Generalized anxiety, panic attacks or phobias can have devastating effects on your life. But sometimes it’s hard to tell whether this is really the problem you are suffering with.

If you are concerned about your anxiety levels, consider the following questions and your responses.

While this is not meant to be a self diagnostic tool and should not replace the opinion of your doctor, it can help you identify whether anxiety may be your problem.

1. Do you have panic attacks or overwhelming anxiety occur out of nowhere?

2. Has this happened at least one time in the past 30 days?

3. If you experienced an anxiety or panic attack, were you worried about another one occurring?

4. Were you worried about your physical wellbeing?

5. Were you worried that you were going crazy?

6. Do you avoid certain activities because you are afraid of your anxiety?

If you’ve answered yes to a majority of these questions, you are probably dealing with an anxiety condition.

The types of symptoms that you may experience include, trouble breathing, a racing heart, sweating, nausea, tingling or numbness in the extremities, dizziness, chills or hot flashes, chest pain and great fear.

Experiencing any or even all of these symptoms can be unsettling and cause great changes to your daily life. Many people deal with more than one anxiety disorder at once, making overcoming the problem seem even more daunting.

So many anxiety sufferers find that their particular problems don’t fall neatly into any particular disorder’s definition. The reason for this may be because you have multiple problems with overlapping symptoms and reactions.

It is very common for people with panic disorder to also have social phobia. Many of the panic attack sufferers relate or connect their attacks to encountering people or authority figures so social phobia develops.

Many panic disorder sufferers also have generalized anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder. The need to have things done a particular way gives panic sufferers a sense of control but can lead to OCD. Moreover the intervening periods between panic attacks can easily lead to a generalized sense of dread, worry and fear that characterize suffers of generalized anxiety.

Anxiety sufferers often struggle with restlessness, concentration, muscle tightness and can be easily exhausted or cranky. These feelings tend to accompany generalized anxiety conditions most frequently.

It’s hard to be in a good mood and full or energy when your mind is busy worrying. Sufferers also spend so much time worrying, figuring ways to avoid situations and stressing themselves out, that there is little time to enjoy a joke, smile at a child or find the will to take a nice walk in the park.

Zoning out in front of the television is an easy respite and often a distraction from the worries plaguing the mind, unless you’re watching the local news, which may only further fuel your anxiety. While the TV may seem like a good escape tool, it’s not, it’s a way to further isolate yourself and avoid things that cause you fear.

Once you have determined that you are struggling with an anxiety disorder you need to take action to strip your life of avoidance. Confront what you fear for that is the path to recovery and a more fulfilled and calm life.

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