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| Anxiety is a term which describes a normal feeling people experience when faced with threat, danger, or when feeling stressed. |
| When people become anxious, they typically feel upset, uncomfortable and tense. Feelings of anxiety are caused by experiences of life, such as job loss, relationship breakdown, serious illness, major accident or the death of someone close. Feeling anxious is appropriate in these situations and usually we feel anxious for only a limited time. These feelings are not regarded as clinical anxiety, but are a part of everyday life. |
| People are likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder when their level of anxiety and feelings of panic are so extreme that it significantly interferes with daily life and stops the person from doing what they want to do. This is what characterises an anxiety disorder rather than normal feelings of anxiety. |
| Anxiety is a term which describes a normal feeling people experience when faced with threat, danger, or when feeling stressed. |
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When people become anxious, they typically feel upset, uncomfortable and tense. Feelings of anxiety are caused by experiences of life, such as job loss, relationship breakdown, serious illness, major accident or the death of someone close. Feeling anxious is appropriate in these situations and usually we feel anxious for only a limited time. These feelings are not regarded as clinical anxiety, but are a part of everyday life. |
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People are likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder when their level of anxiety and feelings of panic are so extreme that it significantly interferes with daily life and stops the person from doing what they want to do. This is what characterises an anxiety disorder rather than normal feelings of anxiety. |
