Different Types of Anxiety
Panic Disorder
Characterized by panic attacks—sudden feelings of terror—sometimes striking repeatedly and without warning. Often mistaken for a heart attack, a panic attack causes powerful, physical symptoms including chest pain, heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath and stomach upset. Many people will go to desperate measures to avoid having an attack, including social isolation or avoiding going to specific places.
https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-panic-disorder/
Phobias
Everyone tries to avoid certain things or situations that make them uncomfortable or even fearful. However, for someone with a phobia, certain places, events or objects create powerful reactions of strong, irrational fear. Most people with specific phobias have several triggers. To avoid panicking, someone with specific phobias will work hard to avoid their triggers. Depending on the type and number of triggers, this fear and the attempt to control it can seem to take over a person’s life.
https://childmind.org/article/what-is-a-specific-phobia/
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD produces chronic, exaggerated worrying about everyday life. This can consume hours each day, making it hard to concentrate or finish routine daily tasks. A person with GAD may become exhausted by worry and experience headaches, tension or nausea.
https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-generalized-anxiety-disorder/
Social Anxiety Disorder
Unlike shyness, this disorder causes intense fear, often driven by irrational worries about social humiliation–“saying something stupid,” or “not knowing what to say.” Someone with social anxiety disorder may not participate in conversations, contribute to class discussions, or offer their ideas, and may become isolated. Panic attack symptoms are a common reaction.
https://childmind.org/article/what-is-social-anxiety/
Separation Anxiety
A child or adolescent with separation anxiety disorder will experience such extreme fear and distress when away from her parent or caregiver that he/she is unable to tolerate.
https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-separation-anxiety-disorder/
More Online Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/anxiety/separation-anxiety-and-separation-anxiety-disorder.htm
Retrieved from HelpGuide.Org
General Information on Anxiety
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Resource_Centers/Anxiety_Disorder_Resource_Center/Home.aspx
Retrieved from the AACAP
Kids Health:
This website can help parents to understand what anxiety is like for their child. It also contains information about helping kids to cope with stress.
http://www.cyh.com/SubDefault.aspx?p=255
Retrieved from Kids’Health
Feelings
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicCategories.aspx?&p=287
Anxiety
http://teenshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/anxiety_disorders.html
Kids and Stress
http://teenshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/stress_coping.html?tracking=P_RelatedArticle
National Alliance on Mental Illness:
This website contains a lot of information for parents whose children or teens are anxious.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Children and adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer from unwanted and intrusive thoughts that they can't seem to get out of their heads (obsessions), often compelling them to repeatedly perform ritualistic behaviors and routines (compulsions) to try and ease their anxiety.
Most people who have OCD are aware that their obsessions and compulsions are irrational, yet they feel powerless to stop them.
http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd
APPS FOR YOUR IPHONE OR ANDROID
These apps are available for your Android or Apple Smartphone and can be found by searching for them in either the Google Play Store™ or Apple AppStore™.
Breath2Relax
Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing. Breathing exercises have been documented to decrease the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ (stress)
Below is a link to the media kit for the breathing APP. Also, the link below this one is about a PTSD app that they created.
http://www.t2.health.mil/mediakit/breath2relax-mobile-application
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/materials/apps/PTSDCoach.asp
Relax Melodies
Anxiety can disrupt healthy sleep patterns in more than one way. First, people who don’t get enough sleep tend to feel more anxious. Then, people who are more anxious have a difficult time sleeping. Creating a calming environment may help you fall asleep and stay asleep.
Relax to one of this app’s 50 sounds. Need the music to stop once you’re asleep? Set a timer, and it will stop playing. Set an alarm when you need to be awake. Then, enjoy the benefits of a good night’s sleep, free from anxiety.
Worry Box – Anxiety Self-Help
Have you ever wished you could put all your worries in a box, leave them there, and walk away? The Worry Box app may let you do just that. The app functions a lot like a journal: Write down your thoughts, anxieties, and worries, and let the app help you think them through. It will ask questions, give specific anxiety-reducing help, and can even direct you to help you reduce your worries and anxiety. It is all password protected, so you can
Self-Help for Anxiety Management (SAM)
The Self-Help for Anxiety Management (SAM) app from the University of the West of England can help you regain control of your anxiety and emotions. Tell the app how you’re feeling, how anxious you are, or how worried you are. Then let the app’s self-help features walk you through some calming or relaxation practices. If you want, you can connect with a social network of other SAM users. Don’t worry, the network isn’t connected to larger networks like Twitter or Facebook, so you won’t be putting your feelings on blast.