Why Do Professional Performers Get Social Anxiety
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Conditions with Similar Symptoms
The physical symptoms of anxiety disorders mirror many symptoms of stress, including:
- A fast heart rate
- Rapid, shallow breathing
- Increased muscle tension
Anxiety is an emotional disorder, however, and is characterized by feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, fear, or panic. Unlike stress, the triggers for anxiety are not necessarily or even usually associated with specific stressful or threatening conditions. Some individuals with anxiety disorders have numerous phys...
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Anxiety Disorders: Complications
Studies consistently report that all types of anxiety disorders can be very debilitating and seriously affect a persons quality of life.Association with Depression and Bipolar... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Treatment
Anxiety disorders require treatment. Simply trying to talk oneself out of anxiety is as futile as trying to talk oneself out of a heart or stomach problem. Most anxiety disorders, especially... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Other Treatments
...of reactions to stress and stimuli, thus reducing the feeling of helplessness that often accompanies anxiety disorders. CBT works on the principle that the thoughts that produce and maintain... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
As many as 25% of all American adults experience intense anxiety at sometime in their lives. The prevalence of true anxiety disorders is much lower, although they are still the most... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Introduction
...flight) is provoked by a genuine threat or challenge and is used as a spur for appropriate action.An anxiety disorder, however, involves an excessive or inappropriate state of arousal... Read more »Images
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