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Anxiety disorder is not your garden variety of nervousness. Anybody can feel nervous or anxious when faced with a real threat - an exam, an impending disaster, a threat to life, illness, a situation causing trauma or distress.
Anxiety disorder is not your garden variety of nervousness. Anybody can feel nervous or anxious when faced with a real threat - an exam, an impending disaster, a threat to life, illness, a situation causing trauma or distress.
Racing/pounding heart, sweating, muscle and/or stomach cramps, nausea, shortness and/or shallowness of breath, blurring of vision, confusion or brain fog, dizziness, freezing: these are the ways in which the nervous system reacts when faced with a threat, real or imaginary.
Anxiety disorder implies a disorder in the body's normal reaction to a real or perceived threat. In anxiety disorder, the nervous system reacts disproportionately to the threat or reacts even when there is no immediate or perceived threat.
Every time I see someone who has no clue about #depression and #anxiety talk about these and further perpetuate the myths, misperception, misinformation and ultimately stigma, around these disorders, my blood just boils!
#Depression or #MajorDepressiveDisorder is not sadness or weakness of character. It is not caused by lack of religion or spirituality. No one knows what causes someone to get #depression . There are genetic, biological, social and psychological factors associated.
Some studies have shown changes in the brain structures, brain chemicals, and neural pathways in people with #depression when compared to people who do not have depression. Still, the exact way all these things tie up is not known. The same holds true for bio-genetic markers.
Been thinking about #ADHD ADHD a lot lately, cuz I have it, and thinking about (a lot of) things (at once) is just what I do. (thread)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is really a bad name for it. We have no deficits of attention. We have a surplus of it. 1/
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is really a bad name for it. We have no deficits of attention. We have a surplus of it. 1/
...so much that we have to use up the extra, "floating attention" (yes, that's what it's called) with some other kind of stimulation so we can focus on what we have to focus on. That's why some kids concentrate on homework better in front of the telly or listening to music. 2/
Rather than a deficit, what we have is the inability to regulate our attention. We can't force ourselves to focus on something that we're not already interested in, no matter how important it is. As kids we CAN'T just "pay attention in class," any more than we can fly. We are 3/
When you are in a bad mental state having your self destructive behaviors pointed out is often not helpful. . . Since the goal is often self punishment. #mentalhealth #anxietydisorder
Anxiety tells you horrible things and makes you believe you are not worthy of love, even your own.
You may have feelings of self hatred or that you don’t even deserve basic comforts like food, rest, or love.
