Related articles: Anxiety
Definition
Anxiety is a state of psychological distress characterized by a feeling of great worry and tension. The anxious individual is tormented by a situation of uncertainty towards one or more events, which depending on the case may be well characterized or undefined, perceived as positive or considered negative.
Anxiety can have different origins and many forms. In general, it is triggered by a failure of the body to adapt to a stress, of a predominantly psychic nature.
Most common symptoms and signs *
- abulia
- ageusia
- Aggression
- Agoraphobia
- alexithymia
- anguish
- Anticipatory Anxiety
- Performance anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Asthenia
- Increased appetite
- Stuttering
- Dry mouth
- Burning to the tongue
- Decline in sexual desire
- dizziness
- palpitations
- cataplexy
- Claustrophobia
- Colic
- Impulsive behavior
- Conati
- Abdominal cramps
- Stomach cramps
- depersonalization
- derealization
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty concentrating
- dysphoria
- Erectile dysfunction
- dysgraphia
- Temporal and spatial disorientation
- dysorthography
- Dyspnoea
- Neck pain
- Pain in the Stomach Mouth
- dromomania
- blood phobia
- Encopresis
- Nervous breakdown
- Avoidance
- extrasystoles
- Muscular collation
- Shortness of breath
- Social phobia
- Tingling in the right arm
- Tingling in the Left Arm
- Tingling in the right hand
- Tingling in the head
- Tingling in the hands
- Nightmares
- Insomnia
- Hyperalgesia
- hyperphagia
- hyperreflexia
- Hypertension
- Hyperventilation
- Hyponatremia
- Restlessness
- Freckles
- lipotimia
- logorrhea
- Functional Meteorism
- Nausea
- Nervousness
- nocturia
- Knot in the throat
- Loss of memories
- pollakiuria
- presyncope
- itch
- Leg itch
- Itching in the hands
- Stiffness in the muscles of the back and neck
- Mood swings
- Sense of suffocation
- Sleepwalking
- Drowsiness
- Fatigue with spasms (spasmophilia)
- Inflated stomach
- Sweating
- Cold sweating
- Night sweats
- tachypnoea
- teratozoospermia
- Night terror
- Tremors
- Blurred vision
- He retched
Further indications
The symptoms of anxiety are different. However, in most cases, it appears as a very unpleasant emotional state, accompanied by nervousness, anxiety and physiological reactions at the level of the various systems. Anxiety can determine cardiocirculatory manifestations (palpitations and hypertension crisis), respiratory (air hunger and hyperventilation), gastrointestinal (dry mouth, nausea, retching, diarrhea), urinary (frequent urination) and muscle (tremors). These manifestations are also associated with sensory symptoms, such as visual blurring and dizziness. In some cases, anxiety takes on the character of "crisis", with impaired cognitive functions (difficulty concentrating).
Anxiety, like other disorders related to the emotional sphere of the person, must be faced with extreme awareness and seriousness. In addition to relaxation and cognitive-behavioral therapies, under specialized medical supervision it is possible to use anxiolytic drugs and, in special cases, antidepressants.
