My daughter is involved with an Anxiety Support Group.

There are 7 types of anxiety disorders:

1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder – often called G.A.D (as in Gee Ah Dee not gad). This disorder causes chronic anxiety, even when there is not outward cause of it.
2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – often called OCD (as in Oh Sea Dee not ocd). This disorder caused obsessive thoughts paired with compulsive actions designed to neutralize the anxiety caused by the obsessive thought.
3. Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia – causes intense and often unexpected panic attacks. Panic attacks are intense periods of anxiety, often with real physical symptoms such as heart palpitations that feel like heart attacks.
4. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – is caused by a stressful event but ends up having anxiety around the event for longer term than just the event. Nightmares, and memories are anxiety filled.
5. Social Anxiety Disorder – causes anxiety around social situations. This anxiety is more intense than the normal anxiety people have around unknown social situations.
6. Specific Phobias – intense anxiety around something specific.

In Children: Although children can also have all six of the above phobias they can have a phobia that only children get as well.

7. Separation Anxiety – causes intense anxiety over being separated with an parent or care-giver.