Anxiety, the deep feeling of fear and apprehension about the future, has become a worldwide epidemic. With over 40 million adults over the age of 18, in the United States alone, suffering from anxiety-related disorders, it is imperative to understand this condition. It is highly likely that within one’s lifetime, a person will experience several episodes of anxiety. This is because anxiety is triggered by many common situations such as moving to a new neighborhood, state or country, taking a major examination, experiencing an illness, attending a new school, planning a wedding, anticipating the arrival of a baby or anticipating the death of a loved one, for example. Although these situations may induce a low to moderate amount of anxiety, other experiences of anxiety can be considered pathological in nature and require medical attention. These cases usually entail long periods of anxiety being experienced by a patient as well as other debilitating effects, such as an inability ...
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