Conditions

• Stress
• Anxiety

Forms of Anxiety

Panic Disorder: People with Panic Disorder have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly without warning. More >

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, involves anxious thoughts or rituals that seem out of control.  Someone with OCD may be plagued by. More >

Post-Dramatic Stress Syndrome: Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the repeated, anxious reliving of a devastating event over an extended period of time. More >

Social Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder: Social Phobia also called Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) involves overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in every day social situations. More>

General Anxiety Disorder: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is excessive worry or anxiety.  Much more than just butterflies in your stomach, GAD disrupts your life.  More >

Phobia: A phobia is a consuming fear of a specific object or situation, often accompanied by extreme anxiety systems. More > 

Fear: Fear is the short-term response to stress, and is the essence of anxiety. Fear overrides everything else within the body. More >

Anxiety

Anxiety is America’s number one mental health problem.  Anxiety is a normal response to physical danger. It becomes a problem, however, when it lingers long after the actual danger has passed.  Anxiety Disorder (AD) is what health experts call any anxiety that persists to the point that it interferes with one’s life.  The response to anxiety and stress can be broken down into three categories: 

Physiological Responses:
•  Feeling of warmth
•  Hearth palpitations
•  Tightness of chest
•  Weakness all over
•   Confusion
•   Fatigue
•   Dry mouth
•   Tremors
•   Hyperventilation
•   Sweaty

Cognitive Responses:
•   People are looking at me.
•    No one will help me.
•    I’m going to die.
•    I can’t breath.
•    I could faint.
•    What if I make a fool of myself.

Emotional Responses:
•    Uneasiness
•    Rejection
•    Anger
•    Depression
•    Loss of control
•    Feeling of doom
•    Embarrassment
•    Panic
•    Excessive worry

Anxiety affects one’s body, mind and behavior.  Let’s look at this condition from another perspective.

Some experts have divided anxiety into two categories: mental and physical. The causes for some anxiety can be a combination of both:
•    Neurotransmitter Deficiency
•    Nutritional Deficiencies
•    Post Trauma
•    Unresolved Anxiety
•    Psychological Conflicts
•    Grief
•    Food allergies
•    Prolonged Pain From Injury
•    Biological factors
•    Childhood separation Anxiety
•    Rebound Drugs
•    Hypoglycemia
•    Lactate Buildup in the bloodstream
•    Alcohol and Drugs
•    Disturbances in the Body Energy system
•    Genetic Predisposition