Self-help measures can help a depressed person and her family cope. Someone suffering from anxiety has long-term unrealistic fears, extreme worry, and a vague uneasy feeling. She may also have sudden attacks of anxiety or panic. When symptoms are ongoing and severe, a person may have generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder . Another anxiety disorder is social phobia .
Sufferers have an extreme, disabling fear of being in social situations.
Treatments and self-help measures can help manage anxiety. She may also seem less responsive emotionally and detached from other people. She doesn't enjoy pleasurable activities. Someone who abuses alcohol or other drugs may only be experimenting, or she may be trying to relieve problems in her life. Eventually she may become dependent on the substance.