Anxiety
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Anxiety is extreme worry that interferes with our daily lives. Symptoms include panic attacks, physical fear reactions and attempts to avoid the situation. Anxiety disorders can lead to social isolation and depression but help is available.
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- Anxiety and fear in children
You can help your child overcome anxiety by taking their fears seriously and encouraging them to talk about their feelings.
- Anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are common mental health problems that affect many people.
- Depression explained
The most important thing is to recognise the signs and symptoms and seek support.
- Fatigue
Fatigue is a feeling of constant tiredness or lack of energy. Causes include illness, health conditions, psychological and lifestyle factors. Find out more about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
- Fighting your fears
Fear is a natural human emotion, and it is something that everyone experiences in their lifetime. What matters most is how you fight your fears, and whether you let them affect your life.
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Worrying can be constructive if it helps you to work out possible solutions to a problem, but some people are troubled by excessive anxiety.
- Managing and treating anxiety
Learning all about anxiety is central to recovery.
- Self-harm and self-injury
Self-harm and self-injury is when people hurt themselves on purpose, usually in response to intense emotional pain or negative feelings, thoughts or memories.
- Stress
Stress affects people in different ways, but a balanced lifestyle can help you manage everyday stress.
- Strong relationships, strong health
Having friends and other social connections is good for your health and wellbeing.
- Fighting your fears
Fear is a natural human emotion, and it is something that everyone experiences in their lifetime. What matters most is how you fight your fears, and whether you let them affect your life.
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder can have a profound effect on a person's life.
- Obsessive compulsive disorder - family and friends
Living with a person with OCD can have a major impact on family and friends.
- Dizziness, vertigo and balance disorders
Dizziness is generally treatable and rarely indicates serious brain disease.
- Fighting your fears
Fear is a natural human emotion, and it is something that everyone experiences in their lifetime. What matters most is how you fight your fears, and whether you let them affect your life.
- Panic attack
Without treatment, frequent and prolonged panic attacks can be severely disabling.
- Panic disorder and agoraphobia
Panic disorder is not the same as anxiety or a single panic attack. Symptoms of panic disorder include frequent and unexpected panic attacks.
- Agoraphobia
A person with agoraphobia is afraid to leave familiar environments, because they are afraid of having a panic attack.
- Claustrophobia
With appropriate treatment, it is possible to overcome claustrophobia or any other phobia.
- Fear of flying
About one in six people have a significant fear that prevents them from flying, so fear of flying is common.
- Fighting your fears
Fear is a natural human emotion, and it is something that everyone experiences in their lifetime. What matters most is how you fight your fears, and whether you let them affect your life.
- Social phobia
A person with social phobia experiences anxiety in situations where they are likely to be scrutinised and observed by others.
- Fighting your fears
Fear is a natural human emotion, and it is something that everyone experiences in their lifetime. What matters most is how you fight your fears, and whether you let them affect your life.
- Near-miss experiences and traumatic events
Traumatic events usually happen quickly and chaotically. A near-miss experience occurs when you are involved in a traumatic event where you think you will die or be badly hurt, but are not. This can have a deep psychological impact, sometimes with lasting effects
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
People with post-traumatic stress disorder often experience feelings of panic or extreme fear, which may resemble what was felt during the traumatic event.
- Survivor reactions to traumatic events
If you have survived a traumatic event, whether you were injured or not, it's important to recognise that trauma also causes emotional harm. Survival is often associated with complex emotional reactions that cause distress and make it hard to resume everyday life after the event. These are known as ‘survivor reactions’.
- Torture and trauma
Some survivors of torture and trauma live with their memories for years, or even for the rest of their lives.
- Trauma - help for your reaction and recovery
It is normal for you to have strong reactions following a distressing or scary event. A distressing event could be, a bushfire or flood, a crime or act of violence against you, a car accident, being physically or sexually assaulted, seeing photos, news reports or social media posts about distressing events.
- Trauma - helping family or friends
There are things you can do to try to help someone who has been through a distressing or frightening event.
- Trauma and children - newborns to two years
Babies and toddlers can be as affected by trauma as any other family member.
- Trauma and children - two to five years
Preschoolers may not have the words but will show their distress at traumatic events through changes in behaviour and functioning.
- Trauma and children – tips for parents
Help your child recover from distressing or scary experiences with these userful tips
- Trauma and families
When a family is affected by trauma, everyone will react in a different way.
- Trauma and primary school age children
Children look to their parents or carers to judge how to deal with a crisis.
- Trauma and teenagers – common reactions
A teenager may be deeply upset by a traumatic event, but not share their feelings with their parents.
Reviewed on: 23-02-2022