Psychological trauma

 

The meaning of anxiety

• It is an uncomfortable feeling accompanied by fear and alertness because of something.
• It is the origin and basis of disorders and any mental disorder that begins with anxiety
•  Anxiety of all kinds is associated with fear, unlike the normal fear that is proportional to events.

Anxiety symptoms

General cognitive symptoms are a state of constant fear and apprehension, irrational thinking, generalization and exaggeration of certain things. head, and these are all the result of feelings related to fear, anticipation, and caution.

    Anxiety disorders must be treated before they develop and become more severe. If not treated, they will progress to become more severe and frequent, and lead to another psychological disorder, such as generalized anxiety and then depression, followed by depression.

Physical symptoms of anxiety: sweating, difficulty breathing, rapid heartbeat, headache, numbness of the extremities, muscle tension.

anxiety disorders list

• generalized anxiety disorder

Regarding the fear of the future, a person with general anxiety sees that there is no need to work, produce or succeed because the whole world will end soon or there will be war or earthquake and all future conditions will change, for example, there is nothing that makes me seek a job because I feel that Something will happen that makes my work and effort go to waste, and because the events will be bad in the future, so the person stops working and is generally not productive in his life.
This complete cessation is dangerous because it takes the curve of addiction or major depression easily.
Generalized anxiety disorder treatment: Psychotherapy is best, and cognitive behavioral therapy is most effective.
Generalized anxiety disorder medication: It is used to treat common antidepressants.

• social phobia

He is the one who avoids and fears meeting people and gatherings of people, because he feels that he is the object of attention and criticism.

For example, if he is asked to speak in front of a large number of people, he will show many obvious symptoms that increase his fear and shyness.
Symptoms of this disorder are:

1. feeling dizzy
2. Increased heart rate
3. breathing difficulties
4. stammer
5. Muscle tension in the muscles of the face and neck
6. Stomach cramps and abdominal pain
7. dry mouth
8. excessive sweating
9. blushing
10. trembling hands

Social phobia treatment: The best treatment is cognitive-behavioral therapy.

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD

 The whole problem is an idea that intrudes on man and dominates him and controls his actions and behavior .

  In fact, it has no value or meaning. It always starts with misinformation and exaggeration.

  From the word “necessary”, and obligating the person himself to take additional precautions without any necessity of coercion, which causes the person to have the prevailing idea as if he had programmed it as necessary and he could not get rid of it.

  OCD levels range from mild to severe and compulsive.

  There is obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the idea of ​​obsessive-compulsive disorder is annoying to its owner and to those who deal with it, and it has many types, the most famous of which is obsessive-compulsive disorder, hygiene, arrangement, and counting.

OCD treatment : Cognitive-behavioral therapy, by correcting thoughts, then exposure, and progressive desensitization.

Or drug therapy if necessary.

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) occurs after people experience traumatic events and calamities beyond their control, and the trauma causes a disorder that ends in depression or schizophrenia. 

Such as injury a serious illness, bullying, racism, kidnapping, or the loss of a loved one.

PTSD symptoms :

1. Excessive anticipation and alertness to the feeling that he is under threat and that danger is close to him, as it is easy to intimidate the victim, he is quick to anger and irritable, and he finds it difficult to concentrate and difficulty sleeping.
2. Symptoms due to avoiding everything related to the accident where you end up isolating people.
3. Symptoms occur in recalling the traumatic event over and over again, and obsessions, nightmares, and painful memories occur.

• Panic attacks

 It falls under the category of anxiety disorders , which is a seizure in which a person feels unable to breathe, feels as if his soul is leaving and that he will die, tremors and a rapid heartbeat, fear of suffocation, feel as if he is an unreal or intangible person.

     A person who has panic disorder develops fear of losing control of himself if the attack occurs, and this develops into the person’s withdrawal from society, and anxiety and social fears affect the social role that can develop into other types of anxiety or depression.

Common types:
panic attacks pregnancy
panic attacks after breakup
panic attacks in children
panic attacks while driving
panic attacks at night

• specific concerns

Phobias and intense panic from a specific source of fear whose cause is known

• More anxiety disorders

Anxiety disorder in children such as thumb sucking and bedwetting

Sleep disturbances such as insomnia, sleep talking, enuresis, sleepwalking, seizures, and grinding of teeth

And other anxiety-related disorders such as nail-biting, hair-pulling, exam anxiety, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.