Can you have Generalized Anxiety and Social Anxiety?
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at
1:11 am
I have Anxiety but it’s worse when I’m out and around people/having to talk on the phone etc.
I guess Generalized Anxiety Disorder probably includes Social too but if it’s more than just your regular Anxiety when it comes to social situations can you have both?
I just don’t know whether I sound stupid if I say I have both because you can’t have another type of Anxiety if you already have Generalized Anxiety, if that’s the case.
I have depression too.
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you can. i have all three. it’s very common to experience another phobia or depression with GAD.
I think I have both of these types of anxiety. I’ve been diagnosed with a social anxiety disorder, but I spend a lot of time worrying about other things too. I also have occasional depression.
I feel you can. I take a medication (trazodone) indicated for depression and generalised anxiety disorder. It has helped immensely, even with my worries of the future and stuff. However, my social anxiety is still around, very strong and I require another medication for this (propranolol).
I would forget about the names of various syndromes, disorders and
Think instead about what is causing you a problem in your life and then think about ways to change that.
So, learn some ways to reduce your anxiety and then apply those techniques when you are in a situation that causes you anxiety.
Depression can sometimes be a result of the anxiety or can cause it – or it is more likely to be a mixture of both. So, by reducing anxiety you will also reduce the impact the depression has on you.
I see a lot of clients who suffer from anxiety in a variety of situations. I’ll list some of the techniques I use with them which they find helpful so that you can see if they would also help you.
EFT or Chinosis are 2 techniques that are similar, really easy to learn and really good at helping you feel calmer.
Hypnosis can be used to explore reasons for anxiety that don’t need to be there any more and you can also use self hypnosis to increase calmness.
CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) helps you to think about things in a different way so that situations you may have felt anxious in before don’t necessarily cause the same anxiety in future. It will also teach you new ways of doing things which will help you react in different ways. In my opinion a mixture of all of these techniques is usually the most effective,