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Is anxiety a disability

Updated: 11/15/2022
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Certain anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia and panic disorder as well as PTSD can lead to complete diability and the the person can qualify for Social Security Disablity.

That being said, it is only a disability if you allow it to become one or if it inviolved an extreme trauma. There are lots of medications that can help, tho most psychotherapy is not very usefu-it is usually CBT therapy which most often does not help with anxiety disorders, nor does a freudian approach help...you are better off ording some good books about it and seeing a psychiatrist for medications.

Anxiety like diabeties can be very well managed and you can live a fairly normal and fuctional life in spite of it. :)

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