Post traumatic stress disorder is probably the best known anxiety disorder, it is no longer a phenomenon that affects soldiers alone. If you have ever been involved in a car crash, a physical assault, or some sort of abuse then you would most likely be suffering from post traumatic stress.



Obsessive compulsive disorder are compulsive behaviors that you can not control and have trouble stopping. This may be something like constant washing of your hands, checking your windows and doors are locked constantly or repeatedly flushing the toilet.

Phobias are another type of anxiety. There are two types of phobias, social phobia and specific phobia. People who have social phobia have fear of embarrassment, humiliation, scrutiny, causing them to avoid social situations and miss out on other important activities in their life.

Specific phobia is where you experience a fear of things that pose no danger to you. This will cause a person to avoid certain objects and situations. This can limit peoples lives in many ways. Another type of anxiety disorder is generalized anxiety disorder. This is when you have constant thoughts of worry and tension about you daily routines, life events and other activities. Even though there is no reason to expect it, you almost will always think the worst. The physical symptoms are fatigue, tension, nausea, headache, and trembling.

People with anxiety will often wait months before going to see their Dr and when they do see a Dr the first step is often medication. A mixture of therapy and medication will usually be offered as a solution by your Dr.

As anxiety disorder become better understood and more widely reported the medical industry has started to come up with newer and hopefully more effective medications for people who suffer from both specific and social anxiety.

While there are some very effective ways of treating anxiety with psychotherapy, including behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy, there are also a wide variety of new medications coming onto the market. Talk to your Dr about therapy first as it may have less side effects than any medications.

If you act certain ways in a specific situation and that causes you anxiety then you need to change the way you act. That is the basic theory behind the use of cognitive behavioral therapy.