Anxiety

Anxiety, Mood/Affective, Dissociative/Somatoform Paper

Kris Patch

University of Phoenix

Psy/410

Facilitator- Maria Neely, MA,M.Ed

May 30, 2011

Anxiety, Mood/Affective, Dissociative/Somatoform Disorders

There are many disorders and they tend to affect each person in different ways. There are Anxiety, Mood/Affective, Dissociative/ Somatoform Disorders. Some of these disorders are common and then there are those that are either misdiagnosed or so uncommon it takes a long time for someone to figure out what disorder it may be.

Anxiety Disorders

There are eight different types of anxiety disorders. Most everyone will experience some sort of anxiety from time to time and it is normal for a person to worry about things. When someone starts to worry about things excessively it can become harmful to that person. Some experience anxiety much more than others, sometime to the point where too much anxiety and they are diagnosed with a disorder. Some of the signs of anxiety are higher heart rate, tense muscles, sweaty palms and just plain butterflies in the stomach. This is part of the body’s fight or flight system. This system will kick in when a threat is near. One of the eight types of anxiety disorders is Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD), this disorder happens when a person has extreme feelings of anxiety. A person diagnosed with OCD tends to keep worrying past its normal level of worry. An example is a person that touches something than washes their hands, a normal person will just wash their hands and walk away; someone diagnosed with OCD could potentially keep washing until their hands were raw. Another form of anxiety is Social disorder; Social disorder can also be called social anxiety. It is normal for a person to feel self conscious or shy about themselves. There is a point where it can go over board and it turns into a phobia. Someone that has been diagnosed with social anxiety may be comfortable around people close to them but very...