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Generalized Anxiety Disorder Anxiety Disorders - Introduction to Emotional Intelligence

Who has not ever feel anxious?
Before an important event, the first examination, before an unexpected ...
Anxiety is a physiological mechanism, essential to our very survival is a state of activation of the organism to deal with situations that we consider dangerous or potentially so.
The heart beats faster, breathing becomes faster, sweat: so our body prepares to respond to the threat.

anxiety, therefore, is not something to get rid of. The problem arises when it becomes excessive, not justified or unjustified by the situation we face. In this case we are faced with a so-called Anxiety Disorder .

Who suffers from this disorder type, or those who share life with someone who suffers, knows how debilitating limited and complicated life can become the . Even the simplest tasks can become impossible to deal with and live. We often find that life has become extremely "small": it gradually avoids all situations that can potentially create difficulties by reducing or eliminating relationships and experiences, thus entering into a spiral that produces more anxiety and suffering increasingly .

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Which features are the anxiety?

manifestations vary greatly between different people. In general we can say that there are

• Emotions (fear, anxiety, fear ...)
• Thoughts (I wonder what they think, I feel badly, I'll never ...)
• Sensations physiological (accelerated heartbeat and breathing rate, sweating, muscle tension, dizziness ...)

The DSM-IV, which includes the manual and describes all the various psychological and psychiatric disorders, identifies six categories of anxiety disorders:

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• specific phobia obsessive compulsive disorder panic disorder
• Social Phobia Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

In the next post, I will speak specifically of various disorders and their treatment.