We have all felt anxiety or worry from time to time, especially when a person has to face situations that can be stressful such as speaking in public or going to a job interview. This occurs because anxiety is a common and normal emotion of people in the face of stressful and uncertain situations and the emotion fulfills a useful function that allows us to adapt to life. This type of anxiety can get you alert, helping you be more productive and getting work done more efficiently. There are moments when anxiety, rather than being useful, becomes an obstacle to leading a normal life. This occurs when anxiety symptoms appear for no apparent reason, or the level of anxiety in an event is totally disproportionate to the real danger it poses.

It is conclusive for the diagnosis of anxiety that it generates significant discomfort or interferes with its normal life. The problem arises when several symptoms associated with anxiety cause anguish or some functional damage in the person who suffers since it affects the functioning in different areas of his life. For example, social and family relationships, work, school. Then anxiety disorder is diagnosed. The emotions present in anxiety syndromes range from straightforward nervousness to episodes of terror or panic.

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