Phobia Disorders

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant feelings of anxiety and fear. Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is areaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness. Instead of trying out antidepressants or anxiolytics, internal medicines of ayurveda and therapies like shirodhara and nasya are far better peace providing to the patients’ mind, body and soul.

Social anxiety disorder or social anxiety is an excessive emotionalndiscomfort, fear, or worry about social situations. The individual is worried about being evaluated or scrutinized by other people, and there is heightened fear of interactions with others. Some children are naturally shy but such disorders make their life more miserable. But, choosing option like Ayurvedic therapy can make their life more playful and joyful again.

A panic attack is the sudden onset of a discrete, breif period of intense discomfort, anxiety or fear accompanied bysomatic or cognitive symptoms. Panic disorder is occurance of repeated panic attacks typically accompanied by fears about future attacks or changes in behaviour to avoid situations that might predispose to attacks. These kind of disorders are classified under Unmada spectrum of disorders in ayurveda, which respond very well to both internal and external therapies of ayurveda.

Phobic disorders consists of persistent, unreasonable, intense fears (phobias) of situations, circumastances, or objects. Thefears provoke anxiety and avoidance. These disorders are classified as general or specific. Majority of the parents in India are turning towards ayurveda for eradication of these phobic disorders so that their children could enjoy a normal life again