3 Warning Signs You Have a Separation Anxiety Disorder

Overview: 

Separation anxiety is not only a problem during the childhood period, but it may also be related to the adulthood. When you get stressed or worried about the idea of absence of the person close to you, this could be more than just attachment. You might have the separation anxiety disorder which might affect your overall mood, life pattern, and even relationships. The way to seek help and to feel relieved is to know the signs first.

At Palm Coast Treatment Solutions, we enable those affected by separation anxiety disorder to know how to deal with the symptoms that beset them through individualized treatment of the mind. In the following text, we examine the three primary symptoms that you may experience to have a separation anxiety disorder and use the professional assistance to get your way out of the problem.

1. Excessive Fear of Being Away from a Loved One

Among the things that are most understandable about the separation anxiety disorder is the intensity of fear of being separated with someone that you are attached to mostly irrationally. This concern to the point that this fear is not just a loss of someone, but rather an emotional dependency arousing anxiety, panic or even some physical manifestations such as a headaches, nausea and so on when you are apart.

Individuals affected with this type of anxiety fear that something horrible will occur to the loved one throughout the time of separation like the occurrence of an accidents to illnesses and even death. Such intrusive thoughts can disrupt your everyday performance and association with other people.

And in the case that you are making to call or text your partner, family member or friend, to make sure of their safety, or you refuse to leave on your own without them, you might be getting the symptoms of separation anxiety disorder.

Palm Coast Treatment Solutions provides some form of therapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to assist people in thinking differently and learning to minimize fear-induced responses.

2. Avoidance of Being Alone or Away from Attachment Figures

The next symptom falls into the category of avoiding situations, when you are alone, or not with a person you consider emotionally dependent on. This avoidance may occur in a number of ways like:

• Memory and refusing to go to work, go to school or social activities without someone.

• Not travelling nor staying at places that distance you and your loved ones.

• When they panic at a prospect of parting even temporarily.

Such avoidance can be a serious dampener in your ability to gain independence and develop yourself. As you go on in life, you may start living in a smaller world to avoid those things that may cause your anxiety.

In Palm Coast Treatment Solutions, we assist our clients in gaining confidence and emotional resilience by following a strict course of therapy, working as a group, and designing a personal plan of treatment. We intend to give you the strength to live in a good life even when you are alone.

3. Persistent Worry or Physical Symptoms When Apart

Separation anxiety does not only impact on thoughts; it may also exert an effect on body. The physical symptoms that many individuals with the separation anxiety disorder experience during anticipation and actual experience of separation include:

• Excessive stomach anguish or nausea or stomach disorderliness

• Fast pulse or chest aches

• Lack of sleep or night terrors that are associated with separation

• Sweating, shaking or slight dizziness

These are physical manifesttions that constitute as the reaction of your body to danger or perceived threat, even in cases where there is no danger of threat. Anxiety and stressful lives may become serious health problems when they are not handled in time.

At Palm Coast Treatment Solutions, our team of professionals experienced in the mental aspect of health takes a holistic approach to treating the separation anxiety disorder. Our field is evidence-based therapy combined with wellness practices to aid in decreasing the psychological and physical effects of anxiety as well.

When to Seek Help

Anyone, either children, teens, or adults can get the separation anxiety disorder. When you feel that the fear of being separated is messing up with your normal and balanced living, then you need to get the help of a professional. Otherwise, this condition will have a leading role in the development of depression, social isolation, and the inability to sustain relationships.

Palm Coast Treatment Solutions offers sensitive, personal care according to your individual needs. We have a highly qualified team that helps you unveil the reasons behind your anxiety, impart the behavioral skills to handle anxiety effectively and just bring a sense of calm and balance to your life.