When stress or anxiety levels are high, the body goes through several changes. It may cause bodily signs like trembling and lightheadedness, your pulse rate may quicken, and your breathing may become more rapid. You can also feel butterflies in your tummy, along with an anxious stomach. As a result, it is also common to experience nausea…
Brief and rare moments of depersonalization or derealization are common; that’s the feelings of detachment from your body or environment. You might feel like you’re living in a dream or watching your actions in a movie. According to DSM-V, when these feelings are not transient but experienced repeatedly, they form depersonalization-derealization…
It is normal to feel anxious when attending a job interview, taking a test, or making significant life changes. Such sensations may arise in response to stress and danger, and for most people, they are temporary. However, those feelings are more serious for a person with an anxiety disorder to the point of interfering with daily life…
Specific phobias are disorders characterized by extreme, overwhelming, and irrational fears of living creatures, places, situations, or objects. These specific phobias are persistent and cause mental and physical reactions. Phobias disrupt the normal life of a person. According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) prevalence…
