Anxiety Disorders: A Case Study

Living life with an anxiety disorder is the most difficult thing that I've personally experienced. An Anxiety Disorder is a mental caused by feelings of worry, anxiety or fear that are sometimes strong enough to interfere with an individual’s everyday life according to (gastatic.com). Anxiety is one of the most common mental disorders that affects more than 3 million Americans each year (gstatic.com and the American Psychiatric Association) and I just so happen to fall into that 3 million Americans. Dealing with anxiety hasn't been easy for me due to the complexity of this disorder. The complexity of anxiety result into having many different types of anxiety such as: Generalized Anxiety which is the "display of excessive anxiety or worry for

The last type of Anxiety is Social Anxiety Disorder which is the "marked fear of social or performance situations in which they expect to feel embarrassed, judged, rejected or fearful of offending others according to the National Institute of Mental Health. In my case I suffer from a Panic Disorder which in my opinion is the worst. My experiences with panic disorder is a very difficult to handle, due to the fact that i never know when they'll occur or how sever they will be. Sometimes they can be just a slight tremble, other times they can cause me to black out. My panic disorder is due to the negative emotions that i experience. These negative emotions could be anger, sadness, even sometimes fear. In my case it's mostly fear, I just let my mind get the best of me, especially when it come to the topic of death. I am terrified of

She also asked me whether these negative things in my life were worth me stressing over. The answer to those 2 questions were "no". Nothing in life is worth putting your health at risk. During that session she also taught me some breathing exercises to practice just in case I have a panic attack. Even before the counseling session while having a panic attack a hot shower helps dramatically, the steam from the shower slows the heart rate down causing breathing to become easier. After the counseling session my panic attacks reduced, and they weren’t as bad as before. On the other hand counseling isn't for everyone, some people choose other treatments such as medication according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Even though there are a lot of negative outcomes of anxiety, there can also be a lot of beneficial outcomes according to the American Psychiatric Association. I agree to this statement to the fullest because of my experience. Anxiety can cause you to avoid putting yourself in bad situations. Bad situations gives a since of worry or fear because in your mind you know the consequences won't turn out