Generalized Anxiety Disorder "AKA" GAD is a high level anxiety that people experience day to day.
Thoughts of getting through a day can cause anxiety.
People with GAD worry excessively about family, health, work, or money.
Gad sufferers have a difficult time relaxing and falling asleep.
People with GAD usually don't avoid social situations, but can have a day experiencing intense physical symptoms.
Gad is usually accompanied with depression or substance abuse.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder AKA "OCD"- People suffering from OCD use ritualistic and repeated behaviors to rid themselves of obsessive thoughts and anxieties.
People with OCD have thoughts that they may feel they cannot control.
People With OCD may be obsessed with germs, or dirt, so they may wash their hands over and over.
They also sometimes have thoughts of violence, and fear that they will hurt people close to them
Some people obsess over a door being locked, or the stove being turned off.
When these people don't do the rituals that they are drawn to, then their anxieties get worse until the rituals are performed.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric illness that can occur after a traumatic event.
This can be triggered by a number of things such as:
Car Accident
Rape
Child Abuse
Natural Disasters
War
Death Of A Loved One
People with this disorder have nightmares and develop sleeping problems, lose interest in things they use to enjoy, become irritable, fatigued and/or violent.
Women are more likely to suffer from post traumatic stress and it can occur at any age.

Specific Phobias- This means a persistent fear of objects or situations.
When these objects or situations present themselves, they produce immediate and severe anxiety symptoms.
Phobias can be divided into three specific types:
1.specific phobias AKA "simple phobias"
2.Social phobias
3.Agoraphobia
These following situations and objects are known to trigger severe anxiety symptoms;
Airplane travel, dentists, elevators, high places, snakes, dogs and open spaces.
Specific phobias seem to run in families and are common in women.

Agoraphobia- Means an abnormal fear of being helpless in an embarrassing or inescapable situation.
This can occur alone, or may accompany panic disorder.
People with this type of anxiety disorder usually wind up housebound for many years.
People with phobias feel dread or panic when they face certain objects, situations, or activities.

Panic Disorder- Unpredictable attacks of anxiety that are accompanied by physiological symptoms. People who suffer from panic disorder think that they are suffering a heart attack because the symptoms for both a heart attack and panic disorder are very similar.Panic attacks may last from just minutes to hours and people with this disorder always live in fear and are reluctant to be alone or far from medical attention.
Remember to always seek medical attention if you are not sure of the cause of any kind of unusual symptoms you are experiencing.

People who suffer from social anxiety disorder know that it doesn't make sense, but with any type of anxiety you have to realize that there is nothing to be afraid of(no one has ever died from an anxiety attack)and seek professional help to learn how to alleviate anxiety and its symptoms from your life.
Find a specialist who knows about these problems and knows how to treat them.
Find a support group that is encouraging, positive, and supportive.
Make a commitment to carry out your therapy.
Repetition in these situations is the key to your recovery.
Don't give up!

Social Anxiety disorder is a real disorder that plagues millions of people all over the world.
Social anxiety disorder is rated the third largest psychological disorder in the country, depression being number one and alcoholism being the second.
Some of the physiological symptoms are, but not limited to:
Racing Heart
Fear
Blushing
Sweating
Dry Mouth
Trembling
Muscle Twitches

Some Symptoms of Social Anxiety cause significant emotional distress.
Being introduced to other people
Being teased or criticized
Being center of attention
Being watched when doing something
Meeting important people
Most social encounters, especially with strangers
Having to have to say something in a room full of people
The list goes on and on!

Specific And Generalized Social Anxiety

Specific social anxiety would be brought on if someone had the fear of speaking in front of groups, large or small.

Generalized social anxiety would be brought on in all social situations.

What is Social Anxiety?

Social anxiety is the fear of social situations.
People that experience social anxiety fear interaction with other people.
They feel like other people are judging and evaluating them, which bring on feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment and humiliation, which leads to depression.

Some Benefits To Quitting Smoking-
Within 20 minutes of your last cigarette- blood pressure and pulse drop to normal levels.
Body temperature of hands and feet increase to normal.

