Understanding GAD: Symptoms and Treatment
Generalized Anxiety Disorder FAQ
Is anxiety a sign of generalized anxiety disorder?
It's normal to feel anxious from time to time, especially if your life is stressful. However, excessive, ongoing anxiety and worry that are difficult to control and interfere with day-to-day activities may be a sign of generalized anxiety disorder. It's possible to develop generalized anxiety disorder as a child or an adult.
What causes generalized anxiety disorder?
People with generalized anxiety disorder may have a history of significant life changes, traumatic or negative experiences during childhood, or a recent traumatic or negative event. Chronic medical illnesses or other mental health disorders may increase risk. Having generalized anxiety disorder can be disabling.
How does generalized anxiety disorder affect a person's health?
It can: Impair your ability to perform tasks quickly and efficiently because you have trouble concentrating Generalized anxiety disorder can also lead to or worsen other physical health conditions, such as: Digestive or bowel problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome or ulcers
What is generalised anxiety disorder?
Learn more about GAD. Generalised anxiety disorder is when you feel anxious and worried most of the time. These worries are intense and interfere with your everyday life. Generalised Anxiety Disorder is intense anxiety and worry about a variety of events and issues, and the worry is out of proportion to the situation
What are the symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder?
People with generalised anxiety disorder experience several mental, emotional and physical symptoms, including: excessive and unreasonable worry over events or activities, such as work, school or health excessive worry about their capacity and confidence to deal with situations
How do you understand generalised anxiety?
Before you can understand generalised anxiety, you need to have an understanding of worry. Worry is generally regarded as a form of verbal mental problem solving about potentially negative future events. It can be triggered by a variety of external events, or from thoughts that just pop into your head.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder References
If you want to know more about Generalized Anxiety Disorder, consider exploring links below:
What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20360803
- https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/generalised-anxiety-disorder-gad
- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23940-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad
- https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_anxiety_disorder
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/generalized-anxiety-disorder
- https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/Generalised-anxiety-disorder
- https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/generalized-anxiety-disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Information
- https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Generalised-Anxiety/Generalised-Anxiety---Information-Sheets/Generalised-Anxiety-Information-Sheet---01---What-is-Generalised-Anxiety.pdf
- https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-au/home/mental-health-disorders/anxiety-and-stress-related-disorders/generalized-anxiety-disorder
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