Anxiety Milton Keynes

Anxiety can be experienced at different levels when facing particularly stressful situations.  However, anxiety disorders are severe and can disrupt the day-to-day life of an individual.  Anxiety disorders can be brought on by a fear of something that happened in the past; or what we imagine may happen.

When individuals suffer from an anxiety disorder, it may lead to avoidance of certain situations, because they fear their anxiety may be triggered. This can in turn lead to relationship and / or career problems such as not being able to achieve potential job opportunities, or promotions and being unable to develop personal relationships.

Symptoms:

As there are different types of anxiety, there are a number of different symptoms, however the most common include:

·         Dizziness and light headedness

·         Reduced attention span

·         Breathlessness

·         Restlessness

·         Irritability

·         Difficulty in concentrating

·         Loss of sexual interest

·         Headaches

·         Loss of appetite

·         Muscle tension

·         Difficulty breathing

·         A tight feeling in the chest

·         Sweating

·         Difficulty sleeping

·         Poor performance

·         Diarrhoea

·         Palpitations

Causes: 

As each individual reacts differently to different pressures, determining one cause of anxiety is difficult. Research suggests there are a number of contributing factors, such as:

Brain Chemistry

Some medication seems to alter the chemical imbalances in some individual’s brains, suggesting that there could be a chemical imbalance link to anxiety.

Heredity

Evidence suggests that anxiety can run in families. However evidence is not clear as to whether genetic factors account for the disorder or whether similar environments and life experiences contribute to its cause.

Life experiences

The development of anxiety disorders is believed to be linked to long term exposure to abuse, poverty, violence or drugs.

Personality

Research suggests that personality types may determine whether or not you are susceptible to developing an anxiety disorder.