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What is the difference between Neurosis and an Anxiety disorder?
Posted by: | CommentsI have been going to therapy with my family doctor for what was prescribed as an anxiety disorder. I have never felt fully comfortable talking to her about it because I feel crazy. I know it is her job but I mean, I have known her forever. Anyways I am wondering if Neurosis and AD can be mixed up, and what is some key differences?
Thank you very much.
Neurosis can cover a lot of different disorders, for instance, compulsions, paranoia, phobias, delusions, psychosis, paralyzing fears, etc., etc. In other words, neurosis is much worse than anxiety. Anxiety is just being worried or uneasy or nervous about things that may or may not happen. I believe that there are different degrees of both neurosis and anxiety, anywhere from mild to severe. Maybe you should discuss with your therapist to put you on a mild tranqulizer like Xanax or Valium to keep the anxiety down.
What is the difference between Neurosis and an Anxiety Disorder?
Posted by: | CommentsI have been going to therapy with my family doctor for what was prescribed as an anxiety disorder. I have never felt fully comfortable talking to her about it because I feel crazy. I know it is her job but I mean, I have known her forever. Anyways I am wondering if Neurosis and AD can be mixed up, and what is some key differences?
Thank you very much.
Yes this is a re-post, but I only got one answer.
Neurosis is a more old fashioned term that is no longer used in mainstream psychiatric dialogue (in the US anyway). It refers to a group of mental disorders in which general behavior is within societal norms, and there are no hallucinations or distortions of that type, but the patient experiences distress from a particular stimulus, or, in the case of generalized anxiety disorder, no stimulus at all. So "neurosis" is an umbrella term for a variety of nervous/stress disorders such as anxiety, OCD, hysteria, hypochondria etc.
If you are interested, Jung’s theory of neurosis is very interesting and can be found at the link below.
How do anxiety disorders and personality disorders differ from an adjustment disorder?
Posted by: | CommentsIn an anxiety disorder there can be an identifiable stressor - ex. social anxiety and social situations
Borderline personality - a stressor can be an abusive relationship. How do these things differ?
a personality disorder is when normal personality traits become so exaggerated that they become a hindrance to normal functioning. ie: it’s good to be able to lean on people and ask their advise at times but it is dysfunctional to ALWAYS have someone make all of your decisions for you… even what you eat for breakfast…. that become Dependent personality disorder…. normal trait to an unhealthy extreme. An anxiety disorder has symptoms that are triggerer by specific events but are not a part of the person’s personality….. An adjustment disorder is when you have an abnormal reaction to something that should be easy to adjust to. like going to college is easy for some.. more difficult for others… but a few people just cannot deal with the adjustment and become severely deperssed, anxious, etc… it is limited to a single situation and goes away if removed from that situation.