Life can be like a roller coaster, but you have a high chance of success of overcoming anxiety if you seek help from a psychologist.

Symptoms of high anxiety and panic attack can include:

· Heart palpitations

· Rapid pounding heart

· Tightness of chest

· Difficulty in breathing

· Butterflies in the stomach

· Hyperventilation

· Tremors

· Dizziness

· Weakness all over

· Tingling hands

· Dry mouth

· Feelings of warmth or cold

· An overwhelming urge to escape

· A feeling of going mad

· Intense fear of losing, control

· Fear of collapse perhaps with a heart attack

· Fear of death

· Fear of embarrassment

In the long term, the experience and avoidance of high anxiety may lead to:

Panic attacks happen when the body's emergency button is being pressed continuously-the experience can be terrifying. In the long term, the experience and avoidance of high anxiety may lead to:

· Restriction of life's activities

· Relationship problems

· Physical symptoms of stress

· Depression

· Sleep disturbance

· Low self esteem

· Loss of confidence

· Exhaustion and demoralisation

· Fatigue

Phobias result from an undesired, irrational and uncontrollable fear. Common phobias include:

· Agoraphobia - fear of leaving the house

· Social Phobia - high anxiety in and avoidance of social situations

· Driving phobia - avoidance of driving or fear of driving

· Travel - high anxiety when and avoidance of traveling

· Public speaking

· Claustrophobia - fear of enclosed spaces

· Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)is a constant and exaggerated (more than normal) worry and tension about everyday life events and decisions that lasts for at least six months. A person fears the worst, even though there may be little reason to expect so. Physical symptoms can also happen, such as fatigue, trembling, muscle tension, headache, or nausea.

· Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves repeated, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or ritual behaviors (compulsions) that a person feels they can't control or stop. A person can sometimes feel an urgent need to perform a ritual behavior, such as always washing hands three times because three is a "good luck" number and one isn't.

At Rose Park Psychology we have specialist clinical psychologists available to treat all the anxiety disorders.