i have a severe anxiety disorder.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant feelings of anxiety and fear. Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness. There are a number of anxiety disorders: including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, panic disorder, and selective mutism. The disorder differs by what results in the symptoms. People often have more than one anxiety disorder. The cause of anxiety disorders is a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Risk factors include a history of child abuse, family history of mental disorders, and poverty. Anxiety disorders often occur with other mental disorders, particularly major depressive disorder, personality disorder, and substance use disorder. To be diagnosed symptoms typically need to be present for at least six months, be more than would be expected for the situation, and decrease functioning. Other problems that may result in similar symptoms including hyperthyroidism; heart disease; caffeine, alcohol, or cannabis use; and withdrawal from certain drugs, among others.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My ex-girlfriend suffered from severe anxiety disorder."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Anxiety can be very debilitating. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It was. She would often have significant feelings of anxiety and fear. It really was the cause of the breakdown in our relationship."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's too bad. The fear can be quite often very hard to overcome even if it seems to be irrational"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It was. She was inclined towards socal inhibition and would have difficulty holding down a job or even leaving the house because she wanted to avoid social situations."}, {"role": "user", "content": "So it may have been a touch of agoraphobia as well?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Perhaps she suffered from the early stages of agoraphobia. She was really more bothered by social situations, but did begin to associate that with places by themselves."}, {"role": "user", "content": "For an introvert suffering from anxiety crowds often trigger panic attacks."}]