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Understanding General Anxiety Disorder |
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Written by Kathy Moran
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General Anxiety Disorder or GAD, is an often debilitating disease that can happen anytime in a person’s life. Interestingly enough, GAD is most prevalent between the childhood years and middle age. In other words teenagers and young adults are the most susceptible to anxiety disorders. GAD is very much related to stress and an inability to deal with that stress.
What Causes Anxiety?
We all experience anxiety to some degree. We can have feelings of anxiety over money, relationships, job or school changes, divorce, or death of a loved one. The difference between ordinary anxiety feelings and anxiety disorder is the amount of time and energy put into the worry and anxious feelings. |
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Written by Kathy Moran
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Understanding The Symptoms If you have symptoms of anxiety, chances are good that there are a number of things happening to you that seem like everyday problems. Because these symptoms often seem like other problems, people do not realize that they are suffering from anxiety. What's more, those that do have this condition should know when these symptoms are happening so that they can effectively deal with them. And, those that have family members suffering from anxiety of some form should understand what is happening to them when these symptoms of anxiety happen. But, what are they? |
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Written by Kathy Moran
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Each person that suffers from anxiety episodes like this is likely to have a different reason for it. Both mental health problems and physical problems can cause this type of anxiety to happen.
Depression as well as substance abuse problems can bring on anxiety levels to this extreme. In addition, those suffering from physical health problems such as heart disease, lung disease or other life threatening conditions can experience anxiety disorders .
There are a variety of different anxiety disorders that they could be suffering from. Each one is unique in what brings them on. |
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