Recognizing Anxiety Disorders: Symptoms and When to Seek Help
Normal anxiety is transient and proportional. An anxiety disorder involves excessive, persistent worry causing functional impairment.
Key Symptom Clusters
- Cognitive: Catastrophizing, rumination, indecision.
- Physical: Tachycardia, sweating, tremor, dyspnea, GI upset, insomnia.
- Behavioral: Avoidance, reassurance-seeking, compulsions.
- Social/occupational: Work/school decline, relationship strain.
Action
If symptoms persist >6 months and impair life, seek evaluation. First-line: CBT, SSRIs/SNRIs. Early treatment improves prognosis.
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