For most people, anxiety seems to come from nowhere and hit them like a sledgehammer. One minute, more or less happily living your life, the next, terrified and distraught, struggling to breathe perhaps, convinced you are dying, or that someone else will die and it will all be your fault. Maybe you visit your doctor straight away, maybe you struggle on alone for as long as you can, but sooner or later you will be told that it's Anxiety. Just anxiety.
However, for many people, anxiety interferes with normal life. Excessive anxiety is often associated with other psychiatric conditions, such as depression. Anxiety is considered abnormal when it is very prolonged or severe, when it happens in the absence of a stressful event, or when it is interfering with everyday activities such as going to work or attending social events. At this point it is known as 'anxiety disorder'. ...Get lots of free information regarding anxiety with this app.