August 3rd, 2011 by admin

Summary: Anxiety is a physiological state of nervousness. It affects emotional and behavioral state of a person and defines the state of well-being of an individual. Stress is considered to be one of the root causes of anxiety, which creates the feeling of fear and uneasiness. Anxiety is a mental condition that defines the mood of an individual. When anxiety increases beyond par, it becomes a disorder that requires immediate medical attention as it causes nervousness, uneasiness, fear, emotional distress and worry. Anxiety is an enhanced form of fear. Unlike fear, that is natural to be stimulated when an individual is exposed to any threat, anxiety is a state of extreme emotional response in the form of fear and worry to a certain situation. Anxiety is not any disease in itself, but its elevated form becomes a disorder.

Fear on one hand is a short-lived response to a situation; anxiety persists for longer durations and causes heart palpitation and muscle weakness. The other common symptoms of anxiety include tension, fatigue, nausea, chest pain, breathlessness, headache, sweating and sometimes even stomachache. All this irks the patient and induces a feeling of extreme worse and inauspicious news, panic attacks, tension, nervousness, obsession, feeling of being trapped and sometimes the person under consideration fear a sudden death as well. Some other symptoms can also include a pale skin and a blank mind.

Anxiety disorder rules over the mind of the person to such an extent that small things and threats too seem to be grave problems. A simple chest pain seems to be a sure heart attack and it is more like a stampede situation within the mind and body of the person in question, undergoing this disorder. All this affects the mind and physical health of an individual in the long run, if it remains untreated. Over a gradual period of time, the person undergoing severe anxiety may induce a change in the sleeping trend that can be quite dangerous for the physical as well as mental well being of an individual.

One question that arises in such a scenario is what causes anxiety? Stress seems to be the obvious and dominating reason behind anxiety. While it is normal to get tense or feel fear when subjected to a specific situation, on the other hand if the fear starts inducing the thoughts of death, it is an alarming situation that it might be an onset of anxiety in you. While some people are more prone to this disorder, the others are not. This disorder is potentially very harmful in the long run as it starts keeping a control over your behaviour and the way you adjust in the society at large.

Thus, to ensure your physical and mental well-being, never take any of the above-mentioned symptoms lightly.