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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is marked by excessive worry or anxiety that interferes with your daily life or functioning. On top of difficult-to-control, persistent worry or anxiety surrounding various topics, which is necessary for a diagnosis of GAD, you or your loved one may experience the following symptoms: 

• Feeling restless, on edge, or “keyed up”
• Trouble concentrating or focusing
• Social isolation or withdrawal 
• Sleep disturbance 
• Irritability
• Fatigue 

Muscle tension, body aches, and gastrointestinal distress can also present in GAD and other anxiety disorders.

Social anxiety disorder is not the same as introversion or shyness. Instead, it is a diagnosable condition marked by anxiety surrounding social situations, events, or performances that affects your daily life or well-being. People with social anxiety disorder may experience any combination of the following symptoms:

• Physical symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shaking, a pounding heart, or rapid breathing before or during social interactions or events 
• Sleep disturbance, especially surrounding upcoming social events or interactions 
• Fear of embarrassment, humiliation, or judgment in social situations or events
• Being highly self-conscious around other people
• Stiff body posture around others
• Avoidance of social interactions 
• Muscle aches, pain, or tension

Like other anxiety disorders, some people will experience social anxiety symptoms more internally, as opposed to external symptoms that others are more apt to notice. Either way, it can impact your life and well-being negatively.

Panic disorder is marked by the presence of recurring panic attacks or the fear of future attacks. While not everyone who has had a panic attack will be diagnosed with panic disorder, you must experience at least one panic attack to get diagnosed with a condition. Symptoms one may notice in themselves or others during a panic attack include but aren’t limited to the following: 

• Impending feelings of doom 
• Pounding or racing heart 
• Gastrointestinal distress 
• Shaking or trembling
• Weakness or dizziness 
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Sweating 
• Chills 

The loss of control associated with a panic attack can be scary. In some instances, a person with panic disorder will avoid places where a panic attack has occurred in the past.

Specific phobia is marked by a serious but irrational fear of something that actually poses little to no danger. For example, bugs, heights, thunder, or flying. With specific phobia, the fear is so intense that it affects your daily life or functioning, a hallmark trait of anxiety disorders.

Agoraphobia is marked by a drastic fear of places or situations where making an escape would be difficult. For example, crowds, public transit, or places far from home. This fear causes avoidance and can make it challenging to engage in or fulfill daily life activities and obligations.