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You have a racing heartbeat, feel sweaty, faint, and have chest pains. Are you having a panic attack? Could it be something more serious, like a heart attack? The symptoms can be difficult to distinguish. Here is a breakdown. Heart …

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Panic disorder affects 2 to 5 % of Americans according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It is characterized as an intense and sudden attack of fear or terror. It has a definite physical component and the sufferer will …

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Generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, is a psychological disorder that affects 6.8 million American adults or approximately 3.1% of the American population. It is twice as likely to affect women and can appear between childhood and middle age in most …

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Social anxiety disorder is the third most common psychiatric disorder, following only depression and substance abuse. It affects approximately 15 million adults in the US, with women and men in equal proportion. Typically, social anxiety disorder appears in childhood or early adolescence.

Social anxiety disorder is also sometimes referred to as social phobia and is defined as extreme fear and self-consciousness in social situations. While most people experience nervousness or butterflies about meeting a potential boss or making a speech, those with social anxiety disorder have a greatly diminished life quality. They may go to great lengths to avoid anxiety-producing situations and therefore lead a life that is often unfulfilling or closed off from much of the world. The disorder disrupts most areas of their lives, including school, work and personal relationships.

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I am so excited that you have joined me in the quest to discover an anxiety free life. My name is Liz. I am a wife, a mother of 2 children and a freelance web designer and programmer. I wanted to create this website to hopefully share with others my story in hopes of helping them overcome their social anxiety.

Social anxiety is the fear of being in social or public situations. Social anxiety does not mean you cannot have a social life. It just means that when you are in a social situation, you may have feelings of anxiety, emotionally and/or physically. You may even have a panic attack. If you have enough anxiety, you may even become agoraphobic and fear leaving your own house.

I have spent pretty much of my life suffering from anxiety and social anxiety. And yes, I even became agoraphobic for awhile. Ever since grade school, I can remember doing everything I possible could to prevent myself from being in the spotlight.

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