Fear complaints can manifest themselves in many ways. The most common anxiety complaints are:

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Panic complaints

This involves unexpected fear attacks, without cause or triggering factor that reach a peak within 10 minutes. They manifest themselves in hyperventilation, sweating or trembling, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing or a crop in the throat, a painful or oppressive feeling in the chest, nausea, dizziness, palpitations, the feeling of going crazy, losing control, dying or fainting.

Panic attacks can involve feeling uncomfortable in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or a panic attack is embarrassing, such as a queue, alone far from home, on a bridge, in a bus, train or car.

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Social anxiety complaints

Social fear is expressed in fear of being the focus of attention or of being humiliated, for example when speaking in front of a group of people, eating in company, writing when someone is watching or other social situations.

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Compulsory complaints

Compulsive complaints express themselves in recurring thoughts, images or tendencies that are undesirable, inappropriate, intrusive or disturbing. For example, the thought of being dirty, someone might be harmed by your negligence, excessive doubt or control. In addition, it expresses itself in the feeling of being forced to do certain actions without stopping, without being able to stop them yourself, such as hand washing or counting or constantly monitoring things.

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Trauma complaints

Trauma symptoms manifest themselves in flashbacks, nightmares, re-experiences, excessive alertness, sleeping problems, irritability, concentration problems and/or being frightened. These complaints arose after you had been exposed to or witnessed an extremely traumatic experience.

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Disease anxiety complaints

Disease anxiety complaints are also called hypochondria. These symptoms manifest themselves in the fear that you have a serious illness that has not yet been diagnosed or diagnosed. In addition, these concerns remain despite the fact that doctors have reassured you and that medical research does not show anything.

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Specific phobia

A specific phobia expresses itself in fear of a specific object or situation, for example fear of flies, height, small spaces, animals, getting an injection or seeing blood.

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Generalised anxiety complaints

These anxiety complaints manifest themselves in excessive worrying and worrying about several problems of daily life at work, at home and in the surrounding area. This anxiety and worry is difficult to control or prevents you from concentrating. They further express themselves in restlessness, nervousness, tension, fatigue, difficulty concentrating and irritability, sleeping problems.

Als je Premenstrueel syndroom (PMS) hebt, dan heb je last van lichamelijke en/of geestelijke klachten. Deze klachten uiten zich onder andere in gevoelige/ pijnlijke borsten, vocht vasthouden, vermoeidheid, prikkelbaarheid en stemmingswisselingen. De klachten beginnen in de weken voor je menstruatie en verdwijnen als je ongesteld wordt. Daarnaast zijn deze klachten zo ernstig dat ze je hinderen in je dagelijks leven. 

 

Chronic pain and burn-out complaints are officially classified as psychosomatic complaints. 

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Chronic pains

Constant pain that cannot be explained by a medical cause.

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Burn-out complaints

These manifest themselves in being agitated, attention and concentration problems, forgetfulness, fatigue and lethargy.

Eating problems can also manifest themselves in different ways:

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Bulimia

You have gluttony attacks, where you eat large amounts of food within a period of two hours. During these attacks you feel like you have no control or can't stop. To prevent your weight from increasing after an attack, do something to compensate for it, such as vomiting, fasting, laxation, appetite suppressants or excessive exercise.

 

Binge eating disorder

Binge eating disorder manifests itself in repeated binge eating. During an eating session you eat a large amount of food within a certain time, you feel you have no control over the food, you eat faster than usual, you continue to eat until an unpleasant feeling arises, you eat large amounts of food without being physically hungry, you often eat alone (out of shame about the amount) and afterwards you feel disgusted, gloomy or very guilty about yourself. 

Mood complaints can be divided into depressive complaints and dysthyme complaints. 

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Depressive complaints

These complaints manifest themselves in lethargy, not wanting anything, loss of interest, weight change, fatigue, difficulty concentrating or making difficult decisions, restlessness, agitation or inertia, sleeping problems, hopelessness, a gloomy mood and/or being agitated.

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Dysthyme complaints

When the above depressive symptoms are present for more than 2 years during most of the time.