Anxiety Cause - Facts

Most anxiety cause is attributed to specific phobias where apparently females are more affected than males. A phobia is described as a fear of situations, activities or even people, but quite often it is irrational and persistent.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is often associated with a disproportionate amount of worry to the actual reason for worrying in the first place, so is therefore seen as excessive. Some might even say people suffering from this anxiety cause as being the so called doomsayers, or the anticipators of disaster, when there is no real threat around. A number of symptoms normally exist with this anxiety cause which might include shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, aches, pains and perhaps nausea.

The anxiety cause of the Panic Disorder, which is said to affect more women than men, occurs on terms of as long as an entire month off continuous and quite often debilitating panic attacks. The actual panic attacks can occur over any periods of time usually ranging between 1 and 10 minutes. Perspiration, dizziness and fear quite often accompany the panic attacks. Panic disorder is not the same as agoraphobia, although these conditions can be experienced concurrently.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which affects over 1% of the US adult population, affects males and females equally. The name of this anxiety cause stems from the combination of the thoughts (obsessions) and behaviours (compulsions) of the individual. Symptoms can range from continual and habitual practices such as hand washing, to preoccupation with sexual impulses. This disorder should not be confused with the personality disorder of the same name, which involves obsessive behaviour towards organization, and perfection.