Email Me back to anxiety-panic community send this page to a friend What is Anxiety Disorder Everyone experiences anxiety, whether it's dreading tomorrow's math test or fearing a dangerous situation. However, anxiety disorders cause the level of anxiety to be out of proportion to the situation and interfere with normal, daily activities.
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent group of psychiatric disorders in the United States.
Anxiety disorders are most often characterized as having an element of fearfulness involved. Although these disorders are amenable to treatment, the majority of sufferers don't receive appropriate care. Most often, people with anxiety disorders will seek relief from the physical symptoms, such as rapid heart rate, respiratory distress or nausea, and may not be aware or may not want to admit that there are emotional causes for the symptoms. But there is evidence that these symptoms are the result of healthy coping mechanisms gone awry. And worrying about them tends to exaggerate their effects.