Recent Posts Tagged With 'anxiety disorder'

• Social Phobia

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 10:12 in speaking in public, health and wellness, social phobia, anxiety disorder, constant fear of social or performance situations

  An ANXIETY DISORDER characterized by a constant fear of social or performance situations such as speaking in class or eating in public. This fear is often accompanied by physical symptoms such as sweating, blushing, heart palpitations, shortness of b...

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 09:07 in health and wellness, obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd), anxiety disorder, brain gets stuck, obsessive thinking or beliefs

  An anxiety disorder in which the brain gets “stuck” on a particular thought or urge and cannot let go, leading to obsessive thinking or beliefs. All children worry, but a child who cannot stop thinking about these worries—and who may begin to p...

• Phobias

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 07:26 in agoraphobia, health and wellness, phobias, social phobia, anxiety disorder, pathologically strong fear, specific (simple) phobias

  A pathologically strong fear that is so overwhelming that it interferes with some aspect of a child’s life. Avoiding the feared thing can become so important that the child’s life may be restricted. Phobias are a form of ANXIETY DISORDER that can...