What is a generalized anxiety disorder or GAD?
People with this condition describe generalized anxiety disorder or GAD as a feeling of perpetual worrying about everyday situations and occurrences. Experts often consider GAD a chronic anxiety disorder.
Generalized anxiety order (GAD) affects about 6.8 million people in the United States, amounting to approximately 3.1% of the entire US population. Studies found that women are twice as likely to get affected by this disorder than men. GAD comes gradually and can begin anytime in a person’s life. Mostly, it gets triggered by a traumatic event.
Often just the thought of getting through the day results in crippling anxiety. People with generalized anxiety disorder cannot break the worry cycle, and everything feels beyond their control.
When their anxiety levels are low, people with GAD function as usual – they have socially active lives and be gainfully employed. However, with heightened anxiety levels, a person with GAD might avoid various situations because it can trigger their anxiety; they may not take advantage of an opportunity because of worry.
Some people even have difficulty carrying out typical day to day activities when experiencing heightened anxiety levels.

What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Social anxiety disorder makes you be afraid or worry in all or most social circumstances. Examples include going on a date, meeting new people, speaking, and performing in front of people. Social anxiety symptom is also called social phobia.

What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
PTSD is a situation that may occur after you have undergone a traumatic condition or event. This event may have induced you to feel intense fear, pain, or sorrow. You may believe you are going to get hurt or die. You may also proceed to feel helpless after the incident. These feelings influence your daily activities and relationships.


Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychological illness that causes repeated unwanted sensations or thoughts (obsession) or an intense urge to do something over and over (compulsion).
Some people have obsessions while others have compulsions. Some people experience both obsessions and compulsions.
OCD is not about a habit like biting the nails or having occasional negative thoughts. An example of obsessive thinking can be – a person thinking some colors are good or bad. Similarly, a compulsive habit can be washing your hands multiple times after touching something that might be dirty. Though people with OCD might not want to think like that or do those things, they might feel powerless to stop.


What is a Panic disorder?
Panic disorder is a mental condition in which the affected person experiences unexpected panic attacks more frequently. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in its 5th Edition (DSM-5) defines Panic attacks as the sudden surge of intense fear or discomfort that reach its maximum within a few minutes. One may have a panic attack if they suddenly feel an overwhelming terror without any apparent reason. They may experience physical symptoms of a panic attack such as racing heartbeats, difficulty in breathing, unusual sweating, etc.
According to the American Psychological Association's recent report, on an average out of 75 people, only one is likely to be affected by the Panic disorder. A person affected with Panic disorder can have a persistent fear of having another panic attack.

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