Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Often, anxiety disorders involve repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).

Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term that includes different conditions:

1. Panic disorder:- You feel terror that strikes at random. During a panic attack, you may also sweat, have chest pain, and feel palpitations (unusually strong or irregular heartbeats). Sometimes you may fee like you’re choking or having a heart attack.
2. Social anxiety disorder:- Also called social phobia, this is when you feel overwhelming worry and self-consciousness about everyday social situations. You fixate about others judging you are on being embarrassed or ridiculed.
3. Specific phobias:- You feel intense fear of a specific object or situation, such as heights or flying. The fear goes beyond what’s appropriate and may cause you to avoid ordinary situations.
4. Generalized anxiety disorder:- You feel excessive, unrealistic worry and tension with little or no reason.