Anxiety is a physiological state which calls you to action, motivating you to engage in productive behaviors such as studying for a test, finishing a project, asking someone out. When it affects your daily life such as you . . . Generalized Anxiety Disorder Recurring fears, worries or persistent sense of something bad happening. The reason for the intense feelings may be hard to identify. Phobias Intense fears about certain objects or situations.
Specific phobias involve things such as certain animals or flying in airplanes.
Social phobia is fear of social settings or public places. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Persistent, uncontrollable, unwanted feelings or thoughts and routines in which individuals engage to try to prevent or rid themselves of these thoughts. Examples include excessive hand washing or house cleaning for fear of germs or excessively checking something for errors. An individual who experienced severe physical or emotional trauma such as a natural disaster, an accident, a crime may experience anxious thoughts, feelings and behaviors when reminders of the traumatic event are encountered. While anxiety disorders can begin at anytime, they often begin in adolescence or early adulthood.