, that once again is more likely to affect females than males. Unwanted sexual encounters, such as rape, the death of close friend of family member, serious physical injury and a number of other factors may contribute to this condition. Research has shown that one can inherit the susceptibility to develop posttraumatic stress disorder too.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is often associated with a disproportionate amount of worry to the actual reason for worrying in the first place, so is therefore seen as excessive. Some might even say people suffering from this anxiety cause as being the so called doomsayers, or the anticipators of disaster, when there is no real threat around. A number of symptoms normally exist with this anxiety cause which might include shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, aches, pains and perhaps nausea.

The anxiety cause of the Panic Disorder, which is said to affect more women than men, occurs on terms of as long as an entire month off continuous and quite often debilitating panic attacks. The actual panic attacks can occur over any periods of time usually ranging between 1 and 10 minutes. Perspiration, dizziness and fear quite often accompany the panic attacks. Panic disorder is not the same as agoraphobia, although these conditions can be experienced concurrently.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which affects over 1% of the US adult population, affects males and females equally. The name of this anxiety cause stems from the combination of the thoughts (obsessions) and behaviours (compulsions) of the individual. Symptoms can range from continual and habitual practices such as hand washing, to preoccupation with sexual impulses. This disorder should not be confused with the personality disorder of the same name, which involves obsessive behaviour towards organization, and perfection.