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Behavior and Cognitive Therapies for Anxiety Diss

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Behavior and Cognitive Therapies for Anxiety Diss

Anxiety diss are commonly attributed to pressure and stress According to the National Institute of Mental Health or NIMH , a health service component of the United States Department of Health and Human Services , anxiety materializes whenever individuals feel stressed or threatened by various experiences or situations . Whenever one feels stressed or pressured at work , in school , and in other areas of

living individuals feel anxious . However , NIMH also acknowledged that anxiety is a sort of a coping mechanism which helps individuals handle stress and pressure , as long as it is controlled or regulated . On the other hand , when anxiety becomes unwarranted and groundless , it becomes a dis (NIMH , 2008a

Anxiety diss may be classified into five types : the generalized anxiety dis , obsessive-compulsive dis or OCD , panic dis post-traumatic stress dis or PTSD , and social phobia otherwise known as social anxiety dis . Panic dis is motivated by strong and overpowering fear over certain situations that cause individuals to be extremely alarmed . This alarm manifests through health and physical reactions such as dizziness , heart palpitations , etc . The same goes for social phobia , since it is also fueled by fear , but by social circumstances that are unwanted but expected . On the other hand , OCD is driven by compulsive behavior that is uncontrollable and also overpowering in terms of impacting great influence on the actions and behaviors of...