Anxiety kills

An anxiety disorder is a medical condition characterized by persistent, excessive worry. Anxiety disorders can take a number of forms. Common to all of these is anxiety so distressing it can interfere with a person’s ability to carry out, or take pleasure in, day-to-day life. A person may experience more than one anxiety disorder. Some people may also experience depression with the anxiety, or have problems with alcohol or drug abuse.

Anxiety disorders are thought to be caused by a combination of factors. Most anxious people are probably born with a genetic vulnerability to develop an anxiety disorder. Personality traits and responses to stressful life events may trigger the condition or make it worse. A person with an anxiety disorder will feel distressed a lot of the time, even if there seems to be no obvious reason. An episode can be so severe it is immobilizing. The person might have, persistent, excessive or unrealistic worries (generalized anxiety disorder). Compulsions and obsessions which they can't control (obsessive compulsive disorder). Intense excessive worry about social situations (social anxiety disorder). Panic attacks (panic disorder). An intense, irrational fear of everyday objects and situations (phobia).


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