Troubled Adolescents Battling Anxiety Disorders

For troubled adolescents, anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. Responsibilities like tests, meeting new people, speaking in public, going on a date, or competing in a sports event can cause teens to feel appropriately feel a sense of anxiety. However, some teenagers react much more strongly to stressful situations than others. Even thinking about a stressful situation may cause them great distress.

WinGate Wilderness Therapy is an excellent and effective treatment option for parents of adolescents that are currently debilitated by various forms of stress and anxiety. If you are a parent worried about your son or daughter's current psychological state, please help restore your child's therapeutic wellness by calling WinGate today at 1-800-560-1599.

What is anxiety disorder and why does it so greatly affect troubled adolescents?

An anxiety disorder is a mental health condition that involves excessive amounts of stress, fear, nervousness, worry, or dread. The anxiety that is too constant or too intense can cause a teenager to feel preoccupied, distracted, tense, or always on alert. Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health conditions in teens. There are many different types of anxiety disorders, all of which have different symptoms. However, all anxiety disorders in teens share a few similarities. When a teen has an anxiety disorder of any kind, the stress occurs too often, is too strong, is out of proportion to the present situation, and affects the teen's or young adult's daily life and happiness.

If left untreated anxiety disorders may lead to a lack of productivity in school, reduce the quality of life, or put teens at risk for drug abuse or suicide. Symptoms of this disorder in adolescents may be difficult to identify. However, 1 in 75 people is affected by anxiety the ages are between 15 and 25. There are many factors which lead to these pressures, life stressors, illness, and genetics, and over or underproduction of chemicals in the body. Adolescents are most likely to suffer from this affliction when their caregivers are also anxious. Educating adolescents and providing them with ways to manage anxiousness instead of finding harmful or dangerous outlets is vital.

WinGate serves Troubled Adolescents who battle Anxiety Disorders

WinGate provides therapeutic intervention to Troubled Adolescents suffering from Anxiousness and stress disorders. Thousands of parents have put their faith in WinGate and have attested to their overall effectiveness of what this program did in terms of changing their son or daughter's lives.