

You feel depressed, have trouble with alcohol or drug use, or have other mental health concerns along with anxiety.Your fear, worry or anxiety is upsetting to you and difficult to control.You feel like you're worrying too much and it's interfering with your work, relationships or other parts of your life.Other specified anxiety disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder are terms for anxiety or phobias that don't meet the exact criteria for any other anxiety disorders but are significant enough to be distressing and disruptive.Substance-induced anxiety disorder is characterized by symptoms of intense anxiety or panic that are a direct result of misusing drugs, taking medications, being exposed to a toxic substance or withdrawal from drugs.Phobias provoke panic attacks in some people. Specific phobias are characterized by major anxiety when you're exposed to a specific object or situation and a desire to avoid it.Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) involves high levels of anxiety, fear and avoidance of social situations due to feelings of embarrassment, self-consciousness and concern about being judged or viewed negatively by others.Separation anxiety disorder is a childhood disorder characterized by anxiety that's excessive for the child's developmental level and related to separation from parents or others who have parental roles.This can interfere with school, work and social functioning. Selective mutism is a consistent failure of children to speak in certain situations, such as school, even when they can speak in other situations, such as at home with close family members.These panic attacks may lead to worrying about them happening again or avoiding situations in which they've occurred. You may have feelings of impending doom, shortness of breath, chest pain, or a rapid, fluttering or pounding heart (heart palpitations). Panic disorder involves repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).It often occurs along with other anxiety disorders or depression. The worry is out of proportion to the actual circumstance, is difficult to control and affects how you feel physically. Generalized anxiety disorder includes persistent and excessive anxiety and worry about activities or events - even ordinary, routine issues.Anxiety disorder due to a medical condition includes symptoms of intense anxiety or panic that are directly caused by a physical health problem.Agoraphobia (ag-uh-ruh-FOE-be-uh) is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed.Several types of anxiety disorders exist: Having the urge to avoid things that trigger anxiety.Experiencing gastrointestinal (GI) problems.Trouble concentrating or thinking about anything other than the present worry.Having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom.And anyway, doing things a new way is fun! ' I think I'll never get over the pathological fear of making mistakes, although really it is the pathological fear of being criticized, but I am now, in middle age, comfortable telling the a-holes of the world to piss off with their badgering criticisms.Common anxiety signs and symptoms include: Or I may chide them for narrow thinking (which I do diplomatically of course) by gently explaining there are a variety of ways something can be done, and just because people do something the common way doesn't mean it is the best way. Being an innovator sucks because so many people are used to things a certain way that a new way is threatening to them.Īnyhow, what I finally started doing when people criticize me for doing things in an unusual or 'unapproved' way, is tell them their criticism isn't welcome or actually go so far as to confront them like "why are you criticizing me?" That usually sets them back. It is amazing how fast people jump to criticism rather than be open to new ideas or methods. I like to experiment and challenge conventions. Sometimes they are screwups, and they shouldn't bother us to they degree they do, but often I also get criticized for doing things in an unconventional way. I know I do with my photographic/video memory. Then of course is the shame and embarassment from it, which we repeat in our own minds over and over and over again, for years, maybe decades. As most of us here know, we make a lot of mistakes because we can't real social situations right. I was watching one of Tony Attwoods great videos on YouTube and he mentions that Aspies have a 'pathological fear of making a mistake,' meaning that we are paranoid basically of screwing up.
