Anxiety Disorder Treatment
Anxiety disorders affect a significant number of people each year, and can cripple their social life, relationships, and ability to perform at work and school.
But you can find treatment for these conditions that help you manage the symptoms and understand the nature of anxiety disorders. It also helps you build a new way of thinking that makes stress management achievable.
At Blue Hills Recovery, we help people overcome anxiety disorders through evidence-based and alternative therapy. If you are facing anxiety attacks or other symptoms, you can get help today.
Overview of Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are a type of mental health disorder that involves more than occasional fear or worry about common stressors in life. Life with an anxiety disorder means that you are facing intense fear and anxiety that won’t go away.
Anxiety on this level can affect you physically, mentally, and behaviorally. It can hamper your ability to function in daily life, affecting your relationships, work, and interactions in social situations.
However, you can find mental health care at Blue Hills Recovery that can give you your life back by showing you how to manage the condition and not be overwhelmed by it.
What Causes Anxiety Disorders?
As with other mental health disorders, there is no specific cause of anxiety disorders that medical researchers have been able to determine.
There are some factors that affect the formation of anxiety disorders. Some studies suggest that mental illness (including anxiety) is genetic.
Studies have also found that negative environmental factors or traumatic events such as violence, the death of a loved one, a long illness, and abuse are linked to anxiety disorders.
Risk Factors for Anxiety Disorders
While there are no specific causes, there are some risk factors that have been connected with anxiety disorders. Not everyone who shares these factors will have to face anxiety.
In general, these factors can make you more vulnerable to developing an anxiety disorder:
- Family history of mental health conditions
- Having a personality trait that tends toward shyness or nervousness in new situations
- Experiencing or witnessing trauma as a child
- A medical condition such as arrhythmia or thyroid problems
Who Is Affected by Anxiety Disorders?
Anyone can be affected by an anxiety disorder, though some groups of people are more affected than others.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, anxiety disorders:
- Affect about 19% of adults each year.
- Affect about 31% of adults in their lifetime.
- Are found in 7% of children and adolescents 3 to 17 years old.
- Usually show symptoms in people by the age of 21.
However, depending on the type of anxiety disorder, certain groups are more vulnerable than others. For example:
- Women are more likely to experience an anxiety disorder than men, especially phobias.
- Men and women equally experience social anxiety disorder.
- Adults aged 18-29 are the most likely to experience generalized anxiety disorder.
- Hispanic, white, and black adults are more likely to experience generalized anxiety disorder than Asian adults.
Signs & Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders
Symptoms can vary for specific anxiety disorders and sometimes specific phobias. However, there are some symptoms common to anxiety disorders in general.
Emotional symptoms of anxiety disorders include:
- Feeling jumpy and tense
- Expecting the worst to happen
- Feeling dread
- Irritability
- Restlessness
You can also experience physical symptoms of anxiety, including:
- Shortness of breath
- Fatigue
- Racing heart
- Insomnia
- Headaches
- Diarrhea
- Sweating
- Tremors
- Muscle tension
- Frequent urination
- Upset stomach
You don’t have to live with uncomfortable physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety. You can find treatment today at Blue Hills Recovery and learn to manage your anxiety disorder.
Types of Anxiety Disorders
While it is common to refer to anxiety disorders generally, there are specific disorders that can affect you with unique and uncomfortable symptoms.
Sometimes they also require specific treatments and specific medications such as antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication.
Treatments always include therapeutic modalities such as talk therapy and others. Reach out to Blue Hills Recovery to learn more about the kind of treatment you need.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorders
Phobias
Other Types of Anxiety Disorders
What Happens When Anxiety Disorder Goes Untreated?
If you leave anxiety untreated, you can experience a number of complications and risk factors that can negatively impact your mental, behavioral, and even physical health.
Side effects of anxiety disorders over the long term can include:
- Anxiety disorders can progress into depression and major depressive disorder.
- If you live with anxiety disorders for a long period of time, you can experience health problems such as elevated blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
- The longer you leave an anxiety disorder untreated, the more it becomes a risk factor for substance abuse, opioid use disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
The bottom line is that the longer an anxiety disorder goes untreated, the worse it gets. But with appropriate interventions and support groups, you can learn to manage the disorder in healthy ways.
Anxiety Disorder Treatment in Massachusetts
If you are facing an anxiety disorder in Massachusetts you can find treatment at Blue Hills Recovery. We help you sort through treatment options and develop a treatment plan that meets your needs.
Under the care of a mental health professional and through psychiatry, psychotherapy, and alternative therapies, you can find freedom from anxiety.
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