Generalized Anxiety “Free Floating” anxiety Anxiety Baseline is always elevated Excessive worry Can cause physical symptoms such as:

Tension nausea Fatigue HeadachesDizzy Spells Cold sweats

Panic Attacks

Fear of losing control or dyingPounding heartbeatDifficulty breathingChoking sensationNausea Feeling like you may die

Obsessive Compulsive

Upsetting involuntary thoughts (i.e. violent)

Compulsion to do things repeatedly (wash hands / Lock Doors)

Fear that something bad will happen if one does not give into these urges

Social Phobia

General: Pathological ShynessFeeling of being under scrutiny by other

(i.e. while dinning at a restaurant)

Performance AnxietyWhere you are under scrutiny by others

(i.e. stage fright / giving oral reports / test anxiety)

Agoraphobia

Greek for “fear of the marketplace”Find themselves in situations they can not

easily escape fromAbnormal fear of open spaces or some

place newFeel no help is available to themFeel that the situation will be

embarrassing

Simple Phobia

An irrational fear of one thing, (i.e. fear of Squirrels)