Time Wellness Arkansas designed our “Do I Have Anxiety?” quiz to help people sort out their symptoms and begin to understand if they have a mental illness. If so, they can enroll in our residential or outpatient programs that help them ease their symptoms and stop living at the mercy of anxiety and panic attacks.
Contact Time Wellness Centers today to begin anxiety disorder treatment in Arkansas.
Do I Have Anxiety? Free Self-Test
The first step in getting treatment for anxiety is determining if the person has this type of disorder. Take our “Do I Have Anxiety?” quiz and answer each question honestly.
What Will This Anxiety Quiz Tell Me?
Our quiz will help you determine if you have any symptoms of an anxiety disorder by answering the questions. While the quiz itself cannot be considered a diagnosis, the results can be discussed with a mental health expert, such as a therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist. The clinician can ask further questions about the length and severity of the person’s symptoms and make an official diagnosis.
Understanding Anxiety Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses (DSM) recognizes anxiety disorders as a mental health disorder. This means it is recognized by therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other medical or mental health professionals as a mental illness. For some, professional treatment helps them overcome an anxiety disorder completely, while others learn to manage their symptoms and enjoy a less stressful life.
Nearly 1 in 5 US Adults Have an Anxiety Disorder in the Past Year
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), “An estimated 19.1% of U.S. adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year.” This makes anxiety disorders the most common type of mental health disorder in the US. One reason for this is that there are several different types of anxiety disorders.
Different Types of Anxiety
If someone takes our “Do I Have Anxiety?” quiz, they may feel they have one, but aren’t aware that there are different kinds.
The types of anxiety disorders include:
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder: This causes a person to feel a consistent state of anxiety without always knowing the source of it.
- Panic Disorder: This disorder causes a person to have panic attacks that may have an obvious trigger or can happen for no discernible reason.
- Social Anxiety Disorder: This is characterized by the individual feeling extremely uncomfortable when in a social setting and among others.
- Specific Phobias: A tremendous fear that comes as a result of a specific situation, object, or location.
Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders
When someone has an anxiety disorder, they will notice symptoms that can be physical, mental, or emotional in nature. Common ones include:
- Consistently feeling anxious and ill at ease
- Panic attacks
- Worrying about current and future situations
- Assuming the worst possible outcomes will happen
- Unexplained medical symptoms, such as headaches, body aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
- Difficulty sleeping
- Changes in weight or appetite
- Avoiding situations, locations, or people who may trigger anxiety symptoms
- Abusing drugs or alcohol to soothe symptoms of anxiety
Common Causes of Anxiety Disorders
People who have anxiety disorders often wonder what pulled the trigger on developing them. Common causes include going through a traumatic experience, either recently or in the past, and not finding a way to overcome it. As well, a person’s brain chemistry may be off, and this leads to uncontrollable anxiety.
Like all mental health disorders, anxiety disorders can be genetic in nature. If a family member has an anxiety disorder, it increases the likelihood that someone else in the family may have one. Finally, if a person does not have a reliable set of coping skills in place to use when life stresses them out, they may develop an anxiety disorder. Therapy helps them build up their coping skills and reduce their anxiety.
Treatment Options for Anxiety Disorders
People who have anxiety disorders are often surprised to find out that with the right treatment from licensed professionals, they can greatly ease their symptoms and heal from their disorders completely.
The most effective treatment options for anxiety disorders include these approaches:
- Psychiatry
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR Therapy
- Life Skills
- Family Therapy
- Trauma Therapy
- Holistic Therapy
- Biofeedback Therapy
- Red Light Therapy
- Yoga and Mindfulness Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Equine Therapy
- Brain Mapping
- Experiential Therapies
- Alternative
Resources for Anxiety
Having resources to turn to when a person has an anxiety disorder can help them feel less alone and get options for ways to heal, such as:
- National Institute of Mental Health: Offers videos, facts, and educational information about anxiety disorders.
- Anxiety Resource Center: Virtual support groups and workshops, and educational links
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Education, information, and resources.
Contact Us Today
If you or a loved one need mental health treatment in Arkansas, Time Wellness is here to help. Contact us today to get started.