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What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension and mostly a reaction to stress. trigger your flight-or-fight stress response and release a flood of chemicals and hormones that can cause increased heart rate, restlessness, trembling, fear or nausea.

Anxiety is treatable with proper care. Their are multiple medical and non medical ways to cure anxiety.

Anxiety

Common Types of Anxiety

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Intense and irrational worry usually associated with everyday life can cause severe anxiety. This is the most common form of anxiety order

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

People with OCD feel a compulsion to act in a certain way, even if they know that it will complicate their lives

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

An experience of a tragic event can cause distress for a long time. A person may have intense physical and emotional reactions, flashbacks, or nightmares about past experiences

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Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

Anxiety caused due to fear of being separated from family, friends, or a pet. It is more prevalent in children, and can impact daily functioning

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Panic Disorder

The person feels abrupt surges of intense fear or discomfort that peak within minutes for no particular reason.

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Illness Anxiety Disorder.

The anxiety is a result of irrational worry about having a serious illness. Person's misjudgment about normal body sensation as serious illness is a common sign of this type of anxiety

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Social Phobia

It is the fear of judgment one feels in social settings. The person may have trouble meeting /talking to people or attending social events

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Phobia

Experiencing panic when you come across the source of your fear. These fears may interfere with your daily routine

Know that You are Not Alone

There are many people fighting the same battles. They have same questions and concerns like You.

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Million people suffer from Anxiety globally
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Million people are suffering from anxiety in India
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Increase in Anxiety among Corporate employees in the past decade

Talk to a Professional
Anxiety is curable without medicines

Therapists can help you in reorganizing your thoughts and help you find an alternative approach to life. GoodLives will connect you to the right therapist based on your requirements.

Symptoms of Anxiety

There are many people fighting the same battles. They have same questions and concerns like You.

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Excessive Sweating

It is a common reaction that the body shows to fear and emotions associated with anxiety

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Feeling Dizzy

Anxiety can cause a sensation of spinning around and losing control

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Shortness of Breath

The increased heart rate can reduce the blood flow in the body causing shortness of breath

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Restlessness

The inability to relax or rest is a common sign of anxiety

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Distress

feeling of great sadness or suffering usually resulted from stress

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Feeling Scared

Anticipation of events that have not happened yet can cause a sense of extreme fear and may cause muscle tensions as well

Test yourself

Stress is one of the leading causes of depression. Take this test to find out if your current level of stress is a matter of concern or not.

FAQ

Most frequent questions and answers

You can read our blogs to find more about the problems you are facing. Read about mental health illnesses, their causes, symptoms, etc.
If you are suffering from any mental health problem, we will connect you to the right therapist.

GoodLives offer multiple types of therapy like art therapy, music therapy, talking therapy etc. If you do not have any specific preference GoodLives will map you to the right therapist.

We take your confidentiality as the topmost priority. All therapists associated with GoodLives are bound by the confidentiality agreement.

Although GoodLives charges a minimum amount of fees to make the treatment accessible, But in case someone needs financial assistance to take therapy, you can write to us.