What is it, really?
Anxiety disorders include generalised anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety and others. The brain threat-detection system is activated too easily or too persistently. This is not overcaution or weakness. It is a neurological pattern.
What you can do right now
- →Do not tell them to just relax or calm down
- →Help identify triggers without reinforcing avoidance
- →Learn grounding techniques you can use together
- →Be predictable and consistent
- →Encourage treatment: anxiety disorders respond very well to therapy
Where to get help in Romania
ADAA: adaa.org
Asociatia Romana de Psihiatrie