How to Spot Normal Anxiety VS Anxiety Disorders

There's a lot of anxiety surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. Here's advice from a psychologist on what you should know right now. A a legitimate, thorough understanding of anxiety is crucial right now in maintaining your mental health.

This video alls sheds light on when to know if anxiety becomes clinical, and how to cope with it.

Anxiety during the coronavirus outbreak is extremely widespread. Psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a leading expert on anxiety and the psychology of how it affects day to day life, especially during times of crisis.

The panic can be hard to deal with. In this interview discussion, Dr. Ramani and MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson discuss what to do when this panic around such a widespread disease becomes clinical anxiety.

- Coronavirus fear / coronavirus stress vs clinical anxiety
- What an anxiety disorder looks like
- The average age of onset of clinical anxiety
- What co-occurring disorders you or someone you love may be experiencing during the coronavirus outbreak
- How many different types of anxiety there are (so you can spot the signs of what you may be experiencing during the coronavirus outbreak
- What agoraphobia, panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety all look like

[sunnirv]

“They are just illnesses. They don’t define someone” she is so awesome!!

[aaliyahprice]

i’ve never been able to describe the terror and helpless feeling i get from just the thought that i cannot control it when it gets bad. i’m anxious all the time because i’m watching for my next anxiety attack so that i can prevent it. she put it perfectly

[foxiefair]

I didn’t have anxiety till the world started to suck.

[Robert-wpnd]

Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episodeenough to start working on my mental health

[stuartmcneil]

A person has the “right” to any emotion that they are feeling. 👍 Too many people make them feel guilty/don’t believe what they are going through!!

[katebiglittlevoices]

It’s like being paralyzed by fear constantly, watching your heart beat out of your chest bc you are going about your day and though it terrifies the sh!t out of you, it’s part of being an adult and you have to, nothing to be afraid of, that you can tell anyone, but at the same time you want to cry your so scared -
It sucks the possible joy and every bit of strength you have and never ever gets better

[MyHealthytude]

Go easy on yourself if you're experiencing more depression or anxiety than usual. You're not alone in your struggles. Maintain a routine as best you can. Even if you're stuck at home, try to stick to your regular sleep, school, meal, or work schedule. This can help you maintain a sense of normalcy.

[mday]

I had anxiety since I was a small child. I never realized that I have been ruminating my whole life. People would get so frustrated with me because I couldn't let things go. I always thought of it as a hick-up in my brain. I hate it. Thank you, Dr. Ramani for helping me to understand myself more & more.

[deborahparker]

My anxiety feels like I'm having a heart attack, I never have had a heart attack but so I'm just imagining that it may feel like an elephant's sitting on my chest.

[spillledmilllk]

I wish that anxiety would be less normalized. I was diagnosed with General Anxiety at 19 but was having panic attacks in 1st grade because i forgot homework. Its so frustrating how people throw the word around these days & then when i get anxious doing literally nothing people think im overreacting, like duh thats what anxiety really looks like.

[erinkayeozga]

I met Dr. Ramani at a seminar in Los Gatos in February. She is absolutely incredible! Dr. Ramani is what our World needs NOW!

[ashleyalston]

This Coronavirus is literally breaking me down mentally emotionally and physically. I convince myself every other day that I have it even tho I don’t leave the house. This helps so much

[MegOkumura]

I've had GAD, social anxiety, agoraphobia of and on, MDP, and CPTSD since I can remember. At 25 years old, and after more than a decade of different therapies/counsellors/medications, I finally found something to help me. I was having my first appointment with my current counsellor, and she gently cut me off when I was in the middle of verbally explaining the rumination I was stuck in. She then took me through a guided 'anchoring' using ACE. Life changing moment there. I will always be grateful for my counsellors kindness, patience, and the techniques she has been teaching me.

[fifichii]

I never really talk bout my anxiety with my pschiatrist but personally I believe it was a result of my upbringing where my every move was criticised harshly by my parents and guardians. As an adult, I prefer to be alone because just a change of tone from people around me can make me feel anxious, even when it doesn't relate to me at all. You can criticize someone that I don't even know and I'd feel like it's me who's being criticized so I would panic and get stressed for no reason. It's super tiring emotionally. 🤧🤧

[-HiddenInPlainSight-]

As someone with agoraphobia with panic disorder, ADHD, OCD, BDD, health anxiety/phobia since my teens....that sounds "sooo difficult" you really have you no clue my friend, you, you couldn't imagine...I feel like I am drowning in my own sea, and there is no one out there that can help me. It's like screaming outside the school of the deaf. Only the truly strong can bare this. Which is ironic in a sense.

[shweetiepetina]

As youngest child, I was brought up with family always correcting my English, interrupting, not listening and/or cutting me off and dismissing me when I talked. It has wired my neuro system to make conversing problematic when I don’t feel supported. Public speaking with ease is not my forte. If I am talking to someone I feel is rejecting or a judging person, it’s so challenging. It’s like my family is close and ready to pounce.

[EduBarbosa]

I am 28 years old and I have been treating general anxiety disorder for about 8 years.
From what my mom tells me, she had noticed my anxiety for a while already. Through this video I was able to recognize I have been dealing with rumination. Although I don’t want the fact that I did something embarrassing when I was 10 to mess me up, sometimes it still comes up in my head.
Even when I have a “successful” night with friends, later at night when I am trying to sleep, I tend to go over the entire night in my head, and I end up finding something that will bother me for a while.
Anxiety disorders are so debilitating and it’s so much more than what people think.

[mercedesherrera]

Thanks for the video! I left my husband and my autoimmune disease went away! Anxiety takes a toll on the body, so grateful to be out of that situation!

[DavzS]

I agree with her so much. I am 32 and have been suffering from anxiety for past couple of years and it gets worse. I hope it gets better soon.

[stitchlightly]

I'll be going back to therapy next week and plan on requesting medication which is huge for me because I haven't had meds in 15 years. This whole channel has been so helpful for me. I had no idea I let myself slip so much with my mental health.