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Anxiety: What it is, what to do

Understanding disorders what are anxiety and depression? anxiety disorders are real, serious medical conditions - just as real and serious as physical disorders such as heart disease or diabetes. Anxiety disorders are the most common and pervasive mental disorders in the united states. Depression is a condition in which a person feels discouraged, sad, hopeless, unmotivated, or disinterested in life in general for more than two weeks and when the feelings interfere with daily activities. Major depression is a treatable illness that affects the way a person thinks, feels, behaves, and functions. At any point in time, 3 to 5 percent of people suffer from major depression; the lifetime risk is about 17 percent. http://x4a.s3-website.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/haveining-for-trauma/Havening-Therapy/Consumer-Directed-Therapy-Consumer-Directed-Therapy-The-Therapist-The-Client.html

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. Anxiety is different than fear in that the former is defined as the anticipation of a future threat whereas the latter is defined as the emotional response to a real threat. It is often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints , and rumination. Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and worry , usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing.

In 1970, the charity’s founders, katharine and harold fisher established the phobics’ society from their home in chorlton, manchester, as a direct result of katharine’s personal experience of agoraphobia and with the sole aim of getting support in place for others living with anxiety. Since then we’ve become a national organisation, however we still have the same basic aims. Whether you have anxiety, stress, anxiety-based depression or a phobia that’s affecting your daily life, we’re here to help and are here for you.