Recognizing anxiety disorder symptoms
Social anxiety disorder is a very serious mental illness that
affects many more people than most imagine. Due to the nature of
the problem most people who do suffer find themselves unable to
talk to anyone about it. A difficulty facing social
circumstances, confrontation or challenges are the most common
problems that are associated with social anxiety disorder but
there are a number of symptoms you should be looking for. If
someone you know has, or your suspect they have, social anxiety
disorder then you should take them to a psychiatrist.
Anxiety causing situations may cause anxiety disorder symptoms
that are similar to those of a panic attack, however the two
illnesses are very different and should be treated differently
to one another. Blushing, sweating, trembling, tense muscles and
other physical reactions are common anxiety disorder symptoms.
An unwillingness to leave the house or even to have visitors
round to their house can lead to both physical and mental
symptoms. People with anxiety disorder struggle to attend school
or work and some may even find it very difficult to go to shops
or other places where they are likely to come into contact with
other people or groups of people.
Any anxiety is much greater than you would normally expect in
certain situations. Everybody is nervous or anxious about
certain things but anxiety disorder symptoms are much greater.
If a person has extreme fear of social situations this is the
first sign and one of the most obvious of anxiety disorder
symptoms. It can be difficult to spot if the patient has become
well versed at hiding the problems.