There are as many as 40 million individuals located all around the world who suffer every single day from the symptoms that are associated with having anxiety disorder, as stated by the National Institute of Health. There have been several studies and research that have been performed that also shows that women are affected from this specific disorder two times more than men are. One of the sad facts about anxiety disorder is that when it is left untreated for various reasons, not only does the individual that is suffering from this disorder suffer, but the friends and family members of the individual also suffer. When this is the type of disorder that an individual is suffering from, there are a variety of different types that their physician may diagnose them as having. The types of anxiety disorder would include the following:

• Social anxiety disorder
• GAD or generalized anxiety disorder
• PTSD or posttraumatic stress disorder
• Pain disorder that can occur along ith agoraphobia, or without it
• OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Phobias or phobic disorder