Anxiety disorders, like depression, range across a spectrum of severity from mild to severe and include specifiers such as separation anxiety, specific phobias, social anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and general anxiety disorder (GAD).
Recognition
In the workbook place a mark by any symptoms you experience.
There are a lot of similarities and crossover criteria between depression and anxiety even though they’re typically treated as separate disorders. Similarities include poor health habits, lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, stress-related problems, and sleep issues [73].
Briefly review these points from earlier discussions.
- Stress can increase both our appetite and our drive to eat.
- Stress influences the types of food we’re likely to choose.
- Eating relieves feeling stressed but the effect is temporary.
- Dysregulation of the HPA axis from chronic stress or anxiety manifests in both hyper and hypo cortisol secretion and changes to our metabolism [75].
- Pervasive dysregulation can lead to the overproduction of norepinephrine and give rise to panic attacks/panic disorder.
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