Within 8 to 24 hours of quitting- carbon monoxide levels in your blood drop to normal, and oxygen levels in your blood increase to normal.
Chance of heart attack decreases.

Within 48 hours of quitting- nerve endings regrow, your sense of taste and smell become enhanced.

Conquer Your Anxiety

The way to conquer your fears is to work through your anxiety episodes.

If sitting in traffic brings on anxiety, then while you are sitting in your car, do your breathing, telling yourself that these feelings can't hurt you, and I will bet that your anxiety will pass.

Hit your fears head on!

The third step in overcoming anxiety is to find a quiet room and for a half an hour three times a day, lay back and relax while listen to soothing sounds and using your breathing technique.

The most important rule for relieving anxiety is to relax.

The next thing you can do to relieve your anxiety is to tell yourself that the feelings you are having are not going to hurt you.

Say to yourself over and over "that they are just feelings and they can't hurt you".

You have to think positive thoughts through out the day.

Without realizing it, we all spend at least 75% of our day thinking negative thoughts.

Don't let all the "what ifs" rule your life.
Take control of your thoughts.

Once you rule out any serious medical conditions, and your doctors diagnose you with anxiety, there a few techniques to try to help you work through your anxiety episodes.

First try and relax, take a deep breath in through your nose for 5 seconds and let it out slowly through your mouth for 10 seconds.

Repeat this for 1 minute.

You can do this throughout the day when you are feeling anxious and also get in the habit of doing it even when you are feeling ok.

Anxiety

Do you suffer from anxiety?
Here are some symptoms of anxiety:
Sweating
Trouble Breathing
Dizziness
Heart Palpitations
Nausea
Feeling Faint
Feeling Of Despair

These are just some of the scary symptoms of anxiety, however, just don't assume that these symptoms are caused by anxiety, always seek medical attention if you are not sure, since you may have a more serious medical condition.

Smoking can cause anxiety as well as other serious problems.

An important part of quitting is to have support.

Anyone from friends, family, co-workers, doctors, nurses and psychologists, can all be considered a support group.

They are there to talk to, lean on when you need an encouraging word and your doctor can help you with medications if you need them.

You shouldn't go it alone!

With the economy not doing well, and many people having lost their jobs, stress is a given.

People will usually go back to smoking during trying times like these because they think they need the cigarettes to help them relieve stress, however, this isn't so.

That cigarette is pouring unwanted chemicals into your body that you worked so hard to get rid of, and when you take that last puff of the cigarette that you thought would relieve your stress, the original problems and stress that drove you to light up are still there, and now you have to go back and quit all over again just adding another problem and stress related issue to the problems and stress that you already had.

Don't undue all the good you worked so hard for.

The first 4 months after that last cigarette can be challenging.
Your desire to light up is still there, but now you should feel energized, healthy, and proud that you made it this far.
Don't give up, because your efforts are not wasted.
I just started my fifth month and I can safely say that I do not look for them anymore.
It is smooth sailing from this point on.
Just keep up that healthy routine and you will reap the rewards.

After about 13 to 15 weeks of following an exercise program and new healthy diet, you should be at your goal weight.

Now you can work on how you will stop smoking.

For a week eliminate a cigarette a day from your usual smoking routine.

If you smoke 15 cigarettes on your first day, then on your next day you will only smoke 14, and so on until you are among the many non smokers of the world.

It isn’t as hard as it seems, and each day gets easier.

Just make sure that you continue to keep up your exercising and your good eating habits.

Eating healthy foods will help with cravings when you are quitting.

You will find that eating fruit will be enough to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Make sure what you drink only consists of 10 calories or less.

Sodas and fruit juices are very fattening.

When you pick a quit date start an exercise program.

This helps you shed a few pounds that you might put on after quitting, so you won’t feel so bad.

Exercise at least 5 days a week for about 30 to 60 minutes.

Walking is a good way to get your heart rate up. Use light weights for a little strenght training.

Quit Smoking-Plan

Quitting smoking is not an easy task if you are not ready!

When you are ready the first step is to make a plan.

First- choose a date you want to quit and stick with it.