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What Is Anxiety?

By Eyal Mizrachi

Anxiety is a very common disorder. The prevalence is currently estimated at approximately 20% of the population worldwide. Anxiety is an important co-morbid condition of other psychiatric disorders and, in the case of depression; anxiety may form an integral part of the condition.

Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences from time to time. It is a normal response to the anticipation of a threat or danger. Anxiety feels something like fear, but often people don't know what they are feeling anxious about.

Anxiety is not harmful and usually only lasts a short period of time. But when anxiety becomes persistent and interferes with the ability to cope and disrupts daily life, the person may have an anxiety disorder.

Anxiety is a normal human feeling. We all experience it when faced with situations we find threatening or difficult. People often call this feeling. But the word 'stress' can be used to mean two different things - on the one hand, the things that make us anxious and on the other, our reaction to them.

Anxiety is considered a problem when symptoms interfere with a person's ability to sleep or otherwise function. Generally speaking, anxiety occurs when a reaction is out of proportion with what might be normally expected in a situation.

People who have anxiety say they feel uneasy, tension, apprehensive, wary, and agitated. They have a feeling of restlessness, uncertainty, and are fearful or have a sense of dread or impending doom.

The intensity of anxiety has many gradations ranging from minor qualms to noticeable trembling and even complete panic, the most extreme form of anxiety.

We know how it feels and what it can do. But because we have experienced anxiety and have overcome it, we also know that not only is it reversible, but anyone can recover from it when they know how. - 26706

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