IS ANXIETY THE SAME AS FEAR?
No, although anxiety and fear arouse similar symptoms in your body, they are distinctly different. Anxiety is focused on events that have not happened yet, whether it be in the immediate future or in the near future. Fear is focused on events that are currently happening and that necessitate a response.
ARE ANXIETY ATTACK AND PANIC ATTACK THE SAME THING?
No, the word “anxiety attack” is a misnomer, because it is often used interchangeably with the word “panic attack”. A panic attack is a sudden onset of intense and acute physiological arousal with shaking, fast heartbeats, sweating, and other common symptoms. Fear is the characteristic emotion. Anxiety, not anxiety attack, is a continuous feeling of […]
REM SLEEP DIFFERENCES IN POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) Vs MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (MDD)?
REM sleep differences in PTSD vs MDD involve reduced REM sleep in the former, and excessive REM sleep in the latter.