Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD is an anxiety disorder that covers a wide range of concerns. It can make one feel uneasy and worrying about various things or just a kind of foreboding that something will go wrong. "What Iffing" and "catrastrophising" are common characteristics. The present is often ruined as the person worries about the future. GAD is quite common with a frequency rate of around 3 to 4%. As you can see, millions suffer from this condition. The cause is debatable, but probably ranges from bad learning and being around worriers to a chemical makeup that gives one a tendency to worry or a combination of them. The reaction is physical and the result is an ongoing anxiety that is draining on the person and those around him or her. This can lead to some level of depression because the constant worrying and physical uneasiness can make one feel down, hopeless and plain worn out emotionally and physically
What is a Panic Attack?
A Panic Attack is an overwhelming feeling of fear. It comes without warning and completely debilitates the person. The panic attack is often so severe that the person goes to the emergency room.
Symptoms that would be typical of a Panic Attack would be a racing heart, heart palpitations, feelings of dread and great fear, trembling and shaking, choking, chest pains, chills, hot flashes and great difficulty getting oneีs breath.
Some of the terror and fear is caused because the symptoms mimic those of a heart attack. Persons tend to develop greater and greater anxiety between panic attacks out of the fear when the next one will occur.