What Makes Us Anxious?

What Makes Us Anxious?

We have previously explored claims for psychological injuries and how anxiety can affect us in different ways. But what causes anxiety?

Road traffic accidents often lead to bouts of anxiety experienced by many individuals as they experience situational anxiety whilst travelling in vehicles following accidents. This may be whilst travelling as a passenger or as a driver and it can be very debilitating for some.

Individuals often experience an increase in heart rate, hot flushes, a feeling of disorientation and nausea. Affects vary between individuals and some people experience far worse affects or much lesser.

It is not just physical events which can cause us feelings of anxiety as life events such as exams, work and family problems can lead to such affects.

But what about phobias, can they lead to feelings on anxiety?

An interesting case has been reported by the BBC News involving a pupil whom attended an east Suffolk school. The school brought a truancy prosecution against the boy after he had been absent from school following a viral sickness bug.

It has since been discovered that the boy was suffering from a phobia of school!

Hard to believe, I know!

It is understood that the pupil developed anxiety whilst off sick with a virus which he developed shortly after starting the school.

He had been diagnosed by a clinical psychologist that he was suffering from a phobia of the school.

The local authority have been forced to apologise for bringing the prosecution and claim that if they had been given the correct confirmation about his diagnosis they would not have proceeded.

The boy is now aged 16 and has started up his studies at another school. An interesting but true story!