Anxiety is defined as an affect similar to fear but which, unlike fear, is not due to an external threatening stimulus, but rather is experienced as coming from the psychic interiority of the individual.
Generalized anxiety disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders; it is more common in women and is related to chronic environmental stress. In older people there is a higher prevalence of severe anxiety. The symptom that patients refer to as “feeling nervous” is the most frequent and serious, followed by “feeling irritated”; panic is more common in women. Back and neck pain and headaches are the most common conditions, followed by “getting tired easily” and “feeling weak”. Anxiety, like other feelings (pleasure, exaltation, euphoria, ecstasy, sadness, anger, rage and calm), are fundamental in people’s lives; they regulate interaction with others and offer an alarm system that, in the case of fear, serve to deal with situations of danger or risk. The essential characteristic of this disorder is a generalized and persistent feeling of discomfort and restlessness, which are not related to any particular environmental circumstance. The most common is that the patient complains of being permanently nervous, as well as feeling other typical symptoms of anxiety such as tremors, muscle tension, excessive sweating, dizziness and vertigo, tachycardia, and epigastric discomfort.
They often express the fear that they themselves, or their loved ones, may contract an illness or suffer an accident, among various obsessions and negative forebodings.
Anxiety is a more frequent disorder in women and is often related to the environmental stress of their daily lives.
We have two main types of stress:
Acute stress: short-term feeling that goes away quickly. All people experience acute stress at one time or another.
Chronic stress: feeling that persists for a long period of time. You can have chronic stress if you have financial, emotional, or job problems.
Chronic stress puts your health at risk and these may be the symptoms:
Obesity, high blood pressure, skin problems, heart failure, diabetes, depression or anxiety, poor menstrual control, acne, diarrhea or constipation, weight loss or gain, headaches, sexual problems, tiredness, trouble sleeping or sleeping too much , among others.
