Anxiety Ireland

Symptoms of fear and anxiety can often get mixed up. We can help you know the difference.

Symptoms of fear and anxiety can often get mixed up. We can help you know the difference.

ANXIETY INFORMATION

Danger or Fear

Danger or Anxiety

Often the symptoms of fear and anxiety can get mixed up. Here are some examples to help you know the difference.

FEAR
ANXIETY
Threat is present and identifiable Yes No
Evoked by specific cues Yes No
Connection to threat is reasonable Yes No
Usually episodic (specific onset and offset) Yes No
Overall quality of an emergency Yes No
Overall quality of sustained vigilance No Yes

Anxiety Information

When a problem with anxiety develops it takes our perfectly natural evolutionary defence system and hijacks it so that we become generally anxioussocially anxiousphobicobsessive compulsivetraumatised after an event (PTSD) or suffer from sudden panic attacks.
In the other sections we have information on each specific hijacking and how it can be helped.

ANXIETY INFORMATION

Types of Anxiety

Types of Anxiety

Everyone experiences different types of anxiety and different reasons for it. Take a look at each anxiety information section to find out more about each type and how they affect people in different ways.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Social Anxiety

Panic Attacks

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Phobias

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Many people live and suffer with anxiety every day. Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are proven ways to combat anxiety and related issues.