Anxiety is the brain’s standard way of reacting to stress and alerting a person of potential danger. Occasional anxiety is par for the course. However, when anxiousness exceeds the normal bounds and starts to interfere with day-to-day activities, it becomes an anxiety disorder. People with anxiety disorder often experience intense, excessive, and persistent worry about […]
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
What is a generalized anxiety disorder or GAD? People with this condition describe generalized anxiety disorder or GAD as a feeling of perpetual worrying about everyday situations and occurrences. Experts often consider GAD a chronic anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) affects about 6.8 million people in the United States, amounting to approximately 3.1% of […]