Mental disorders
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by a constant feeling of worry, nervousness, irritability, confusion, and despair for no apparent reason.
Although humans normally have anxiety or concern about specific points in life, a person with GAD cannot control their worries leading to multiple physical symptoms, difficulty sleeping, muscle tension, and restlessness.
It is a mood disorder that can affect women before or after giving birth. Mothers who suffer from it have feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety, and fatigue that make it difficult for them to carry out their daily activities.
Panic attacks are one of the most disturbing anxiety disorders, it treats the abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak in minutes and includes symptoms such as pounding palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, despair, nausea, dizziness and much despair. Because of this disorder, you end up in an emergency room thinking that you are dying or having a heart attack.
People who constantly experience this condition and who, out of fear of having a panic episode once again, alter their behavior and avoid places or situations, which can present panic disorders.
People with agoraphobia spend a lot of time avoiding specific places or circumstances that they think will lead to more anxiety or even a panic attack. It is a disorder that reduces life, fear of going out, living together, traveling, and being alone.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental condition that occurs when a person falls into a cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Obsessions are characterized by persistent and recurring intrusive thoughts that are accompanied by uncomfortable feelings such as fear, disgust, doubt, or the feeling that things must be “perfect.”
These obsessions lead to repetitive behaviors called compulsions, which people with OCD use as a temporary solution to their anxiety. Among the compulsions are excessive cleaning, frequent checking “That the door is closed, that the oven is off”, frequently asked warranty questions, among others.
Depression is more than just sadness, it is also characterized by a feeling of discouragement, despair, irritability, feeling unmotivated, or with a lack of interest or pleasure in the going. When this persists for more than 2 weeks, it is not just sadness but a depressive disorder.
A depressive episode can commonly include:
- Persistent sad mood.
- Loss of interest in activities and hobbies.
- A feeling of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness.
- Decreased energy.
- Difficult to focus.
- Insomnia.
- Low appetite.
- Thoughts of death, suicide attempts.
Obsessions with food, weight, and body shape can be signs of an eating disorder. Eating disorders are not a lifestyle choice, on the contrary, it has a great influence on the mental and physical health of a person. These disorders include nervous anorexia, nervous bulimia, and binge eating (or compulsion to eat) disorder as well as variants of these diseases.
When it comes to mental and physical balance, we must not only solve when the problem is already there but also prevent any disease or physical condition through our good diet and physical exercise. Eating a healthy diet provides all kinds of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, calories, and proteins that we need to live each day. If our diets are deficient, we may develop health problems.
People with low self-esteem have a generally negative opinion of themselves. Feeling dissatisfied, unhappy with yourself, weak, stupid, not good enough, imperfect, inferior to other people, worthless, unattractive, unkind, a loser or a failure are thoughts that indicate that you possibly have a Low Self-Esteem problem.