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Anxiety disorders. How to recognize
Anxiety is a state of mind characterized by unpleasant sensations in the individual’s physical and mental that inspire a feeling akin to fear, from which the Anxiety is distinguished by the fact of not necessarily occur in response to a specific stimulus. The emergence of a state of anxiety accompanied by physical symptoms such as specific tachycardia, difficulty breathing, chest pain, tremors, dry mouth, abdominal pain, pallor or redness. That set the ‘Anxiety of itself is a physiological phenomenon, closely ingrained in human nature which plays important functions related to survival and adaptation, a moderate degree of anxiety in fact, by increasing the concentration, muscle tension, attention helps us to adapt to all life situations that require an effective response.
Anxiety begins to pose a problem when the state of activation it induces prolonged too much time or is manifested in a non-specific. In this case physiological anxiety becomes pathological and can cause discomfort to the person or be the basis for a real mental disorder. Possible to distinguish mild anxiety disorders Anxiety disorders easily solvable by proper where the anxiety rise to a series of behaviors, seemingly inexplicable and irrational, which sought to restrict it. In both cases it is appropriate to use a mental health professional (psychologist or psychiatrist).