There are different types of anxiety disorders based on your mental health, situation, and strength. This article helps you understand them. 

Anxiety is a universal experience and everyone goes through it. It varies from person to person and gives birth to different types of anxiety disorders. Types of anxiety depend on how well a person can handle difficult situations. With this article, understand the common anxiety types. 

Everyone experiences anxiety because they want to achieve their goals. While achieving your goals, you go through certain processes. These processes give birth to emotions, such as stress, fear, and uneasiness. These emotions make you anxious. And you feel different types of anxiety. There are various types of anxiety disorders. Let’s find out how many types of anxiety a person experiences.

So, let’s discuss 6 Different Types of Anxiety Disorders

01). Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

First, you think, then you overthink, and then you come to negative conclusions. This process takes place in your brain, and you experience GAD. It happens because you overthink situations when there is no actual need to overthink them. You are constantly worried that something bad will happen. Whereas there is nothing wrong with the situation you are in. When you have GAD, it is difficult for you to concentrate on work. Because you are constantly worrying and imagining the worst scenarios in your mind. When you struggle with your mind, you end up experiencing GAD. 

02). Panic Disorder

A panic disorder is something that causes a sudden rise of fear. It happens as a panic attack. Your heart rate increases, and breathing becomes difficult. You are restless and fear that something bad will happen. These all are symptoms of panic attacks. This happens because your body and mind are terrified of the situation. You never know when you will have a panic attack. Your mind overthinks, and you feel fear. This sensation happens due to Panic Disorder. 

03). Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

Sometimes you get anxious at the thought of attending a social event. This anxiousness is called Social Anxiety Disorder. You are perfectly fine, but suddenly you are afraid and restless. It is because your mind and body are afraid of attending that event. You speak perfectly fine but when you are at social events; you say the wrong words. It happens because you are constantly worried about how people think about you. You are feeling like everyone is watching you and embarrassing things happen. These are a few typical signs of SAD.

04). Specific Phobia

Specific Phobia is a condition in which you fear certain specific things. They can be anything like needles, heights, spiders, flying, or any other random thing. You begin to feel nervous and that nervousness causes a Specific Phobia. Your phobia can be a normal thing for other people. Take this as an example: your friend loves to climb mountains, but you are terrified of heights. It simply means that others would not find your fear unusual. To put it briefly, everyone has different fears that cause them to feel anxious. And those fears make you experience this anxiety disorder. 

05). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

When you are preoccupied with thought and repeat the same behaviour, it is because of OCD. You simply get stuck on one thought and overthink it. By doing that, you harm your mind. Other than your thoughts, your repetitive behaviour harms you. You are doing something repetitively, but there is no outcome to it. This act wastes your time and energy. OCD harms your mind by making you think the same thought. And, it wastes your energy by repeating the same behaviour. 

06). Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

PTSD can be termed as an aftereffect of a traumatised incident. An incident can be anything like a natural disaster, loss of dear ones, assault, or anything. You have faced that incident in the past, but your mind remembers it. You get flashbacks of those incidents. Those flashbacks cause harm to your present and your mind. PTSD causes emotional numbness, and it becomes hard to connect with someone emotionally. When you are stuck in the past, your life gets messed up. Because your past affects your relationships and work life. You feel stuck and can’t focus on anything. It harms your present and your future.  

These six are types of anxiety disorders you face. All of these have their own cause, symptoms and effects. There is one thing common in all of them, you can overcome them. Just take proper care, support and guidance if needed. We hope you get out of this trouble soon.