Cool Statistics on Anxiety Disorders

[Phobologist]

Here you can find some very intersting statistics on anxiety disorders:

Statistics and Facts

I am surprised to learn that women are much more likely than men to develop most disorders, and equally likely as men to develop social phobia.

 

[Hoth]

Such stats don't necessarily mean much, since many anxiety sufferers will be too anxious to go to a doctor. The men-women breakdown could just indicate how socially acceptable it is to talk about for each gender to talk about, or how often each gender sees doctors.

 

[ForthDimension]

Just recently my doctor told me that men would never get help for it. They deal with it in other ways first such as alcohol abuse, drugs or in my case i just avoided things for 3 years straight.

It took me 3 years to go see a doctor. I remember the day i went to see him last year, thinking he would throw me out of his office for wasting his time.

 

[Phobologist]

Just recently my doctor told me that men would never get help for it. They deal with it in other ways first such as alcohol abuse, drugs or in my case i just avoided things for 3 years straight.

It took me 3 years to go see a doctor. I remember the day i went to see him last year, thinking he would throw me out of his office for wasting his time.

Lol, well I entirely understand. I didnt want to see a therapist in high school because I was afraid of being defective and thought I just needed better social skills. Once I started seeing a therapist, I didnt want medication for years, and never got any until the last month of 12th grade.

 

[blue-roses]

I don't think the people who compile the statistics are that naive; I'm sure they've taken into account the fact that women are more likely to seek help for their problems. Cultural factors and gender roles could still play a part, though; women might have been brought up to be more dependent on others and view the world as a scarier place than men view it as. I've also read that women are more likely to ruminate than men and that's why they're at an increased risk of developing depression; just the different thinking styles probably play a part in it too.