What is Anxiety?

In simple terms, anxiety is a worry or fear that occurs during everyday situations and can be a response to stress or danger. Common causes of anxiety include stress from work, school, or personal relationships, emotional trauma, financial concerns, a major event or performance, stress from a chronic or serious mental condition, side effect from certain medications, etc. Anxiety-related disorders are split into three main categories which consist of anxiety disorders which are associated with fear, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders which are associated with intrusive thoughts, and trauma/stressor disorders which are associated with past trauma. Within these categories are specific disorders that can be caused by many factors. A good thing to note is that anxiety disorders are curable with correct treatment and therapy.