Rashin damuwa yana bayyana kansu ta hanya mai ma'ana, kama daga hare-haren firgita zuwa wani takamaiman phobia, gami da gabaɗaya da kuma kusan tashin hankali na yau da kullun, wanda ba ya barata ta kowane yanayi.

A Faransa, Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) ya lissafa ƙungiyoyin asibiti guda shida² (Rarraba Turai ICD-10) tsakanin rikicewar tashin hankali:

• na kawo damuwa damuwa
• rashin tsoro tare da ko ba tare da agoraphobia ba,
• tashin hankali na zamantakewa,
• takamaiman phobia (misali phobia na tsayi ko gizo-gizo),
• rikice-damuwa
• rashin lafiya bayan tashin hankali.

Sigar kwanan nan na Littafin Ganowa da Ƙididdiga na Cutar Hauka, da DSM-V, wanda aka buga a cikin 2014, wanda aka yi amfani da shi sosai a Arewacin Amirka, yana ba da shawara don rarraba nau'o'in matsalolin damuwa kamar haka³ :

• rashin damuwa,
• cuta mai ruɗawa da sauran cututtuka masu alaƙa
• cututtuka masu alaƙa da damuwa da rauni

Kowane ɗayan waɗannan nau'ikan ya ƙunshi kusan "ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi". Don haka, a cikin "rashin damuwa", mun sami, a tsakanin wasu: agoraphobia, rikice-rikice na rikice-rikice na gabaɗaya, mutism zaɓi, phobia na zamantakewa, damuwa da magunguna ko kwayoyi suka haifar, phobias, da dai sauransu.