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You are in the local store when suddenly, for no apparent reason, you are gripped by terror. Your heart races, you can’t catch your breath, your muscles tense up, your hands tingle, you break into a sweat and feel faint. The sensations are so unexpected and overpowering that you think you are going to die or lose your mind right there at the checkout counter. Within a couple of minutes, the episode passes almost as abruptly as it began. Although there are no residual physical effects, you worry about your health.

Over the next few days, your anxiety rises at the mere thought of having another panic attack. Your anxiety grows so intense it begins to disrupt your work and family life. Over the next few months, you begin avoiding social situations, figuring if another panic attack strikes, at least you’ll suffer through it in the privacy of your own home.

If this scenario feels familiar, you may be among more than 19 million Americans with one or more anxiety disorders, an umbrella psychiatric diagnosis that includes panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and phobias. As with many other mental illnesses, anxiety disorders are chronic, unremitting, and may grow worse unless properly treated. Sufferers may be tormented by episodes of panic, irrational thoughts and fears, compulsive behaviors or rituals, flashbacks, nightmares, or numerous frightening physical symptoms. Other problems, such substance abuse or depression, often accompany anxiety disorders.

While there is no cure for any of the anxiety disorders, there are many effective treatments to relieve symptoms and greatly improve your quality of life. Unfortunately, a large percentage of sufferers never gets properly diagnosed or treated, mainly because of the social stigma attached to anxiety disorders and other mental-health problems.