So is it Anxiety or Panic ?
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Simonasked…… Can anybody tell me if there is a difference between Anxiety Disorder & Panic Disorder ? I always assumed them to be one and the same but I was recently told that there is a difference.
Dear Simon, Here is a link to a great website on anxiety and panic disorder. Check out "generalized anxiety disorder" and "panic disorder"……you will see there is a big difference. http://panicdisorder.about.com/health/panicdisorder/index.htm?COB=hom… Take care 
Jackie "Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." -Stephen Covey
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Hello all Can anybody tell me if there is a difference between Anxiety Disorder & Panic Disorder ? I always assumed them to be one and the same but I was recently told that there is a difference. Thanks Simon
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Hello all Can anybody tell me if there is a difference between Anxiety Disorder & Panic Disorder ? I always assumed them to be one and the same but I was recently told that there is a difference.
Simon – From "Anxiety Disorders and Phobias, A Cognitive Perspective" by Aaron T. Beck, M.D. and Gary Emery, Ph.D., with Ruth L. Greenberg, Ph.D., Basic Books, 1985, p. 8: <quote Anxiety… is defined as "a tense emotional state" (Funk & Wagnalls, 1963) and is "often marked by such physical symptoms as tension, tremor, sweating, palpitation and increased pulse rate" (Webster’s Third International Dictionary, 1981). The term "anxiety" comes from the Latin word "anxius", and its usage dates back as early as 1525. The Latin term was defined as a condition of agitation and distress, The stem of "anxious" – "anx" – comes from another Latin word, "angere", which means "to choke" or "to strangle". The word "anxius" probably referred to the choking sensation frequently experienced by anxious individuals (Lewis 1970). ——- Panic is defined as a "sudden overpowering fright… accompanied by increasing or frantic attempts to secure safety" (Webster’s Third International Dictionary, 1981). The word, which was in use as early as 1603, derives from the name of the Greek deity Panikos, the god of woods and shepherds, who was regarded as the cause of panic among the Persians at Marathon and, by the Greeks, as the cause of any sudden, groundless fear. <endquote -David-
