How do I know if I have Anxiety?

Question

Sometimes I can be super happy and in a great mood, but then a little thing can go wrong, but I uncontrollabley stress over it like it's a big deal. What is wrong with me?

Answer 1

U could be suffering from an anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed with an Anxiety and Depression disorder, its something you daon’t really realise because what ever you are stressing about is reall and the stress feels relative. So as you slowly start to burn out emotional you begin to realise that something is wrong. Talk to a professional, it really helps. Just having someone to offload on makes a huge difference and besides they will give you some coping mechanisms that make your days easier.

Answer 2

Can you "suck it up"?

Just think of all the things you've stressed out about recently and over the years. Then think of how they ended. Was it so bad?
The next time you are stressing out. Think of the things you stressed about that ended ok.

It's a process, so don't give up if something bad happens and you freak out. Just stop and think. Sometimes when bad things happen, you have VERY good reason to worry, but don't let it consume you.

It's kind of like depression. When something bad happens, it's ok to be sad. It affects some people differently and for a longer amount of time than others. But if you are sad all the time for no reason, then you may be clinically depressed.

Answer 3

Nothing wrong with you. You sound like a person that enjoys perfection and when things don't go well you feel anxious until things are right again. Take deep breaths, ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen and then work at making sure that doesn't happen. Drinking some herbal tea can calm anxiety.

Answer 4

--Stress does a job on everybody. When you start feeling stress when nothing goes wrong, you then may have a medical problem.

--You need to keep in mind that everything in the world at present is a stress factor--thus all that is needed at times is a small matter to set us off.

If as you say you get uncontrolable anxiety , that might
--How long does it take you to calm down?
--Are you in a dangerous mode, either to yourself or others when
his anxiety sets in?

--Forwarding a good article that might give you some insight:

*** g98 3/22 Good Stress, Bad Stress ***

“Since stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, everybody is always under some degree of stress.”—Dr. Hans Selye.

FOR a violinist to make music, the strings on his instrument must be taut—but only to a degree. If they are too tight, they will snap. But if the strings are too loose, they will produce no sound at all. The proper amount of tension lies somewhere between the two extremes.

It is similar with stress. Too much can be harmful, as we have already seen. But what about no stress at all? While the prospect might sound inviting, the fact is that you need stress—at least to a degree. For example, imagine that while crossing a street, you suddenly notice that a car is speeding toward you. It is stress that enables you to get out of harm’s way—quickly!

But stress is not only useful for emergencies. You also need stress to accomplish everyday tasks. Everybody is under some degree of stress all the time. ‘The only way to avoid stress is to die,’ says Dr. Hans Selye. He adds that the statement “he is under stress” is as meaningless as the expression “he is running a temperature.” “What we actually mean by such phrases,” says Selye, “is an excess of stress or of body temperature.” In this context recreation also involves stress, and so does sleep, since your heart must continue to beat and your lungs to function.

Three Kinds of Stress..........

Your anxiety my from overload of info---

*** Multiple Articles *
> g98 1/8 pp. 3-4 An Overload of Information
> g98 1/8 pp. 5-9 What Causes Information Anxiety?
> g98 1/8 p. 6 What Causes Information Anxiety?
> g98 1/8 p. 7 What Causes Information Anxiety?

*** g98 1/8 pp. 3-4 An Overload of Information ***

An Overload of Information

THE 20th century has witnessed an unprecedented overload of information. Whether by printed material, radio or television coverage, the Internet, or some other means, the world is saturated with information. David Shenk writes in his book Data Smog—Surviving the Information Glut: “Information overload has emerged as a genuine threat. . . . We now face the prospect of information obesity.”

Consider a well-known newspaper as just one example. It is said that a usual weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person would have come across in his entire lifetime back in 17th-century England. But in addition to the daily newspaper, magazines and books of every description on a multitude of subjects add to the avalanche of information being produced. Books are published by the tens of thousands each year. And since scientific information doubles every six years, it is not surprising that worldwide, technical journals alone number over 100,000. And the Internet makes vast libraries of information available to computer users.

What of magazines? Business journals, women’s magazines, teen magazines, sports and entertainment magazines—indeed, magazines on almost every subject and human interest—have inundated the world, all screaming for our attention. What about the role of the advertising man—the “trumpeter of nothingness,” as he has been well described? In his book Information Anxiety, author Richard S. Wurman observes: “Advertising agencies have declared war on our senses with a barrage of ads that demand to be looked at, heard, sniffed, and touched.” They insist that you need the latest product, the latest upgrade, in order to “keep up with the Joneses.”

Australian psychologist and social researcher Dr. Hugh MacKay said that ‘the world is being overwhelmed by information and people are being invited to get into the fast lane on the information superhighway.’ The problem, as Dr. MacKay sees it, is that the explosion of news and current affairs programming on radio and television, along with the current dramatic explosion of computer-based information networks, has resulted in a world where many respond to media information that is really often only a partial representation of the facts and events, not the full story.

What Is Information?

The Latin root word informare carries the thought of forming matter, much as a potter forms clay. Hence, some definitions of “inform” give the meaning “to mold the mind” or “to shape or instruct the mind.” Most readers will clearly remember the time, not so long ago, when information was simply a list of facts or data telling us details such as who, where, what, when, or how. There was no special language or vocabulary for information. All we had to do was ask for it or look it up for ourselves.

But along came the 1990’s, and the world has been given so many new information-related words that these alone can cause confusion. While some of these words or expressions are relatively simple and comprehensible, such as “infomania,” “technophilia,” and “information age,” others can cause real problems. Today the world is being swept by infomania—the belief that the one who possesses the most information has an advantage over others less able to access it and that information is, no longer a means to an end, but an end in itself............

If this info might be on target-- I could transmit the rest.

Answer 5

It sounds like you are suffering from manic-depression, or bipolar disorder. Go to this web MD link http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_conditions/bipolar_disorder.htm
This is their bipolar disorder webpage and will give you tons of information as well as a test you can take to see if the symptoms you are going through are syptoms of manic depression.

Answer 6

That sounds more like Bi-polar than anxiety to me. You need to see a psychiatrist to find out exactly what the diagnosis is. There are very good medications for both now

Answer 7

Your a woman! Problem solved.