Early Warning Signs Of Mental Illness

Excessive Fear Or Worrying

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Excessive fear or worrying can be a sign of a developing anxiety disorder. Depending on the type of anxiety disorder, the fears may be related to certain situations or behaviors, or they may occur during everyday life. Generalized anxiety disorder is a mental illness that causes patients to feel unnecessary anxiety and catastrophize about simple life situations. Panic disorders cause more acute physical symptoms than anxiety attacks. They may make affected individuals feel like they can't breathe or are having a heart attack, and they can cause paralyzing fear. However, panic attacks tend to end within about ten minutes, while generalized anxiety permeates each aspect of an affected individual's thoughts. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a type of anxiety disorder that causes compulsions patients feel they must follow or they'll experience extreme anxiety. This condition can also cause obsessive, panicky thought spirals that feel uncontrollable and irrational.

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