Let's first examine what anxiety, which we have been hearing more and more lately, means.
The word anxiety comes from the English word "Anxiety", and its Turkish equivalent means "anxiety". In other words, we can call all situations that cause stress, fear and worry that interfere with our lives as anxiety. For example, sometimes; If you have difficulty sleeping, if you have difficulty starting a new job or school, if you are in a mood or thought that hinders your life, the cause of these and many other situations may be anxiety.
If such situations affect your life in a long-term and obvious way, disrupt it or dull some of your functions, we can call this an anxiety and anxiety disorder. We can also say this for some special situations. If we feel anxious about any event during that event and this state of anxiety constantly recurs and disrupts the order in our lives, it is necessary to evaluate this situation through anxiety. For example, we can give an example of being in conflict with ourselves during the exam with accusations such as "I will never be able to do it", "I will get low grades again", "What have I achieved so far?".
Anxiety disorder may start with a short or less anxious mood at first and then become a disorder that can no longer be controlled with the thoughts and behavior we have towards ourselves in our brain. It is also necessary to pay attention to this here. Anxiety and anxiety disorder are different from each other. While anxiety is a natural state of worry and stress, anxiety disorder is a state in which this state of anxiety and stress reaches an uncontrollable level. Otherwise, anxiety is a short-term mood that can be seen in almost everyone in today's world.
In addition, anxiety disorder can show itself to us with physical symptoms. These symptoms; It can be seen as body numbness, hot flashes, restlessness, weakness in the legs, tremors, rapid heartbeat, being irritable, feeling like you are drowning, fainting, stomach upset, difficulty breathing, dizziness, inability to fall asleep, dry mouth and trembling or tingling in the hands. .
According to DSM-5, Anxiety disorders are a general disorder. There are specific types that are disturbing to us in themselves. These types are;
1-Panic disorder
2-Agorophobia
3-Specificphobia
4-Social Anxiety Disorder
5-Selective Mutism
6-Generalized anxiety disorder
7-Separation anxiety disorder
8-Anxiety disorder due to another health condition
9-We can distinguish it as anxiety disorder caused by substance/medication.
If you have these symptoms and types, you do not need to worry because anxiety disorder can be solved with the right method. If symptoms have begun to appear, treatment will be better for you before your anxiety progresses into a disorder phase.
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