Anxiety affects men, women and even children all over the world.
Before going into the details on the types of anxiety let us find out what the word 'anxiety' really means.
According to the definition given by expert psychologists from all over the world it means 'a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in variety of mental disorders usually accompanied by compulsive feeling to do something which is unavoidable'.
All over the world experts are trying to find out about the anxiety types that may occur in a person.
Finding out what kind of anxiety you have will help you understand the treatment plans available to you.
Research shows that a person may be affected by the following types of anxiety:

• Panic Disorder: It occurs when a person suddenly feels a terror attack.
  
• Obsession: It occurs when a person suddenly feels haunted with disturbing thoughts and as a result of that he or she performs such activities which mentally satisfy him in order to get free from such thoughts.
  
• Social Anxiety: This kind of anxiety occurs at the time when a person gets too much concerned about the reactions of the society and feels too much worried about the comments from the people of the society.
  

Besides the following, there are some other anxiety types which may occur if the person is sexually harassed or if he is too much stressed with his professional career.
The best way to overcome all these types of anxiety is to live life to the fullest and not take much tension about something in particular.